Selected Low Flutes Repertoire

Chris’s Picks!!!!

This list is organized by instrumentation:
1) solo pieces for one low flute – includes pieces with pre-recorded soundtracks
2) solos with keyboard, guitar or harp
3) pieces for two
4) pieces for three
5) pieces for four
6) pieces for five
7) low flutes choir pieces including with solo low flutes
8) miscellaneous large groups

Each listing is in this order – Composer Arranger – Title – Instrumentation – Difficulty level – Publisher.
Easy pieces listed first, then intermediate, advanced, professional.

If the entry says “performed at NFA,” I haven’t personally played or heard it so cannot give it a difficulty rating, but it must be a good piece if the Program Chair chose it! These pieces are alphabetized in the professional category.

/ = multiple instruments played by one person
( ) = can be also played by these instruments

1) Solos for one low flute

Cohen, Jonathan – Brief Observations for Isolated Plumbing – any size flute – intermediate – SilverWinds
Nehylbel, Vaclav – Moderato – alto – intermediate – chrispotterflute.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Moderato.pdf Link currently not working.
Persky, Stan – Variations on Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child – bass (or alto) – intermediate – spersky1@comcast.net
Potter, Chris editor and arranger – Stellar Solos for Alto flute – intermediate – Amazon.com (and world-wide)
Telemann, G. P. – 12 Fantasias – sound great on alto – intermediate/advanced – many publishers
Chamberlain, Nicole – Flexion – alto – advanced – SpottedRocket.com
Chamberlain, Nicole – Imperial Topaz – contrabass – advanced – spottedrocket.com
Erb, Donald – Music for Mother Bear – alto or bass – advanced – Merion
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
Heinz, John – Incantation and Dance – bass – advanced – https://www.johnheins.com
Libermann, Lowell – Eight Pieces – picc/c flute/alto/bass – advanced – Presser
Lutz, Greg – Some Low ‘n Slow Blues – alto(bass, contrabass) – advanced – greglutzmusic.com
Lutz, Greg – Action Jack – alto(bass, contrabass) – advanced – greglutzmusic.com
McLearnon, Gareth – Sharpening the Blade – contrabass – advanced – garethmclearnon.com
Persky, Stan – Improvisation on Deep River – alto or bass – advanced – spersky1@comcast.net
Persky, Stan – Fantasy on Another Man Done Gone – alto or bass – advanced – spersky1@comcast.net
Rogers, Emma – The Big Picture: Etudes for Alto Flute – alto – advanced – Wirripang
Sheridan, Peter – And the Giant Began to Dance – subcontrabass – advanced – lowflutes.com
Telemann, G. P. – 12 Fantasias – intermediate/advanced – many publishers
Jolivet, Andre – Asceses – alto – professional – Billaudot
Jolivet, Andre – Incantation-pour que l’image devienne symbole – alto – professional – Billaudot
Mower, Mike – Night in Greenwich – alto or bass – professional – Itchy Fingers
Nabors, Brian Raphael – Theme and Variations – alto – professional – Subito
Persichetti, Vincent – Parable op. 100 – alto – professional – Presser
Simon, Carlos – Move It – alto – professional – CSJr. Music
Sollberger, Harvey – Hara – alto – professional – Peters
Stockhausen, Karlheinz – Xi – alto – professional– Stockhausen Verlag
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

2) Solos with piano, guitar or Harp

Datshkovsky, Yasha – Lullaby for Alexandra – alto, harp (piano) – easy – Southern
Various Composers – Potter, Chris arr. – Alto Flute Solos – with piano – easy/intermediate – Falls House
Various Composers – Potter, Chris arr. – Bass Flute Solos – with piano – easy/intermediate – Falls House
Asquith, Grace – Green from Spectrum – alto, piano – intermediate – https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/green-from-spectrum-for-alto-flute-and-piano-digital-sheet-music/22207473
Bozza, Eugene arr. Rothe – Aria – alto, piano – intermediate – ALRY
Burnette, Sonny – Cliff Palace Ghost Dance – alto, piano – intermediate – Pine Castle
Douglas, Bill – Karuna – bass, piano – intermediate – Falls House Press
Faure, Gabriel arr. Potter – Vocalise in Three Vocalises – alto, piano – intermediate – Falls House Press
Faure, Gabriel arr. Potter – Vocalise in Three Vocalises – bass, piano – intermediate – Falls House Press
Louke, Phyllis – Blessings and Celebration – bass, piano – intermediate – ALRY
Louke, Phyllis – Castle in the Mist – alto, piano – intermediate – ALRY
Louke, Phyllis – Echoes in the Wind – alto, piano – intermediate – ALRY
McMichael, Catherine – Ancient Friend in Baikal Journey – alto, piano – intermediate – ALRY
McMichael, Catherine – Sacred Cauldron in Baikal Journey – bass, piano – intermediate – ALRY
Piazzolla, Astor – Libertango – bass, guitar – intermediate – Margaux
Rachmaninoff, Sergei arr. Potter – Vocalise in Three Vocalises – alto, piano – intermediate – Falls House Press
Rachmaninoff, Sergei arr. Potter – Vocalise in Three Vocalises – bass, piano – intermediate – Falls House Press
Ravel, Maurice arr. Potter – Vocalize en forme de Habanera in Three Vocalises – alto, piano – intermediate – – Falls House Press
Ravel, Maurice arr. Potter – Vocalize en forme de Habanera in Three Vocalises – bass, piano – intermediate – – Falls House Press
Rhone, Daniel – Bethlehem Pastorale – alto, piano – intermediate – ALRY
Schocker, Gary – Atlantis – alto, piano – intermediate – Falls House
Tung, Steven and Victor Wong – Alone in the Rain – alto (contra alto), piano (harp) –intermediate – Flute.Net
Various Composers – arr. Nobel and Wolzein – Six Folk Songs – c flute or alto, guitar – intermediate – Southern
Various Composers – Potter, Chris arr. – Alto Flute Solos – with piano – easy/intermediate – Falls House Press
Various Composers – Potter, Chris arr. – Bass Flute Solos – with piano – easy/intermediate – Falls House Press
Burnette, Sonny – In the Shadow of the Great Sphinx – bass, piano – advanced – Pine Castle
Cohen, Jonathan – Albisiphonics – bass, piano – advanced – Nourse Wind
Dimow, Carl – Dreams of Yesterday and Tomorrow in Klezmer Suite – advanced – bass, guitar/piano – ALRY
Fukushima, Kazuo – Ekagra (1957) – alto, piano – advanced – Suvini Zerboni
Giovannini, Caesar – Morocco – alto, piano – advanced – RBC Publications
Harwood, Alexandra – Sonatina – alto, piano – advanced– Progress Press
Hoover, Katherine – What Goes Around in Two for Two – alto, piano – advanced– Papagena Press
Hoover, Katherine – Tango in Two for Two – bass, piano – advanced – Papagena Press
Kvandahl, John – Da Lontano Fantasy – alto, piano – advanced – NMO
McMichael, Catherine – Three Philosophies – alto, bass, contra, piano (strings)-advanced – ALRY
Mower, Mike – Sonnets – alto, piano – advanced – Itchy Fingers
Schwantner, Joseph – Black Anemones – (c flute) bass, piano – advanced – Schott
Schocker, Gary – Small Sonata for a Large Flute – bass, piano – advanced – Falls House Press
Schocker, Gary – Sonata for a Lost Planet – alto, piano – advanced – Presser
Schubert, Franz arr. Boehm – Standchen from Schwanengesang – alto, piano – advanced – Theobald-Boehm Archive
Senchuk, Peter – Alto Flute Concerto – alto, piano – advanced– Forest Glade
Hagen, Timothy – Nocturne-Lullaby – alto, piano – performed at NFA – Owl Glass Music
Hirose, Ryouhei – Requiem of the Cape – alto, piano – professional – hiroseryouhei.com/score/index.html
Kessner, Daniel – Priere et Scherzo – bass, piano – professional – Theodore Front
Takemitsu, Toru – Toward the Sea – alto, guitar – professional – Schott

3) Pieces for Two

Telemann, G.P. arr. Potter – Suite in A Minor (Menuet) – alto, bass – easy – chrispotterflute.com
Albert, Adrienne – Three for Two – alto/bass/contrabass, alto/bass/contrabass – intermediate – Kenter Canyon Music
Bach, J.S. arr. Potter – Four Bach Fugues for Two Flutes – combinations of c and g instruments – intermediate/advanced – Falls House Press
Bach, J.S. arr. Carla Rees – 15 Inventions – alto, bass – intermediate – tetractys.co.uk
Cohen, Jonathan – Just Below the Rainbow – combinations of c and g instruments – intermediate/advanced – Falls House Press
Various Composers arr. Potter – Winter Duets – all combinations of c and g flutes – intermediate/advanced- Amazon.com (also world-wide)
Bach, J.S. arr. Rees – Inventions – piccolo, alto – advanced – tetractys.co.uk
Dahl, Ingolf – Variations on a Swedish Folktune – c flute, alto – advanced – Presser
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
Ford, Andrew – Spinning – alto, marimba – advanced – Australian Music Center
Gourlay, Karen – Beyond Them, The Constellations Falling – 2 contrabasses – advanced – karengourlay.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
Nixon, Roger – Duo – c flute, alto – advanced– Galaxy
Rosiak, Michal – Shadow Game – alto, flute – advanced – mrflute.com.au
Schocker, Gary – Underwater Flowers – 2 basses – advanced – Falls House Press
Various Composers arr. Potter – Winter Duets – all combinations of c and g flutes – intermediate/advanced – Amazon.com (also world-wide)
Francaix, Jean – Le Colloque des Deux Perruches – c flute, alto – professional – Schott

4) Pieces for Three

Handel, arr. Carla Rees – Sarabande – 2 altos, bass – easy – Tetractys.co.uk
Haydn, Franz Josef arr. Long – London Trios No. 1-4 – 2 altos, bass/contra – intermediate – ALRY
Irish Traditional arr. Potter – Dogs Among the Bushes – 2 altos, bass, opt. contrabass – intermediate – chrispotterflute.com
Quantz arr. Carla Rees – Trio Sonata in E Minor Qv 2:21e – 2 altos, bass (contrabass) – intermediate – Tetractys.co.uk
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
Bach, J.S. arr. Potter – Flute Sonata No. 1 Presto – 2 altos, bass flute (opt. contrabass) – advanced – chrispotterflute.com
Dorff, Daniel – Ballade – alto, bass, piano – advanced – Presser
Gunn, David – Trio for Two Altos and Bass – advanced– davidgunn.org
Previn, Andre – The Giraffes Go to Hamburg – Soprano (voice), alto, piano – advanced – Schirmer
Taku, Jun-Ichiro – Speyside – alto, bass, contra – advanced – Crosswind Music Publ.
Cohen, Jonathan – Temperamental Triodes – alto, bass, contrabass – professional – Tetractys.co.uk
Dorff, Daniel – Sleepy Hollow – 2 basses, piano – professional– Presser

5) Pieces for Four

Corelli, Arcangelo arr. Potter – Selections from the Christmas Concerto – 2 altos, bass/contra – intermediate – chrispotterflute.com
Barber, Samuel – Adagio – 2 c flutes, alto, bass – advanced – Schirmer
Cohen, Jonathan – Metropolitan Contrarians – 4 contrabasses – advanced – Tetractys
Dorff, Daniel – The Year of the Rabbit: A watercolor – 2 c flutes, alto, bass – advanced – Presser
Gershwin, George arr. Marshall – Somebody Loves Me – 2fl, alto, bass – advanced – Compiusic
Gourlay, Karen – Breathless: Four Fragments – 2 altos, bass, contrabass – advanced – Tetractys.co.uk
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
Ravel, Maurice arr. Potter – Bolero – 2 alfl, bass, contra – advanced – chrispotterflute.com
Rosiak, Michal – Quasi Latino – alto, bass, contrabass, double contra – advanced -mrflute.com.au
Sollberger, Harvey – Second Grand Quartet for 16 Flutes – 4 piccolo/c flute/alto/bass, professional – American Composers Alliance

6) 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 Music
Ryerson, Ali – Yankees Doodlin’ – 2 altos, 2 basses, contrabass – intermediate – ACR Music
Nourse, Nancy – Illuminations on a Christmas Plainsong – 4 basses, contrabass, opt. contra alto – intermediate – Nourse Wind
Telemann, arr. Carla Rees – Concerto in D – 4 altos, bass – intermediate -Tetractys.co.uk
Dashner Long, Paige – Contrafusion – 3 altos, bass, contrabass – advanced – Falls House Press
Ryerson, Ali – Greensleeves – 2 altos, 2 basses, contrabass – advanced – ACR Music
McAlley, Vaughn – Serenade and Burlesque – 2 c flutes, alto, bass, contrabass – advanced – mcalley.net.au

7) Low Flutes Choirs (6 or more) Includes low flutes solo with choir

Arlen, Harold – arr. Potter – Somewhere Over the Rainbow – 4 altos, 2 basses, contra intermediate – SheetMusicPlus
Berlin, Irving arr. Potter – White Christmas – 4 altos, 2 basses, contra – intermediate – SheetMusicPlus
Burnette, Sonny – Cliff Palace Ghost Dance from Stone Suite – solo alto, flute choir – intermediate – Pine Castle Music
Cohen, Jonathan – Legend of Llyn Lech Owain – 3 altos, 3 basses, 2 contrabasses – intermediate – Tetractys.co.uk
Cohen, Jonathan – Love Letter to Sharon – 3 altos, 2 basses, 2 contras – intermediate – Tetractys.co.uk
Faure, Gabriel – Morceau de Concours – alto solo, low flutes choir – intermediate – Forton
Gluck, C.W. – Dance of the Blessed Spirits – bass solo with choir – intermediate – Forton
Horner, James arr. Louke – My Heart Will Go On from Titanic – intermediate – SheetMusicPlus.com
Holmberg, Pat – Aspen Leaf Rag and Fugue – 6 bass flutes (6 alto flutes) – intermediate – SMP Press
John, Elton arr. Louke – Can You Feel the Love Tonight – intermediate -SheetMusicPlus.com
Keats, Brennan – An Ancient Irish Melody – solo bass, 2 altos, bass, 2 contrabasses, subcontrabass – intermediate– australiancomposers.com.au
Klengel, Julius, arr. Long – Hymnus op. 57 – 12 altos or 12 basses – intermediate -Falls House Press
Lotti, arr. Carla Rees – Crucifixus – 6 altos, 2 basses, contrabass – intermediate – Tetractys.co.uk
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
Ryerson, Ali – Groovin’ Low – 2 altos, 3 basses, contrabass – intermediate – ACR Music
Zipoli arr. Carla Rees – Adagio – solo alto, solo bass, 4 altos, 2 basses, contrabass – intermediate – Tetractys.co.uk
Bach, J.S. arr. Lowe – Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 – 3 altos, 3 basses, contra alto, 3 contrabasses – advanced– jameslowe605@btinternet.com
Burnette, Sonny – In the Shadow of the Great Sphinx from Stone Suite – solo bass, flute choir – advanced – Pine Castle Music
Cohen, Jonathan – Big Flutes Happen Here – 3 altos, 2 basses, contra – advanced – Tetractys
Cohen, Jonathan – Deep-Space Heat Wave – 4 altos, 6 basses, 2 contrabasses – advanced – Tetractys.co.uk
Cohen, Jonathan – Forbidden Forest – 4 altos, 3 basses, 2 contras- advanced – ALRY
Cohen, Jonathan – Tango Molto Basso – 3 altos, 2 basses, contra – advanced – Tetractys.co.uk
Gounod, Charles arr. Potter – Funeral March of a Marionette – 3 altos, 2 basses, contra – advanced – chrispotterflute.com
Liszt, Franz arr. Long – Angelus! Priere aux Anges Gardiens – advanced – contraflute
Lutz, Greg – Dexter the Danger Donkey – 2 altos, 2 basses, contrabass – advanced – ALRY
Long, Paige Dashner – Contrafusion – 3 altos, bass, contra – advanced – Falls House Press
Long, Paige Dashner – Dancing Dessert Suite – c flute, 4 altos, bass, contrabass, percussion – advanced – ALRY
Long, Paige Dashner – Flutenado – 1 c flute, 4 altos, bass, contrabass – advanced – ALRY
Long, Paige Dashner – Lowly Conversations – solo alto or bass, flute choir – advanced – ALRY
Molnar-Suhajda – Voices from the Deep – 3 altos, 2 basses, contrabass, opt. contralto, F contra, subcontra in G, double contra – intermediate/advanced – flute.net
Rogers, Emma arr. Sheridan – Winter’s Twilight – 6 altos, 4 basses, 2 contrabasses, sub contrabass, hyperbass – advanced –Tetractys.co.uk
Ryerson, Ali – Greensleeves – advanced – ACR Music
Scarbrough, Russell – Vox Planetarium – 6 altos, 4 basses, 3 contrabasses with sound track – advanced – home.earthlink.net/%7Erscarbro/russell/music.htm
Schifrin, Lalo arr. Louke – Mission Impossible Theme – advanced – sheetmusicplus.com
Kerr, Billy – Swing Low, Sweet Contrabass – 3 contrabasses – professional – B3 Music
La Berge, Ann – Conduits – 2fl, alto, bass, contrabass, electronic sounds – professional – https://annelaberge.com/compositions/selected-available-works/
Lutz, Greg – The Terrible Tubes Take over the Town – professional – https://www.greglutzmusic.com/about-greg/
Molnar-Suhajda, Alex – Alchemy of Earth – 2 altos, 4 basses, contra alto, contrabass flute – professional – ALRY
Mower, Mike – Obstinato and Scareso – bass solo (Obstinato), alto solo( Scareso) -flute choir – professional – Itchy Fingers
Scarbrough, Russell – Body Alive with Signals – 3 altos, 2 basses, contra – professional – Flexible Music USA
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
Ziegler, Matthias – Low Flutes at High Tides – 4 altos, 2 basses, contrabass flute, opt. contra alto – professional – contact cpotter@mac.com

8) Miscellaneous large groups

Japanese Folk Song, arr. Yuko Hoshi – Sakura Sakura – piccolo, alto, bass, contrabass, piano, bass, drums – advanced – https://www.facebook.com/japanjazzflutebigband/
McMichael, Catherine – Three Philosophies – alto solo, bass solo, contrabass solo, string orchestra (piano) – advanced – ALRY
Yusupov, Benjamin – NOLA Concerto – fl, bass, contrabass – with orchestra –professional – Sikorski Hamburg