20th century
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th century
21st century
Solo repertoire
Piccolo
Alto flute
Bass flute
Hovhaness Alan
Aitken, Robert
Arnold, Malcolm
Barber, Samuel
Bartók, Béla Viktor János
Beaser, Robert
Bennet, Richard Rodney
Berio, Luciano
Bernstein, Leonard
Bloch, Ernest
Bolling, Claude
Boulanger, Marie-Juliette
Bozza, Eugène Joseph
Brown, Elizabeth
Brun, Georges
Burton, Eldin
Büsser, Henri
Camus, Pierre
Carter, Elliott
Casella, Alfredo
Clarke, Ian
Colquhoun, Michael
Copland, Aaron
Corigliano, John
Dahl, Walter Ingolf Marcus
Damase, Jean-Michel
Davidovsky, Mario
Debussy, Claude
Del Tredici, David
Denisov, Edison
Dick, Robert
Dohnányi, Ernő
Dutilleux, Henri
Enescu, George
Feld, Jindřich
Ferroud, Pierre-Octave
Foote, Arthur
Foss, Lukas
Françaix, Jean
Fukushima, Kazuo
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Gordeli, Otar
Griffes, Charles Tomlinson
Grovlez, Gabriel
Guarnieri, Mozart Camargo
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Harty, Hamilton
Heiss, John
Heith, David
Higdon, Jennifer
Hindemith, Paul
Honegger, Arthur
Hoover, Katherine
Hosokawa, Toshio
Hovhaness, Alan
Hüe, Georges Adolphe
Ibert, Jacques
Ichiyanagi, Toshi
Ittzés, Gergely
Jacob, Gordon
Jemnitz, Sándor
Jirák, Karel Boleslav
Jolivet, André
Karg-Elert, Sigfrid
Kennan, Kent Wheeler
Kornauth, Egon
La Montaine, John
Liebermann, Lowell
Martin, Frank
Martino, Donald
Martinů, Bohuslav
Messiaen, Olivier
Mihalovici, Marcel
Milhaud, Darius
Mouquet, Jules
Mower, Mike
Muczynski, Robert
Nielsen, Carl
Offermans, Wil
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Poulenc, Francis
Prokofiev, Sergey
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Reynolds, Verne
Rivier, Jean
Rota, Nino
Roussel, Albert
Rutter, John
Saariaho, Kaija
Sancan, Pierre
Schulhoff, Erwin
Schwantner, Joseph
Sciarrino, Salvatore
Shostakovich, Dmitri
Tailleferre, Germaine
Takemitsu, Tōru
Taktakishvili, Otar
Varèse, Edgar
Vasks, Pēteris
Weigl, Vally
Williams, Ralph Vaughan
Yun, Isang
Sonata for Flute solo (Op. 118)
Sonata for Flute solo (Op. 118)
A. Hovhaness: Sonata for Solo Flute No 1. (Op. 118) was written in 1964 during his Asia period when Hovhaness made numerous research trips to India and Japan. The Sonata is composed in three ragas (modes).
1999, recorded at Auditori Eduard Toldrà, Barcelona
1. Adagio, Allegro, 3. Adagio
Hovhaness Alan
Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000) was an American composer who is considered as one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. Hovhaness has written over 500 compositions, including over 70 symphonies. Born in US in Armenian-Scottish descent family, Hovhaness was fascinated with astronomy and composition since early childhood. He studied composition at the New England Conservatory and was fascinated with the music by Jean Sibelius who later became his long-life friend and his daughter's godfather.
Even though he was very active as a composer, teacher and script writer for Voice of America, he was finally acknowledged as a notable composer only in 1955 with his Symphony No.2: Mysterious Mountain. Strongly influenced by his Armenian heritage, Hovhaness spend several years in researching traditional music of India, Japan, Korea and Hawaii. Hovhaness musical style is considered modal, rhythmically intricate and expressive, inspired by various exotic resources he was exposed throughout his life and extensive research. Among other notable compositions: Symphony No. 16 for strings and Korean percussion (1963) and Sextet for violin, timpani, drums, tam-tam, marimba and glockenspiel (1966).