Summer 2025, Volume 45, Issue 2 Ricardo Kanji 1948-2025 Gabriel Alves Candido da Silva remembers the Brazilian recorder player, conductor and founder of the Orchestra of the 18th Century and Philidor Ensemble. Vintage Instruments Come Alive: The Dolmetsch 1930s Legacy Project Geoffrey Burgess, Andrew Pinnock,Tom Beets, and Joris van Goethem discuss their appreciation of recorders from the early 20th century The 1925 Haslemere Festival Brian Blood tells how Dolmetsch supporter Marco Pallis brought the Liverpool music festival of 1922 to Haslemere, where the Dolmetsches had settled in1917, and inaugurated the Haslemere Festival of 1925. Writing a Recorder Concerto Brian Inglis introduces his new Recorder Concerto which explores the recorder’s potential as a concertante instrument and the protagonist of a dramatic structure. He explains the concerto’s structure, instrumentation and stylistic references. New Concertos Jeremias Schwarzer, Professor of Recorder and Contemporary Music at the Nuremberg University of Music, talks about his project New Recorder Concertos. Centrespread Composer: Sue Handscombe Interviewed by Michael Graham Centrespread: Dance to your Daddy - Trad. arr. Sue Handscombe Ralf Bienioschek, a man on a mission Jean Campbell interviews the creative German crossover musician Bodil Diesen Daniel Swani interviews the Norwegian recorder maker Telemann’s Chamber Music with Recorder: a new recording project Erik Bosgraaf introduces his new CD, Telemann: Chamber Music with Recorder, saying "he is the Baroque composer who wrote the most idiomatically for our instrument." SRP News The new chair Moira Usher is introduced, Philip Thorby praises the tradition of professional and amateur musicians playing together, and Jean Campbell reports on the SRP conference and presents branch news, celebrations, playing days, courses, u3a and orchestras. Peter Macklin is remembered and Australia's NEFPRO is praised! ERTA News Chris Orton tells us about the conference in September and reports on activities. Music Reviews from Ursula Burchette, Andrew Collis, Pamela Flanagan, Andrew Mayes, Anne Martin, Sophie Middleditch, Harriet Oliver and John Turner. Click here for the music titles. Guest Reviews from Lizzie Knatt, Liz Alexander, Kati Debretzeni and Alma Nunez Debretzeni Click here for recorder music reviewed in this issue.    ****** All issues of Recorder Magazine carry news and reviews of competitions, courses, recitals and events reviews of recorder sheet music and CDs, & news and information for young players SUBSCRIBE HERE! [Recorder Magazine homepage] [Recorder Magazine index] [Recorder MusicMail Webmaster Last updated 5/6/2025