Double concerto for flute, harp and orchestra - Study score

Aho, Kalevi
Title: Double concerto for flute, harp and orchestra - Study score
Authors: Aho, Kalevi (Composer)
Product number: 9790550180291
Product form: Sheet music
Availability: Delivery in 7-16 days
Publication date: 23.1.2026
Price per piece: 34,50 € (30,40 € vat 0 %)

Publisher: Fennica Gehrman
Edition: 2026
Publication year: 2026
Language: English
Pages: 126
Product family: Flute
Harp
Orchestral & stage works
Two or more solo instruments and orchestra
Finnish library classification: 78.552 Konsertot kahdelle soolosoittimelle
Key words: kaksoiskonsertot, huilu, harppu
Almost every time the orchestra has a double concerto for flute and harp on its program, it plays a work from Mozart's early years. Flutist Marina Piccinini and harpist Anneleen Lenaerts wanted something more and asked Kalevi Aho for a different kind of double concerto that would bring out the possibilities of solo instruments more broadly.

The solo instruments in Double concerto for flute, harp and orchestra (2020) are like independent personalities that complement and support each other. Often one of the solo instruments is more dominant than the other, but there is no real competition or confrontation between them.

The half-hour concerto has four movements. The first movement (Tranquillamente) is like a broad introduction, followed by a fast Vivace movement. It gradually builds to a dramatic rise. The third movement (Andantino) begins calmly, more mysteriously, and the harp dominates the beginning of the movement. Later, this movement also builds to a powerful climax. The finale (Allegretto - Vivace capriccioso) begins with the solo flute's expectant melody. The fast, quite virtuosic Vivace section is rhythmically whimsical and moves in fast quintets.

This product is the study score. The performance material is available for hire from the publisher.

Duration: c. 32'

Instrumentation
Flauto contralto
Oboe
Corno inglese
Clarinetto in Sib
Clarinetto basso in Sib
Fagotto
Controfagotto

Trombe 1-2 in Sib
Corni 1-2 in Fa

Percussione (2 esecutori):
1: Timpani (at least 4, one very large for low C#), Tambourine
2: Tamburo piccolo, Cassa rullante, Gran cassa, Piatto sospeso, Tam-tam, Vibrafono, Glockenspiel, Campane tubolari, Triangle, Waterphone

Flauto solo
Arpa sola

Archi



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