Flute Concertos, Op. 10

• Vivaldi’s Op. 10 set of six flute concertos was published in Amsterdam in 1729 by Michel-Charles Le Cène.¹
• This set is the earliest known printed collection of concertos for transverse flute (not recorder). ²
• Vivaldi wasn’t thrilled with how well these concertos sold. In 1733, he decided not to publish concertos any more, because he could make a great deal more money selling manuscripts to wealthy private individuals instead of working with publishers.³
• The first three concertos in this collection came with fanciful programmatic subtitles in the first edition. 

Contents

Flute Concerto No. 1 in F Major, “La Tempesta di Mare” (The Storm at Sea), RV 433 

Flute Concerto No. 2 in g minor, “La notte” (The Night) RV 439 

Flute Concerto No. 3 in D Major, “Il gardellino” (The Goldfinch) RV 428 

Flute Concerto No. 4 in G Major RV 435 

Flute Concerto No. 5 in F Major RV 434 

Flute Concerto No. 6 in G Major RV 437 

1. “6 Flute Concertos, Op. 10 (Vivaldi, Antonio),” IMSLP, accessed July 30, 2021, https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Flute_Concertos%2C_Op.10_(Vivaldi%2C_Antonio). 
2. Barthold Kuijken, liner notes to The Grand Mogul: Virtuosic Baroque Flute Concertos, Barthold Kuijken, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Naxos 8.573899, CD, 2019.
3. Michael Talbot and Nicholas Lockey, “Vivaldi, Antonio,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed July 30, 2021,  https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000040120.