Flute, Viola and Harp

Flute, viola and harp are the instruments of a chamber music grouping that have become common through the establishment of ensembles that feature this set of instruments and have enjoyed new compositions written for the set. The first major composition written for the instruments was by Claude Debussy (his Sonate pour flute, alto, et harpe); Debussy had set out to compose a set of chamber works for "diverse ensembles," as distinguished from more common groupings like string quartet or piano trio. Though other composers have written chamber works that feature harp, this set of instruments has gained a repertoire, which places it among other established genres of the twentieth century such as the "Pierrot ensemble" (flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello, with frequently added percussion or voice).

Repertoire for Flute, Viola & Harp

* Claude Debussy: "Sonate pour flûte, alto, et harpe" (1915)
* [http://www.robpaterson.com Robert Paterson] : " [http://www.robpaterson.com/works-notes/embracing_the_wind.html Embracing The Wind] " (1999)
* Milton Barnes: "Harbord Street" (1991), "Tango 99" (2000), "Classical Cat" (1999)
* Arnold Bax: "Elegiac Trio" (1916)
* Jacques Bondon: "Le Soleil Multicolore" (1970)
* Brian Cherney: "Music for a Summer Wedding" (2000)
* Jean-Michel Damase: "Trio" (1947)
* Dorothea Franchi: "Suite"
* Harry Freedman: "Touchpoints" (1994)
* André Jolivet: "Petite suite pour flûte alto et harpe" (1941)
* Harald Genzmer: "Trio for flute, viola and harp" (1991)
* Krzysztof Meyer: "Hommage à Nadia Boulanger" (1971; new ver. 1991)
* Srul Irving Glick: "Trio" (1988)
* Jeffrey Harrington: "Oneiromancer," "Gygr"
* Bruno Louchouarn: "Rapprochement" (2000)
* Andrew MacDonald: "Pleiades Variations, Op. 45" (1998)
* Marjan Mozetich: "Goodbye My Friend" (2002)
* William Mathias: "Zodiac Trio" (1976)
* Lior Navok: "Veiled Echoes" (2000)
* Ben Steinberg: "Suite" (1981)
* Sofia Gubaidulina: "Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten" (1981)
* Jay Anthony Gach: "Tre Ecloghe" (1984)
* Janika Vandervelde: "Genesis III" (1985)
* Richard Rodney Bennett: "Sonata after Syrinx" (1986)
* Toru Takemitsu: "And then I knew 'twas wind" (1992)
* Philippe Hersant: "Trio" (2000)
* Nigel Keay: "Terrestrial Mirror" (2005)
* Costas Dafnis: "Cerisy's Sphinx" (2006)
* Patrick Loiseleur: "Celtic Melodies" (2006)
* Ian Lawson: "Isca" (2007)
* Caleb Burhans: "Keymaster" (2005)
* Kaija Saariaho: "New Gates" (1996)
* Cenk Ergun: "An" (2005)
* Linda Buckley: "all collisions end in static" (2003)
* Anna Clyne: "Beware Of" (2007)
* Dmitri Tymoczko: "Cathedral" (2005)
* Jason Treuting: "I am not (blank)" (2007)
* Harrison Birtwistle: "Dinah And Nick's Love Song" (1994)
* Gregory Mertl: "Madra's Musings" (2005)
* Dennis Riley: "Apparitions" (1983-1984)
* Adam Roberts: "Surface Tension" (2003)
* Lior Navok: "Veiled Echoes" (2000)
* Johannes Maria Staud: "Sydenham Music" (2007)

List of Flute, Viola & Harp Groups

* Naiades Ensemble(Great Britain)
* New York Harp Trio (America)
* Debussy Ensemble(Great Britain)
* Giverny Trio (New Zealand)
* Trio Lyra (North America)
* Turner Trio (France)
* Midnight Rose Trio (America)
* Trio Sospiroso (Great Britain)
* Bohemia Luxembourg Trio (Luxembourg)
* janus trio (Brooklyn, NY)
* ensemble infini (Japan)

ee also

* Chamber music