Actart Concert: Time Travelling Flute

Show & Culture

The time travelling Flute traces the transformation of the instrument from the Baroque traverso to the modern Boehm-system flute. In this recital, flutist Flavia Hirte and pianist Ezgi Göktürk outline how developments in keywork, bore design, and materials gradually changed the flute’s technical and expressive possibilities. Short spoken introductions frame each era, with illustrative excerpts performed on appropriate historical flutes to demonstrate differences in color, articulation, and dynamic range. The main program is performed on modern instruments, letting the repertoire be heard with today’s sound and projection, while remaining grounded in historical context. Through these contrasts, listeners gain insight into how composers such as Bach, Schubert and Taffanel wrote with different instruments and aesthetics in mind. Presented within the Actart concert series at the Conservatoire de Luxembourg, the concert offers an overview of three centuries of flute playing, combining performance, explanation, and practical demonstration.