Suggested Repertoire

If you are looking for something to perform here are pieces that we recommend.

Note: At the Festival, at least 50% of the flutes in an ensemble must be low flutes, or a low flute must be the featured soloist with a flute choir.

This list is organized by instrumentation- solo pieces, with keyboard or guitar, pieces for two, for three, for four, for five, then low flutes choir pieces including with solo low flutes. I have NOT YET updated the pieces of specific difficulty on the three red links below, so best to just look at the whole list for now!

Suggestions for Low Flutes Repertoire

Composer arranger – Title – Instrumentation – Difficulty level – Publisher

/ = multiple instruments played by one person

( ) = can be also played by these instruments

Unaccompanied

Britten, Benjamin – Six Metamorphoses after Ovid – (originally for oboe) alto – advanced – Boosey & Hawkes
Dick, Robert – Book of Shadows – bass – professional – Multiple Breath Music
Dick, Robert – Playing with Fire – contrabass – professional – Multiple Breath Music
Dick, Robert – Telepath – open hole alto – professional – Multiple Breath Music
Durand-Racamato, Claire – Butterfly Dreaming – alto – professional – Hildegard
Erb, Donald – Music for Mother Bear – alto or bass – advanced – Merion
Finnissy, Michael – Ulpirra – bass flute – professional – tremediamusicedition.de
Giles, Vincent – Different Dialogues – bass, prerecorded low flutes – advanced – vgiles.net
Gottsche-Niessner, Friedgund – Walpurgis – alto – advanced – Zimmerman
Gunn, David – Lunar Mural 1 – alto, soundtrack – advanced – davidgunn.org
Gunn, David – Lunar Mural 2 – bass, soundtrack – advanced – davidgunn.org
Jolivet, Andre – Incantation – alto – advanced – Billaudot
Liberman, Lowell – Eight Pieces – picc/c flute/alto/bass – advanced – Presser
Lindquist, Ellen – Nakoda – amplified alto – professional – Apple Mountain Music Press
Loeb, David – Flute Sounds Echoing from Distant Shores – bass or contrabass – intermediate – loebd@newschool.edu
Loeb, David – Four Meditations – alto – intermediate – loebd@newschool.edu
Loeb, David – Sarabands for Four Seasons – bass – intermediate – loebd@newschool.edu
Loeb, David – Two Ancient Prayers – bass – intermediate -loebd@newschool.edu
Lutz, Greg – Some Low ‘n Slow Blues – alto(bass, contrabass) – advanced – greglutzmusic.com
Lutz, Greg – Action Jack – alto(bass, contrabass) – advanced – greglutzmusic.com
Morris, Jeff – Afterimages – bass, contrabass, electronics – professional – morrismusic.org
Mower, Mike – Night in Greenwich – alto or bass – professional – Itchy Fingers
Nehylbel, Vaclav – Moderato – alto – intermediate – chrispotterflute.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Moderato.pdf
Persichetti, Vincent – Parable op. 100 – alto – professional – Presser
Potes, Alba – Traces/Homage to Bach – bass – advanced – albapotes.com
Potter, Chris editor and arranger – Stellar Solos for Alto flute – intermediate – Amazon
Rogers, Emma – The Big Picture: Etudes for Alto Flute – alto – advanced – Wirripang
Shapiro, Alex – Below – contrabass, electronics – advanced – Activist Music
Sheridan, Peter – And the Giant Began to Dance – subcontrabass – advanced – lowflutes.com
Sollberger, Harvey – December – alto – professional – American Composers Alliance
Sollberger, Harvey – Hara – alto – professional – Peters
Taira, Yoshihisa – Maya – alto – professional – Durand
Toledo, Marcelo – Le Fugaz Perpetuo – alto – professional – marcelotoledomusic.com
Toledo, Marcelo – Polifonia Concreta – amplified bass – professional – marcelotoledomusic.com
Veldhuis, Jacob Ter – Lipstick – alto, prerecorded sound – professional – Donemus
Yuasa, Joji – Mai-Bataraki – alto – professional –Schott

Solos with piano or guitar

Boehm, Theobald – Andante Op. 33 – alto, piano – advanced – Theobald Boehm Archive
Bozza, Eugene arr. Rothe – Aria – alto, piano – intermediate – ALRY
Burnette, Sonny – Cliff Palace Ghost Dance – alto, piano – intermediate – Pine Castle
Burnette, Sonny – In the Shadow of the Great Sphinx – bass, piano – advanced – Pine Castle
Collection arr. Cavally – Six Short Concert Pieces – alto, piano – intermediate – Southern
Collection – Potter, Chris arr. – Alto and Bass Flute Solos – alto (bass) with piano – easy/intermediate – Falls House
Collection arr. Nobel and Wolzein – Six Folk Songs – c flute or alto, guit – intermediate – Southern
Datshkovsky, Yasha – Lullaby for Alexandra – alto, harp (piano) – easy – Southern
Dodgson, Stephen – O Swallow! – alto, piano – professional – Emerson
Douglas, Bill – Karuna – bass, piano – intermediate – Falls House Press
Faure, Gabriel – Vocalise – alto, piano – intermediate – in “Three Vocalises” published by Falls House Press
Faure, Gabriel – Vocalise – bass, piano – intermediate – in “Three Vocalises” published by Falls House Press
Fukushima, Kazuo – Ekagra (1957) – alto, piano – intermediate -Suvini Zerboni
Giovannini, Caesar – Morocco – alto, piano – advanced – RBC Publications
Harwood, Alexandra – Sonatina – alto, piano – advanced – Progress Press
Hoover, Katherine – Two for Two (What Goes Around) – alto, piano – advanced – Papagena Press
Hoover, Katherine – Two for Two (Tango) – bass, piano – advanced – Papagena Press
Kessner, Daniel – Priere et Scherzo – bass, piano – professional – Theodore Front
Kvandahl, John – Da Lontano Fantasy – alto, piano – advanced – NMO
Lewis, Paul – Russian Scenes – alto, piano – advanced – Roberton Publications
Lich, Michael – Four Pieces – alto, guitar – advanced – michaellich.com
Louke, Phyllis – Blessings and Celebration – bass, piano – intermediate – ALRY
McMichael, Catherine – Baikal Journey (Ancient Friend) – alto, piano – intermediate – ALRY
McMichael, Catherine – Baikal Journey (Sacred Cauldron) – bass, piano – intermediate – ALRY
Mower, Mike – Sonnets – alto, piano – advanced – Itchy Fingers
Piazzolla, Astor – Libertango – bass, guitar – intermediate – Margaux
Rachmaninoff, Sergei – Vocalise – alto, piano – intermediate – in “Three Vocalises” published by Falls House Press
Rachmaninoff, Sergeo – Vocalise – bass, piano – intermediate – in “Three Vocalises” published by Falls House Press
Ravel, Maurice – Vocalize en forme de Habanera – alto, piano – intermediate – in “Three Vocalises” published by Falls House Press
Ravel, Maurice – Vocalize en forme de Habanera – bass, piano – intermediate – in “Three Vocalises” published by Falls House Press
Rhone, Daniel – Bethlehem Pastorale – alto, piano – intermediate – ALRY
Schwantner, Joseph – Black Anemones – bass, piano (originally c flute) – advanced – Schott
Schocker, Gary – Atlantis – alto, piano – intermediate – Falls House
Schocker, Gary – Small Sonata for a Large Flute – bass, piano – advanced – Falls House
Shocker, Gary – Sonata for a Lost Planet – alto, piano – advanced – Presser
Schubert, Franz arr. Boehm – Standchen from Schwanengesang – alto, piano – advanced – Theobald-Boehm Archive
Six Folk Songs Collection – c flute/alto, guitar – intermediate – Southern
Takemitsu, Toru – Toward the Sea – alto, guitar – professional – Schott
Tung, Steven and Victor Wong – Alone in the Rain – alto (contra alto), piano (harp) -intermediate – Flute.Net

Pieces for Two

Albert, Adrienne – Three for Two – alto/bass/contrabass, alto/bass/contrabass – intermediate – Kenter Canyon Music
Bach, J.S. arr. Rees – Inventions – piccolo, alto – advanced – tetractys.co.uk
Bach, J.S. arr. Carla Rees – 15 Inventions – alto, bass – intermediate – tetractys.co.uk
Bach, J.S. arr. Potter – Four Bach Fugues for Two Flutes – alto (c flute, bass), alto (c flute, bass)– intermediate/advanced – Falls House Press
Cohen, Jonathan – Just Below the Rainbow – combinations of c and g instruments – intermediate/advanced – Falls House Press
Dahl, Ingolf – Variations on a Swedish Folktune – c flute, alto – advanced – Presser
Di Maggio, Dan – Experiment 52 – 2 altos – advanced – tetractys.co.uk
Dresner, Laurence – My Contra Blues – 2 contrabasses – advanced – laurencedresner.com
Dresner, Laurence – Sauntering down the Boulevard – any combination of C and G instruments -intermediate/advanced – laurencedresner.com
Dunleavy, Houston – Six Clumsy Dances – piccolo, subcontrabass – advanced – Wirripang
Farr, Gareth – Kembang Suling – alto, marimba – professional – Promethean Editions
Ford, Andrew – Spinning – alto, marimba – advanced – Australian Music Center
Francaix, Jean – Le Colloque des Deux Perruches – c flute, alto – professional – Schott
Gourlay, Karen – Beyond Them, The Constellations Falling – 2 contrabasses – advanced – karengourlay.co.uk
Grier, Jon Jeffrey – Attitudes – 2 altos – advanced – tetractys.co.uk
Hoffman, Stanley – Meditations and Memories – 2 altos – advanced – stanleymhoffman.com
Keeley, Rob – Low Life III – 2 basses or 2 altos – advanced – tetractys.co.uk
Kesselman, Lee – Duo Mythologique – c flute/alto, double bass – advanced – Progress Press
Kuhlau, Friedrick – Three Concerto Duos op. 3 – c flute, alto – intermediate – Falls House
Kwiatkowski-Kasnakow, Andrzej – Ricercare – alto, bass – intermediate – tetractys.co.uk
Kwiatkowski-Kasnakow, Andrzej – Sonate – 2 altos – intermediate – tetractys.co.uk
Loeb, David – Bagatelles – alto, harp – intermediate – loebd@newschool.edu
Loeb, David – Madrigaletti – c flute, bass – intermediate – loebd@newschool.edu
Loeb, David – Madrigaletti – 2 basses – intermediate – loebd@newschool.edu
Loeb, David – Setsune – two basses (originally for two shakuhachi) – intermediate – loebd@newschool.edu
Nixon, Roger – Duo – c flute, alto – advanced – Galaxy
Potes, Alba – Evening Conversations – 2 basses – advanced – albapotes.com
Rosiak, Michal – Shadow Game – alto, flute – advanced – mrflute.com.au
Schocker, Gary – Underwater Flowers – 2 basses – advanced – Falls House
Telemann, G.P. arr. Potter – Suite in A Minor (Menuet) – alto, bass – easy – chrispotterflute.com
Trevino, Ivan – This is Like Jazz – contrabass, marimba – professional – ivandrums.com

Pieces for Three

Bach, J.S. arr. Melicharek – Sleepers Wake – c flute (alto), alto, bass – intermediate – Falls House
Bach, J.S. arr. Potter – Flute Sonata No. 1 Presto – 2 altos, bass flute (opt. contrabass) – advanced – chrispotterflute.com
Bononcini, Giovanni – Sonata No IV in C Major by Giovanni Bononcini – two low flutes, piano – intermediate – contraflute.com
Cohen, Jonathan – Temperamental Triodes – alto, bass, contrabass – professional – Tetractys.co.uk
Gunn, David – Trio for Two Altos and Bass – advanced – davidgunn.org
Handel, arr. Carla Rees – Sarabande – 2 altos, bass – easy – Tetractys.co.uk
Haydn, Franz Josef – London Trio No. 3 – 2 basses, cello – intermediate – many publishers of c flute version.
Irish Traditional arr. Potter – Dogs Among the Bushes – 2 altos, bass, opt. contrabass – intermediate – chrispotterflute.com
Kwiatkowski-Kasnakow, Andrzej – Trio – 2 altos, bass – intermediate – Tetractys.co.uk
Loeb, David – Three Hispanic Laments – alto, oboe d’amore, viola da gamba – intermediate – loebd@newschool.edu
Morris, Carolyn- Forest Over Sea – alto, bass, piano – intermediate/advanced – carolynmorris.com.au
Neher, Patrick – City Vignettes – contrabass, double bass, piano – advanced – ISG Publications
Previn, Andre -The Giraffes Go to Hamburg – Soprano (voice), alto, piano – advanced – Schirmer
Quantz arr. Carla Rees – Trio Sonata in E Minor Qv 2:21e – 2 altos, bass (contrabass) – intermediate – Tetractys.co.uk
Ryerson, Ali – Hot Sand, Cool Surf – alto, bass, harp – advanced – aliryerson.com
Ryerson, Ali – Harvest Moon – alto, 2 basses – advanced – ACR Music (available for purchase at alialto@aol.com)
Scarborough, Russell – Willows – c flute, bass, harp – advanced – russellscarbrough.com
Telemann, G.P. arr. Potter – Suite in A Minor (Les Plaisirs) – 2 altos, bass (opt. contrabass) – intermediate – chrispotterflute.com
Telemann, G.P. arr. Potter – Suite in A Minor (Rejouissance) – 2 altos, bass (opt. contrabass) – intermediate – chrispotterflute.com
Wigglesworth, Frank – Trio – 3 basses – advanced – AMC

Pieces for Four

Barber, Samuel – Adagio – 2 c flutes, alto, bass – advanced – Schirmer
Brown, Elizabeth – The Baths of Caracalla – 4 alto, recorded sound – intermediate – Quetzal (from the composer)
Charke, Derek – Rage Cha – 2 altos, bass, contrabass – advanced – charke.com
Dorff, Daniel – The Year of the Rabbit: A watercolor – 2 c flutes, alto, bass – advanced – Presser
Eastman, Donna Kelly – Blues for Basso – solo bass, 3 contrabasses – intermediate – Eastman
Gourlay, Karen – Breathless: Four Fragments – 2 altos, bass, contrabass – advanced – Tetractys.co.uk
Loeb, David – Concertino for Four Bass Flutes – 4 basses – advanced – ALRY
Loeb, David – Suikoku (A Land of Remote Valleys) – picc, c flute, alto, bass – intermediate – loebd@newschool.edu
Loeb, David – The Last Echoes of Autumn and Winter – c flute, alto, oboe, and oboe d’amore – intermediate – loebd@newschool.edu
Liszt, Franz arr. Long – Angelus! Priere aux Anges Gardiens – 4 low flutes – advanced contraflute.com
Molnar-Suhajda, Alex – Labyrinths of Lowness – alto, bass, 2 contrabasses (opt. double contrabass flute) – advanced – ALRY
Rees, Carla (arr.) – Music for Four – 2 altos, 2 basses (bass, contrabass) – easy/intermediate – Tetractys.co.uk
Rosiak, Michal – Quasi Latino – alto, bass, contrabass, double contra – advanced -mrflute.com.au
Ryerson, Ali – Night Owl – 2 altos, bass, contrabass – intermediate– ACR
Schwantner, Joseph – Silver Halo – piccolo/c flute, c flute, c flute/alto, c flute/bass – professional – Schott-Helicon
Sollberger, Harvey – Second Grand Quartet for 16 Flutes – piccolo/c flute/alto/bass, piccolo/c flute/alto/bass, piccolo/c flute/alto/bass, piccolo/c flute/alto/bass – professional – American Composers Alliance
Tipp, Devon – For Dean Drummond – 2 altos, bass, contra – easy/intermediate – Tetractys.co.uk

Pieces for Five

Albert, Adrienne – Visions of Grace – 2 altos, 2 basses, contrabass – intermediate – adriennealbert.com
LaRocca, D.J. arr. Ryerson – Fidgety Feet – 3 altos, bass, contrabass (bass) (opt. contra alto) – intermediate – ACR
Ryerson, Ali – Yankees Doodlin’ – 2 altos, 2 basses, contrabass – intermediate – ACR Music
McAlley, Vaughn – Serenade and Burlesque – 2 c flutes, alto, bass, contrabass – advanced – mcalley.net.au
Nourse, Nancy – Illuminations on a Christmas Plainsong – 4 basses, contrabass, opt. contra alto – intermediate – Nourse Wind
Rees, Carla (arr.) – Music for Five – 3 altos, 2 basses – easy/intermediate – Tetractys.co.uk
Telemann, arr. Carla Rees – Concerto in D – 4 altos, bass – intermediate -Tetractys.co.uk

Flute Choirs (6 or more) Includes low flutes solo with choir

Bach, J.S. arr. Lowe – Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 – 3 altos, 3 basses, contra alto, 3 contrabasses – advanced – jameslowe605@btinternet.com
Brahms, Johannes – Trilogy Op. 118 – 2 altos, 3 basses, contrabass – intermediate – Score Vivo
Brahms, Johannes – Night Visions – 3 altos, 2 basses, contra – intermediate – chrispotterflute.com
Burnette, Sonny – Stone Suite (Cliff Palace Ghost Dance) – solo alto, flute choir – intermediate – Pine Castle Music
Burnette, Sonny – Stone Suite (In the Shadow of the Great Sphinx) – solo bass, flute choir – advanced – Pine Castle Music
Cohen, Jonathan – Deep-Space Heat Wave – 4 altos, 6 basses, 2 contrabasses – advanced – Tetractys.co.uk
Cohen, Jonathan – Legend of Llyn Lech Owain – 3 altos, 3 basses, 2 contrabasses – intermediate – Tetractys.co.uk
Dufeutrelle, Sophie – Sunrise Concerto – solo contrabass flute/alto flute, flute choir – professional – Edition Svitzer
Faure, Gabriel – Morceau de Concours – alto solo, low flutes choir – intermediate – Forton
Dresner, Laurence – Concerto for Double Contrabass – solo contrabass, piccolo, c flute, alto flute, bass flute – advanced (solo)/intermediate – laurencedresner.com
Gluck, C.W. – Dance of the Blessed Spirits – bass solo with choir – intermediate – Forton
Holmberg, Pat – Aspen Leaf Rag and Fugue – 6 bass flute (6 alto flute) – intermediate – publ. SMP Press
Hoover, Katherine – Lowdown – alto, bass, contra alto, contrabass, sub in G, double contra – advanced – cpotter@mac.com
Keats, Brennan – An Ancient Irish Melody – solo bass, 2 altos, bass, 2 contrabasses, subcontrabass – intermediate – australiancomposers.com.au
Kerr, Billy – Swing Low, Sweet Contrabass – 3 contrabasses – professional – B3 Music
Klengel, Julius, arr. Long – Hymnus op. 57 – 12 altos or 12 basses – intermediate -Falls House
Lotti, arr. Carla Rees – Crucifixus – 6 altos, 2 basses, contrabass – intermediate – Tetractys.co.uk
Molnar-Suhajda, Alex – Alchemy of Earth – 2 altos, 4 basses, contra alto, contrabass flute – professional – ALRY
Molnar-Suhajda, Alex – Moonlight – 3 altos, 2 basses, contrabass or 2 altos, bass flute, bass flute in G, contrabass flute, contrabass flute in G – intermediate – flute.net
Molnar-Suhajda – Voices from the Deep – 3 altos, 2 basses, contrabass, opt. contralto, F contra, subcontra in G, double contra – intermediate/advanced – flute.net
Mower, Mike – Obstinato and Scareso – alto solo(Obstinato), bass solo (Scareso), flute choir – professional – publ. Itchy Fingers
Rogers, Emma arr. Sheridan – Winter’s Twilight – 6 altos, 4 basses, 2 contrabasses, sub contrabass, hyperbass – advanced –Tetractys.co.uk
Ryerson, Ali – Groovin’ Low – 2 altos, 3 basses, contrabass – intermediate – ACR Music
Scarbrough, Russell – Vox Planetarium – 6 altos, 4 basses, 3 contrabasses with sound track – intermediate – home.earthlink.net/%7Erscarbro/russell/music.htm
Senchuck, Peter – Nuestro Pueblo Concerto for Low Flutes – alto/bass/contra/subcontra solo with flute choir – professional – Forest Glade Music (Presser)
Senchuck, Peter – Alto Flute Concerto – alto solo and flute choir – professional – Forest Glade (Presser)
Snyder, Russell – Concerto for Alto Flute and Flute Ensemble – alto solo, 4picc/fl, 6 fl – professional – J.P. Publications
Wagner, Richard arr. Potter – Introduction to the Tannhauser Overture – 6 altos, 4 basses, contrabass, sub in G – advanced – chrispotterflute.com
Ziegler, Matthias – Low Flutes at High Tides – 4 altos, 2 basses, contrabass flute, opt. contra alto – professional – availability not certain – contact cpotter@mac.com
Zipoli arr. Carla Rees – Adagio – solo alto, solo bass, 4 altos, 2 basses, contrabass – intermediate – Tetractys.co.uk

Miscellaneous large groups

Japanese Folk Song, arr. Yuko Hoshi – Sakura Sakura – piccolo, alto, bass, contrabass, piano, bass, drums – advanced – Japan Jazz Flute Big Band
Loeb, David – Concerto for Alto Flute and String Orchestra – intermediate – loebd@newschool.edu
Loeb, David – Concerto for Bass Flute and String Orchestra – intermediate – loebd@newschool.edu