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recorders wind instruments recorders WILLIAM BYRD (1543-1623) Praeludium and Fantasia (from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book) arranged for SAATB Those of you who know and love Byrd’s original consort music (for instance the five-part setting of ‘Browning’) will relish the gravely expressive counterpoint and boisterous syncopated rhythms to be found in this Fantasia. The coda is a freely elaborated cadence, recalling the Praeludium and bringing the whole piece to a very satisfying conclusion. Some of Byrd’s keyboard music was arranged by himself from his own consort music and much of it has subsequently been arranged by others but, as far as I know, this masterpiece exists in no arrangement other than the present one. Duration about 7’30” GP01 Score and parts £ 12.50 MAURICE HODGES Irish tunes (Set 2) SATB Originally published in 1992 by WOODWINDplus (along with Set 1 for woodwind quartet), these pieces were written for the Cambridge branch of the Society of Recorder Players. Although there are short passages with extra parts for larger groups, the music was intended to be self-sufficient with four players, and versions for string quartet and saxophone quartet are in the pipeline. The tunes are: 1 A morning in summer (jig), 2 By the church at Creggan, 3 Hymn to the heart of Jesus, 4 The king of Laois (6/8 march). A version of the last movement for recorder orchestra has already been performed by the Peregrine Recorder Orchestra. Durations 2’20”, 1’30”, 1’40”, 2’05” (total about 8’30”) GP02 Score and parts £ 10.80 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) Andante (for a barrel in a little organ) K.616 arranged for AATB A late example of ‘flute-clock’ music - there are many pieces written by Haydn, Mozart and others for mechanical organs and subsequently arranged by all sorts of people for all sorts of ensembles, often recorders. I believe this work is already available for three recorders but I think this is the only published quartet version (there is a lot of four-part harmony in the original and you might as well share the work out a bit more). This may be the only late piece of Mozart for which recorders provide an appropriate mode of expression! Duration about 4’30” (5’50” if you do a D.C. rather than a D.S.!) GP03 Score and parts £ 9.60 MAURICE HODGES The Little Black Rose (fantasia on the Irish folk tune) SATB Originally published in 1983 by Zydeco Music. Conceived as a ‘musical history’ of the tune, using four progressively more elaborate versions, the piece begins with a wild soprano cadenza. The simple Dorian version introduced underneath by the tenor gradually grows to a climactic much- ornamented C major version in two-part free canon. A bass cadenza leads to the piece’s disappearance in a wisp of Irish mist. Duration about 5’30” GP04 Score and parts £ 10.00 wind instruments MAURICE HODGES Irish tunes (Set 1) woodwind quartet (fl, ob, cl in B flat & A, bn) Originally published in 1992 by WOODWINDplus, to whom I am very grateful for bringing them to a wide audience; they have had many performances and have been in the repertoire of several professional ensembles, including the London Wind Quartet and the Scottish group Illuminati. The first three tunes are relatively short and easy, and may be performed as a set on their own in the order 2, 3, 1; the last movement is more extended and difficult. The tunes are: 1 The red-haired boy (hornpipe), 2 I know my love, 3 Lovely Mollie, 4 The mountain lark (reel) incorporating The Four Courts. Durations 1’20”, 1’10”, 1’35”, 3’35” (total about 8’) GP05 Score and parts £ 14.70 SCOTT JOPLIN (1868-1917) Solace - A Mexican Serenade (originally for piano solo) arranged for wind quintet (fl, ob, cl in B flat, hn, bn) Originally published in 1996 by Ebony Edition. As a bassoonist, I chose to arrange this, rather than a more conventional piece of Joplin’s ragtime, because of its beautifully melodic bass line. It also has some surprising paused chords at the ends of phrases in the Trio, where you can imagine dancers momentarily frozen in mid-movement. There is another available quintet version, but I don’t know it, so I can’t tell you whether or not it’s better than this one. Mine’s cheaper, though. Duration about 5’ GP06 Score and parts £ 10.50 ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Suite in A major (‘American’) Op.98 (originally for piano solo) arranged for wind quintet (fl, ob, cl in A, hn, bn) Originally published in 1996 by Ebony Edition. Written around the same time as the ‘American’ string quartet and the ‘New World’ symphony, this is similarly direct in expression, with much pentatonic and modal writing, but it is not easy to play! Dvořák made an orchestral version of this work (with lots of percussion) but my arrangement is based entirely on the piano original. There are five movements: Moderato, Molto vivace, Allegretto, Andante, Allegro. The opening of the first reappears at the end of the last as a grand climax to the whole suite. Durations 3’50”, 4’10”, 3’15”, 2’50”, 2’50” (total about 17’30”) GP07 Score and parts £ 23.00 CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN (1813-1888) ‘Le Legatissimo’ and ‘Le Staccatissimo’ Op.63 Nos. 3 & 2 (originally for piano solo) arranged for 4 equal clarinets Alkan was a brilliant but reclusive pianist, reputed to be the only person in front of whom Liszt was nervous of playing. He wrote almost exclusively for his own instrument, and there are many large- scale and difficult works. However, he also wrote several sets of charming, unpretentious and easier pieces, including the ‘Esquisses’ Op.63 from which these two pieces have been selected. Durations 1’25”, 1’10” (total about 2’40”) GP08 Playing score and 4 parts £ 10.00 recorders.htmlwind_instruments.htmlrecorders.htmlwind_instruments.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3