Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion is a 1998 musical composition by Melinda Wagner, who was awarded the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Music for the work.
A concerto for flute and orchestra, it was commissioned by the Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra, who premiered it May 30, 1998,[1] for flutist and conductor Paul Lustig Dunkel.
[2] The Pulitzer Prize Music Jury found the work notable for the piece's flute solo and integration of the orchestral accompaniment.
Containing strings, percussion, keyboards, celeste, and harp[3] while omitting brass and woodwinds, the ensemble is similar to that of Bartók's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.
[2] A piano reduction of the work, published by Theodore Presser Company, was created by Scottish-American composer, Jennifer Margaret Barker.