Mozart: Concertos for Flute & Concerto for Flute & Harp are of course a Holy Grail for flautist François Lazarevitch. One that he has decided to tackle together with his ensemble Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien in connection with their work on sources of interpretation.

He has recorded the two concertos for flute and orchestra on a one-keyed flute, a copy of an instrument made in Mozart’s time, and the concerto in C for flute and harp on an eight-keyed flute — a flute with a C foot — with Sandrine Chatron playing a period harp by François-Joseph Naderman.

As Mozart left no original cadenzas for the flute concertos, François Lazarevitch has created his own, drawing inspiration from the cadenzas Mozart composed for his piano concertos. The Menuets and Gavottes in the final movements are particularly highlighted by the ensemble’s expertise in music for dancing: “after a first movement that is a little solemn and a second that is more lyrical, the final movements are often a moment for release in dance,” concludes Lazarevitch.

François Lazarevitch, Flute
Sandrine Chatron, Harp
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien