# Recommendations for music where flute figures prominently **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152 "2018-09-29T03:06:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/21 "2018-09-29T09:36:38Z")
**Rampal** , thirded. For flautists that are at the top of their game now, she should check out **Sharon Bezaly** and **Emmanuel Pahud**. As far as Classical repertoire is concerned, I particularly fond of : - **J.S. Bach** : _Partita in A minor for solo flute_ - **J.S. Bach** : _Flute Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030_ (especially the third movement _Presto_) - **Claude Debussy** : _Syrinx_ - **Samuel Barber** : _Canzone_ Also : - **Antonio Vivaldi** : _La Tempesta di Mare_ - **Claude Debussy** : _Chansons de Bilitis_ for two flutes, two harps, and celesta - **Sergei Prokofiev** : _Sonata in D Major_ - **André Jolivet** : _Chant de Linos_ - **Henri Dutilleux** : _Sonatine_ **Debussy** ’s _Prélude à l’Après-Midi d’un Faune_ has a prominent, and lovely, flute part. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/22 "2018-09-29T10:09:05Z")
Nice. Also Bach’s “Sheep shall Safely Graze,” Fourth Brandenburg Concerto, and the fantastic B-minor Orchestral Suite. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/23 "2018-09-29T10:22:18Z")
The flute part on the intro of **Stairway to Heaven** doesn’t seem too hard. Added benefit since most guitarists probably know the song, she could provide accompaniment. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/24 "2018-09-29T12:40:22Z")
Boléro. (It had to be said.) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/25 "2018-09-29T13:24:37Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > For her to play, or for her to hear? Big difference (potentially) in the kind of answers that will really help. Hear. Hopefully it will inspire her even more and she will try to play them. Thanks everyone for the recommendations! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/26 "2018-09-29T13:47:07Z")
If she didn’t like Jethro Tull she might not like **Camel** but they were another prog band that prominently featured flute. Here are a couple good examples. [Rhayader](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7esW6StGSI) [Supertwister](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpAUUeitABE) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/27 "2018-09-29T16:00:43Z")
The Moody Blues’ “Nights in White Satin.” ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/28 "2018-09-29T16:22:24Z")
DJ Quik features flute in a lot of his Tunes: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wEp0JX5TRqQ/hqdefault.jpg "DJ Quik - Quik's Groove III - HQ") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEp0JX5TRqQ) ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/29 "2018-09-29T16:27:25Z")
Peter Gabriel was a flautist. He’s all over early genesis LPs. He playes on Cat Stevens Katmandu too. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/30 "2018-09-29T16:39:22Z")
[Up the Country](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0PjECSyJ7w) by Canned Heat. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/31 "2018-09-29T17:18:02Z")
J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel both wrote bitchin’ flute sonatas. Telemann also too. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/32 "2018-09-29T17:34:38Z")
[Herbie Mann](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM7COlxNkuU) ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/33 "2018-09-29T17:59:01Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > [I Talk To The Wind](https://dai.ly/x2skkxm) by King Crimson I came in here to mentioned this same song. [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nMuA2y0kyA) is a live version of it with **Ian McDonald** playing the flute. I think I’ve watched it at least 20 times over the past few years; I find it incredibly beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/34 "2018-09-29T18:03:24Z")
The theme from _ **Titanic** _ is heavy on the pennywhistle, an end-blown (as opposed to transverse) flute. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/35 "2018-09-29T19:47:19Z")
_Thick as a Brick,_ by Jethro Tull . Actually quite a bit by Tull. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/36 "2018-09-29T19:50:49Z")
For a female role model, there’s [Holly Hofmann](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTj5Fx3THG4), who is very well known in jazz circles. Or this rendition of [Swinging Shepherd Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS8ZFYO2xOw), featuring Marie-Véronique Bourque. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/37 "2018-09-29T20:47:36Z")
Hawkwind: Assault And Battery/The Golden Void The flute player is Nik Turner. (That’s Lemmy on bass) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1UIYMxZRLf0/maxresdefault.jpg "Hawkwind - Assault and Battery/ The Golden Void (Stereo mix)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UIYMxZRLf0) ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/38 "2018-09-29T21:37:30Z")
Moe Koffman played jazzed-up (literally) arrangements of Bach that are very good for what they are - not the top Bach playing in the world and not the top jazz flute playing in the world, but really good as themselves. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/39 "2018-09-29T22:11:42Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > _Thick as a Brick,_ by Jethro Tull . > > Actually quite a bit by Tull. > [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Also, I tried out Jethro Tull on her and she did not like it at all (bummed me out) so you can skip that. Reading the OP is _hard!_ ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152/40 "2018-09-29T22:21:09Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Moody Blues? > > PM a musician like EmilyG. She may be of great help. Thank you. 🙂 Here I am. A lot of what I want to suggest has been suggested already in this thread. I’d add that the song “California Dreamin’” by The Mamas and the Papas has a flute solo (alto flute! A flute that’s a bit bigger and lower-pitched than the flutes most people play.) “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” by the Beatles also has one or two flutes in it - maybe also the alto flute, but I’ve never quite been able to find out. Chaminade’s Flute Concertino is a piece I’ve always liked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-music-where-flute-figures-prominently/822152.md?page=3)