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Book 1: Telemann Fantasias for flute, Quantz
Pieces sans bass; Solo sonatas by J S and C P E
Bach, Book 2: Telemann Fantasias for violin; Marais
Couplets de Folies (Les Folies d'Espagne); Six movements
from Bach's solo violin partitas; Twenty-nine movements
from Bach's cello suites, Telemann's fantasias for violin are much less well
known than his flute fantasiass but have music of the
same quality and imagination.Marais' Couplets de Folies
are full of ideas, adventure and beauty. Bach's cello
suites must be the best music of the gentre, often
difficult but supremely satisfying. A lifetime's study -
in so few pages. New from Gus
Haverkate - The Jazzin' Recorder P 403 Jazzin' 0: studies and exercises for treble
recorder, £9.50 P 401 Jazzin' 1: 15 solos for treble recorder, piano
ad lib, £8.50 P 402 Jazzin' 2: 11 duets for treble recorders
(accomp. of bass, or tenor+bass ad lib), £9.50
The Solo Recorder
PAR 108, £20
PAR 109, £20
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NEW from Peacock Press:
P 275 Scottish Songs of Love and Loss arranged for SATB recorders by Marg Hall, £7.50
1. Jock o' Hazeldean 2. Ae fond kiss 3. The Floweres of the Forest 4. The Lass of Patie's Mill 5. Will ye no' come back again
P 340 John Hawkes - Symphony No 2 for recorder orchestra, SoSSAATTBBGbCb, £20.00
P 357 Marg Hall - Three Spanish Carols for SATB, £5.50
P 388 Cornish Dances 1 by Sir Malcolm Arnold arr by Denis Bloodworth for recorder orchestra, 10 SSAATTBBGbCb, £7.75
P 394 Edward Elgar, arr. Denis Bloodworth - Polka - Helcia for 6 SAATTB
P 395 Marg Hall - Four Irish Airs for "easy recorder orchestra", SATBGbCb, £7.75
1. Kitty My Love (Citi na gCumann); 2. Anach Cuan; 3. Suzie McGuire (Siubhan Ni Dhuibhir); 4. The Month of January. Following on from "Something Old, Something New" (P 380). No. 2 "Anach Cuan" commemorates a tragic boating accident in 1828, in which a rowing boat taking 31 people from Anach Cuan to the fair in Galway sank with the loss of 19 lives.)
P 396 Claude Debussy - Cakewalk, arr. Adam Dopadlik for SATB, £6.50
P 397 Peter Warlock - Beethoven's Binge arr. Adam Dopadlik for SATB, £6.50
P 400 Marg Hall - Even More Razzjazz for Two: five jazzy duets for SA, £3.50
1. Slightly blue; 2. Whoops-a-daisy; 3. Wednesday Waltz; 4. In the Shadows; 5. Snap into it!
P 405 George Gershwin - Summertime from Porgy and Bess arr. by Alan Davis for solo descant recorder and SoSSAATTBGbCb, £7.50
Closely follows the original except for the transposition from b minor to d minor. The vocal line, played here by a solo descant, may be played exactly as written or with an element of rhythmic freedom and expressively nuanced intonation. The accompanying parts may be played by ten solo players or a larger group.
P 406 Anne Martin - Images of Japan for recorder trio, based on three traditional Japanese songs: ATB & STB, £6.50
1. Sakura! Sakura! 2. Gonbe ga Tanemaku; 3. Koito-Utatote. This trio was composed to be played one-to-a-part. It can be successfully played by a larger group provided the solo and tutti are observed in Sakura! Sakura! and only one or a small group of descant(s) plays in Gonbe ga Tanemaku with the remainder of the tenors tacet.
P 407 Ian Farquhar: The Pendulum Clock for 7 SoSATBGbCb, £5.50
An addition to Ian Farquhar's Clocks and Time series.
P 408 Ian Farquhar - Napier's Blues for SATB optional Great Bass and Contra, £6.00
John Napier, a scottish nobleman, refined the logarithms and produced tables such as we are familiar with. Tempo is "Andante miseria" and is in C minor. You may learn some maths along the way.
P 409 Ian Farquhar - Archimedes Principle for SATB with optional Great Bass and Contra. Also water jars are required. £5.50
This is Ian in a light mood - short, fun and not difficult. I suspect alternative ideas could replace the water jars.
P 410 Ian Farquhar - Pythagoras Square Dance for SATB, opt. Great Bass and Contra, £6.00
Reminiscent of a well know American square dance. Short, sharp and full of fun
P 412 Marg Hall - Hava Nagila: 4 Jewish Songs and Dances arranged for SATB recorders, £6.50
1. Nigun Atik "Ancient Melody" It has become known as a wedding dance.
2. Oriental Hora - A traditional middle European Klezmer tune
3. Maym Mayim - "Water,water" is an Israeli folk song
4 Hava Nagil "Let's rejoice" The melody is taken from a Ukrainian folk song
P 413 Jay Mackie - Jungle Life for descant recorder, £4.00
Jungle Life is a tone poem hopefully giving the player the experience of a jungle expedition encountering oppressive heat, squawking parrots, sultry nights, urgency of survival and some cooler calmer reflections.
P 414 Jay Mackie - Little Suite for treble and tenor recorders, £4.00
3 short duets for a hard-to-find combination of instruments. 1. Resolute 2. Molto moderato 3. Andante mesto
P 413 & 414 need a fairly good technique. Moderate to difficult.
P 415 Jay Mackie - too much information for a solo tenor recorder, £4.00
This piece is not for the faint hearted - a good technique is required. Ideas come tumbling one after another - the product of an overloaded brain as the title suggests.
P 416 Baroque and Classical Slow Movements selected and arranged for descant or tenor recorder and piano by Joanna Brown, £6.50
Includes slow movements by Crusell, Fiocco, Molter and Krommer.
P 417 Jay Mackie - Around the World with my Recorder for descant recorder and piano, £6.50
Jay visits Australia, The Caribbean, Japan, Romania and Cuba before returning to England. Six delightful character sketches of moderate difficulty.
P 419 Nonet for Wind Instruments, Op. 79 by Franz Krommer arranged for 9 recorders by Joanna Brown S.A.A.T.T.B.B.Gb.Cb., £18.50
All four movements have been transcribed - a regular tour de force. Allegro, Menuetto, Andante-Allegretto, Allegro assai.
P 421 Summertime by George Gershwin, arr. Jane Minns for 8 SoSATTBBGb, £7.50
P 422 Everybody's Talking by Roy Sansom for SATB, £6.75
A minimal piece that pieces together phrases of varying lengths which eventually coincide. The effect should be that of a conversation amongst four people where everybody has her own point and is not interested in anybody else's as much as making theirs heard. Enjoy the racket.
P 423 Shadow Play by Roy Sansom for AA, £6.00
P 424 Xylophobia by Roy Sansom for 2 AA £5.50
"Xylophonia was composed in 1996 when my level of anxiety was always very high. It should be played throughout with a marked articulation and a relentless drive. The piece is a short sonata and the harmonic movement is fairly classical. The repetitive figuration is the point."
P 426 The Battle Suite by Jane Minns for SoSSAATTBGbCb, optional speaker, male and female voices and percussion, £11.50
A stirring evocation of the The Battle of Agincourt with quotations from Walton, Byrd, Paul Harvey and others.
P 427A J S Bach - Ricercar a 6 in G minor from A Musical Offering arr. Alan Davis, 6 SATBGbCb, £6.75
P 427B J S Bach - Ricercar a 6 in D minor from A Musical Offering arr. Alan Davis, 6 SoSATBGb, £6.75
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New from Gus Haverkate - The Jazzin' Recorder P 403 Jazzin' 0: studies and exercises for treble recorder, £9.50 P 401 Jazzin' 1: 15 solos for treble recorder, piano ad lib, £8.50 P 402 Jazzin' 2: 11 duets for treble recorders (accomp. of bass, or tenor+bass ad lib), £9.50 |
P 430 Ian Farquhar - Symphony No 5 for recorder orchestra, SoSSAATTBBGbCb, £22.50
P 431 John Hawkes - Triptych for 5 SATTB, £8.50
P 429 Marg Hall - Three Welsh Carols for 4 SATB £5.75
P 434 Marg Hall - Four Playford Dances for 4 SATB,
£6.50
Dick's Maggot, Staines Morris, Confesse and Scotch Cap. These tunes came from the English Dancing Master of 1651.
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New in John Turner's fast-growing Contemporary Recorder Music series
PJT 154 Robert Simpson - Variations and Fugue (in memoriam Horace Dann) for treble & sopranino recorder (1 player) + string quartet, £18.00
PJT 155 William Eden - Scenes from Nature for sop voc, treble recorder & harpsichord, £10.50
PJT 156 Philip Cowlin - Concertino for treble & sopranino recorder (1 player) + pno, £9.50
PJT 157 Philip Cowlin - Concertino for treble & sopranino recorder (1 player) + string quartet, £18.00
PJT 158 Andrew Mayes - Sonatina for treble recorder & harpsichord, £5.50
Composed in 2009 and first performed by John Turner and Ian Thompson at St Bartholomew's Church, Wilmslow in May 2010.
PJT 159 Sonatina by Elizabeth Cooper, for descant or tenor recorder & piano, £5.50
1. Capriccioso; 2. Siciliana; 3. Rondo. Originally written for her own enjoyment but subsequently performed by Carl Dolmetsch and Joseph Saxby.
PJT 160 Dances on My Grave by Beth Wiseman for recorder (T,A,So,B) and string quartet, £25.00
This piece was composed for John Turner and the Camerata Quartet in 2000 in response to a period of serious illness. "A series of little movements reflects a curiosity about the idea of becoming non-corporeal. Angels, ghosts, minor devils and birds are each engaged in a brief conversation on the subject." "Both the harsh and the soft, the bold and the gentle dance in reconciliation." Beth Wiseman died aged 55 in 2007. The piece is included on the CD "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" by John Turner and the Camerata Quartet.
PJT 161 Three Complaints by Nicholas Marshall, for soprano voice, solo treble & pno, £5.50
PJT 162 The Falling of the Leaves by Nicholas Marshall for High voc, A/flute, cello, harpsichord, £9.75
A song-cycle to words by WB Yeats.
PJT 163 Quartet No 1 by Karel Janovicky for SATB, £11.50
"This engaging work fully exploits the
technical brilliance and youthful élan of the players" [i
Flautisti].] - Gregory Terian
PJT 164 Suite for four recorders or pipes by William Lloyd Webber for SATB, £7.25
William Lloyd Webber, father of Julian and Andrew, wrote this Suite originally for Pipes. It fits perfectly on recorders and is accessible to players of intermediate level. It comprises Prelude, Fugue, Air and Jig.
PJT 165 Sonata for Treble recorder and piano by Derek Bourgeois, £7.50
The movements are "Prelude, Sicilienne and Ecossaise " This sonata is technically demanding ( for both performers) but full of beguiling tunes, and ending with an inebriated Scottish romp. A substantial and very welcome addition to the recorder repertoire.
New in John Turner's Recorder Miscellany series
PRM 009 Greensleeves Fantasy by Anthony St Pierre for treble recorder & piano or harpsichord, £5.00
Early sources for Greensleeves present it in both the melodic minor and the Dorian mode. The present fantasy was composed for Scott Paterson in 2006 and is based on the latter. The Romanesca ground supports the tune once for the verse and then for the refrain: thus the fantasy comprises variations within variations.
PRM 010 Rain Dance by John Turner for descant recorder and piano £5.00
A companion piece to the delightful Rain Song. It is very fast - full of energy, cross rhythms and interplay between solo and accompaniment.
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New in Andrew Robinson Editions
PAR 008 J S Bach, arr. Andrew Robinson - Suite No. 2 (Version 2): the seven dances of BWV 1067 for 1 S/T & keyboard, £5.50
PAR 116 Telemann - Miscellaneous dances from Telemann's Overtures Book 1 arranged by Andrew Robinson for descant or tenor recorder and keyboard £7.50
PAR 117 Telemann - Miscellaneous dances from Telemann's Overtures Book 2 arranged by Andrew Robinson for treble recorder and keyboard £7.50
The treble book does not contain the same pieces as book 1. These are delightful, short pieces of roughly grade 3-4 standard but enjoyable for all.
PAR 310 C P E Bach - Sonata in F (after the Trio for viola, bass recorder & harpsichord, H588) for bass or treble recorder & keyboard instrument, £8.00
PAR 426 Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto a quattro (RV 153) for SATB, £7.50
PAR 427 Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto a quattro (RV 110) for SSAB or SSTB, £7.50
New from Glen Shannon
GSM 1025: Shannon Duos Vol. 5 for alto and tenor recorders, £8.50
Easy Breezy (light be-bop swing); Two on a Raft (fun blue-grass with a bit of ragtime); Papillons (quasi-Baroque)
GSM 1026: Shannon Duos Vol. 6 for descant and bass recorders, £8.50
East Bay Rag(the sound of a Gold Rush saloon a la Hollywood; Sheyne Meydele (Klezmer-inspired story following the moods of a beautiful young girl; Carnaval (rumba evoking imagery of a Cuban festival)
New from Sweet Pipes
SP 2384 Canciones de las Tierras Espanolas, arr Eddleman for 2 SS, opt A, guitar and opt percussion, £3.95
SP 2393 Folk Songs from a World Apart arr. by Marilyn Copeland Davidson for 2-3 SS/S and Orff percussion, £3.95
SP 2394 Sounds n Beats by Chris Judah-Lauder, for 2 SS & hand-drum, £7.15
Ideal for mixed-ability classroom or ensemble work
SP 2399 Folk Tunes from the Hispanic Tradition collected and arranged by Virginia Nylander Ebinger, £3.60
Arranged for 1-3 descant recorders, some treble. Words and translations included. Simple.
SP 2403 Seeds of Discovery by Robert Amchin for 2 SA and percussion, £7.15
Introduces alto recorder to descant and Orff ensembles,
SP 2406 Seeds of World Discovery by Robert Amchin for 2 SA and percussion, £7.15
Introduces world music to beginning alto players and accomplished descant and Orff ensembles,
From Saraband, Australia:
The Bass Recorder Book in four volumes, arranged for solo bass recorder by Patrice Connelly, £15.00 each. Text of songs included.
SAR 64 - 1. Folk & Traditional Music of England, Ireland, Scotland and Australia - all easy
SAR 65 - 2. Renaissance Music. Easy to more advanced, inc. Holborne, Hume, Dowland
SAR 66 - 3. Medieval Music. Inc. Estampie, Saltarelli, Laude, Machaut. Mostly easy
SAR 67 - 4. Music of Henry Purcell. Arrangements of his misc. keyboard dances.
From Flautando:
FE B-024 - J S Bach - Passacaglia BWV 582 c-moll arr. Bart Spanhove and Paul van der Meer for SATB, £9.00
From Flautando Manuskriptesammlung
FE A-160 Fulvio Caldini - Tre fantasie for solo descant or tenor, £7.50
FE A-162 Fulvio Caldini - Capricci e Fantasie op. 126/C for solo S & T recorder and piano
FE B-024 - J S Bach - Passacaglia BWV 582 c-moll arr. Bart Spanhove and Paul van der Meer for SATB, £9.00
From Ursus Verlag
URS 11145 Relda, das Königreich des Adlers (Kingdom of the Eagles) - Allan Rosenheck for S(S)ATB(Cb), £9.00
A musical fairy tale for recorder ensemble and narrator (duration, approx. 30 minutes). The story tells of a beautiful fantasy land inhabited by all kinds of animals and ruled by the eagle king Ernest. Interspersed in the text, the recorder ensemble portrays the story musically.
URS 31148 Gesucht ! Ein Blockfloten-Krimi - Allan Rosenheck for SATB and narrator, £10.00
URS 21250 Der Mond ist aufgegangen - Allan Rosenheck: 3 short pieces for SATB recorders, £5.50
New from Mayhill
MHE 10112 Suite by Ann Marshall for 3 TTT, £5.50
MHE 10911 Arden Dances by Rosemary Robinson for 5 SATTB, £13.00
New from Kevin Mayhew
KM 3612105 Red Hot Recorder Songs by Sarah Watts for descant, £7.99
More jazzy recorder pieces with lyrics to aid learning.
New from Rondo
RP 068 My Second Tudor Consort Book - Misc. arr. Kinder & Robertson-Wade for SATB, £7.50
RP 058 Innumerable Angels - Alan Davis for Sop & tenor voc, 1 A, bass viol, hpsichd, £18.00
New from Editio Tre Fontane
Windward by Alan Davis for 6 SSATTB. ETF 2095, £14.50
The work's title and the traditiional children's rhymes which preface each of the movements were chosen to reflect the character of the South East Coast of England and its historic fishing industry.
New from Moeck
ZFS 820 Passacaille from HWV 432 by G F Handel, arr. Autenrieth for SATB, £2.99
EM 3315 Nachtschwarmerei after the Spanish folksong "Rondar que te rondario" arr. Irmhild Beutler for recorder orchestra (SoSAATBBGbCb) & glockenspiel, £14.50
EM 3316 Marche pour la Ceremonie des Turcs by Jean-Baptiste Lully, adapted Sylvia Corinna Rosin for recorder orchestra (SoSSATBGBCB) & drum, £14.50
From Breitkopf
EB 8750: Blockflöte and Improvisation by Matthias Maute, £18.90
Aimed at recorder players who want to learn and teach the art of extemporization with insights into the forms and styles of improvisation over the centuries, from the Middle Ages to jazz improvisation. There are many models and suggestions for students of all levels and the book contains a CD and offers practical instructions for playing extempore in various styles. It is also ideal as a point of departure for one's own improvisations.
From Schott
Baroque Recorder Anthology Vol. 4, ed. Gudrun Heyens and Peter Bowman, for solo alto and piano, with CD, ED 13325, £11.99
This anthology presents pieces by 17th- and 18th-century composers in a variety of different styles, providing an informed introduction to the musical forms of the Baroque period. The volume contains works by major composers such as Bach, Handel and Telemann, as well as lesser-known composers including Caix d’Hervelois and Marcello. Insightful teaching notes and composer biographies accompany the works, as well as a CD of the pieces performed by Gudrun Heyens and Wolfgang Kostujak. Ideal for players and teachers looking to explore the repertoire for their instrument further, this collection provides pieces suitable for concerts, festivals and competitions. Suitable for students with 8 or more years playing experience (grades 7-8).
Concerto: easy pieces for descant recorder & pno, ed. Gudrun Heyens, with CD, ED 20182-50, £15.50
With 'Concerto', the experienced recorder teacher Gudrun Heyens presents a selection of recorder pieces which allow for the study of performance literature as early as from the second year of study. The edition contains individual pieces such as Dornel's 'Chaconne' or Corelli's 'Follia Variations' as well as little pieces by Playford or Susato which can also be played as short suites. The collection was compiled with regard to 'Jugend musiziert' or other competitions.
From Doblinger
Flautas de los Andes arr. Gerald Schwertberger for 1-2 descant or tenor recorders, DOB 04450, £14.95
Flautas de los Andes arr. Gerald Schwertberger for 1-2 descant or tenor recorders and piano, opt. percussion, DOB 34402, £16.95
New from Forsyth
FOR FLE09 - Recorder Roundabout by Emma Lines: the complete first year descant recorder tutor, £7.95
Assumes no prior musical knowledge: ideal teaching aid for players to develop their instrument and music reading at home
From De Haske
DH 1115203 Joy of Christmas S(A).A.T.B
Quartets arranged by Bart Spanhove - Away in a Manger, Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen, In dulce jubilo, Still,Still, Still. Silent Knight £12.50
DH 1115202 Christmas Favourites Quartets arr. Bart Spanhove including Winter Wonderland, £12.50
DH 1115199070 Masters of the Baroque - Vivaldi Concerto in G maj for Recorder Quartet SSAB, £11.95 Sc & pts
This lesser-known concerto in G major, Alla Rustica, is nothing like the extremely challenging concertos for sopranino or alto and orchestra but it is very tuneful and a joy to play.
DH 1115197-070 Masters of the Renaissance - Suite in G minor by Petrus Phalesius arranged by Bart Spanhove for recorder quartet SATB £11.95 Score & pts
This 16th century gem is a collection of 4 part instrumental music from "The Leuven Book of Dances" by Phalesius.
DH 1115198-070 Masters of the Renaissance - " Four Flemish Dances" by Susato arr. Bart Spanhove for Recorder Quartet SATB, £11.95 Sc & pts
This selection is from from "Mille Ducas". The Renaissance pieces are very straight forward and well paced for easy reading.
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Director and harpsichord - Bridget
Cunningham, Recorders - Laura Justice, Soprano - Breda
Mckinney, Violin -Farran Scott, Baroque
'Cello/Viola da Gamba - Jennifer Bullock Music by Turlough O'Carolan,
Cornelius Lyons and early Irish songs.
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