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Vivaldi, A - "Concerto in C Major RV
533". This 'trio-sonata' has been arranged from Vivaldi's concerto for
two flutes and string orchestra. An optional part for bass recorder has been
included for groups without a keyboard.
Bach, J S - "Vivace from Double
Concerto". The first movement of Bach's concerto for 2 violins has
been arranged in four energetic parts by Kate Whyman. This piece requires a
contra-bass recorder (in F).
A T B C £4.75 Score & Parts
Bakfark, V - "The
Black Cow". A 16th Century lute virtuoso's lively setting of a Polish
folk song.
S A T B £2.00 Score & Parts
Billings, W - "Easter Anthem". A joyful seasonal anthem from one of America's earliest composers.
S A T B £2.50 Score & Parts
Buxtehude, D - "Canzonetta BuxWV
169". The contrapuntal nature of this lovely 18th Century organ music
means that no one misses out.
S A T B £2.00 Score & Parts
Corelli, A -"Pastorale". Taken from Corelli's concerto grosso
written for Christmas night.
A A T B £3.50 Score & Parts
Franck, C - "Four Pieces from 'L'Organiste'" - Originally written
for harmonium, these pieces are well suited to the sound of recorders.
Handel, G F - "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba". A well known piece -
great for concert programmes!
S A T B £4.00 Score & Parts
Handel, G F - "Organ Concerto No.6". From Handel's tuneful concerto for organ and strings.
S A T B £5.00 Score & Parts
Haydn, J - "Gipsy Rondo". The Finale from Haydn's trio works well
on four recorders. The spirited music has a distinctly Hungarian flavour.
S A T B £4.25 Score & Parts
Hellendaal, P - "Concerto
Grosso Op3 No1". An 18th Century "Grand Concerto" for strings arranged
for recorder quartet. This very attractive piece keeps everyone busy.
A A T B £5.00 Score & Parts
Hellendaal, P - "Concerto Grosso Op3 No2". Another sonorous string concerto by 'possibly the most famous Dutch baroque composer ever to work in King's Lynn'.
A A T B £5.00 Score & Parts
Hellendaal, P - "Pastorale". A gentle, lilting movement from
another of Hellendaal's six 'Grand concertos' for strings, arranged for
recorder quartet.
A A T B £2.50 Score & Parts
Liszt, F - "Three Christmas Carols". Arranged from Liszt's seasonal
piano suite "A Christmas Tree", these are romantic, atmospheric settings of
three traditional carols.
S A T B £4.00 Score & Parts
Pachelbel, J - "Two Organ
Fugues". These charming little fugues are very satisfying to play.
Richards, P - "Three Sea Songs".
Well-known tunes with a nautical flavour.To be played in a suitably salty
style.
S A T B £3.50 Score & Parts
Richards, P - "Deck the Hall..."
...with Boughs of Holly! The famous Welsh New Year's Song gets a slightly oblique slant.
S A T B £3.00 Score & Parts
Richards, P - "We Wish You a Merry Christmas".
A lively arrangement of this Christmas favourite.
S A T B £2.50 Score & Parts
Richards, S - "Brigg Fair". This free setting of a traditional Lincolnshire folk melody can be played by either a one-to-a-part consort or a larger ensemble.
S A T B £3.00 Score & Parts
Richards, S - "Folk Song Suite". A collection of traditional
melodies from around the British Isles arranged for a traditional recorder
quartet.
S A T B £4.50 Score & Parts
Scheidt, S - "Advent Hymn". This arrangement of the organ work
'Veni Redemptor gentium' has something for everyone.
S A T B £3.00 Score & Parts
Scheidt, S - "Canzon Cornetto". An exciting and melodic canzona,
originally featuring the brilliance of four cornetti.
T T T B £2.50 Score & Parts
Schubert, F - "Andante". A
melody written by the young Schubert and later arranged by him for piano.
S A T B £2.00 Score & Parts
Torelli, G - "Sonata a 4". An exciting Baroque string sonata which lies well on recorders.
A A T B £5.00 Score & Parts
Tunder, F - "Jesus Christus wahr Gottes Sohn". A
choral fantasia by Buxtehude's father-in-law, originally for organ.
Carolan, T - "Four Irish
Melodies". Written by this 18th Century Irish harpist, these melodies
have been freely arranged for recorder quintet.
S A A T B £5.00 Score & Parts
Faure, G - "Cantique de Jean Racine". Faure's music may well give
you 'goose-bumps' in this sonorous arrangement by Nicky Johns. This time you
will need to find a great-bass recorder.
A A T T G £5.00 Score & Parts
Fischer, J C F - "Suite No. 4". A
17th-Century dance suite. This substantial work ends with a very fine
passacaglia.
S S A T B £5.00 Score & Parts
Gade, N - "Christmas Suite". An arrangement of children's piano
pieces - ideal for the Christmas concert.
Sp S A T B £4.00 Score & Parts
Geminiani, F - "Concerto Op3 No3". Delightful to play in
one-to-a-part or larger groups.
S S A T B £5.00 Score & Parts
Gottschalk, L - "Tournament Galop".
This piano showpiece makes an excellent concert item for recorder quintet.
S&Sp S&A A T B £5.00 Score & Parts
Gounod, C - "Children's Dance". Originally for piano, this catchy
little melody works well on recorders.
Guilmant - "Noel Ecossaise". Originally for organ, this sounds particularly effective played on a large ensemble.
A T T B B £3.00 Score & Parts
Guilmant - "Noel Languedocien". This delightful piece will sound very effective when played by a larger ensemble.
A T T B G £3.00 Score & Parts
Jeffes, S - "Music for a Found Harmonium". Simon Jeffes' toe-tapping encore for the famous Penguin Café Orchestra.
S A T B B £5.00 Score & Parts
Karg-Elert, S - "The Artful
Harmonium". Four character pieces for harmonium 'artfully' arranged by
Paul Richards.
S A A T B £4.25 Score & Parts
Ketterer, E - "Vienna Galop". Lively melodies to delight audience
and players alike.
S A T T B £3.25 Score & Parts
Molloy, J L - "Love's Old, Sweet Song". An enduringly popular melody from a gifted Irish composer of the Victorian era.
S A T B B £3.50 Score & Parts
Pezel, J - "A 5-piece Suite". Five delightful 17th Century dance
movements, originally for brass.
S S A T B £3.00 Score & Parts
Richards, P - "Around Robin". 13
very varied variations on the recorder players' favourite: 'My Robin is to the
Greenwood Gone' (also known as 'Bonny Sweet Robin').
S A T T B £5.00 Score & Parts
Richards, P - "Heavy Bananas!" A jazzy piece to go with custard?
Hints of some familiar tunes, here...
S A T B G £3.75 Score & Parts
Richards, P - "Joshua!" Take the scenic route to Jericho with Joshua in this jazzy arrangement of the famous spiritual.
S A T B B/C £4.00 Score & Parts
Richards, P - "Paganini Variations". A set of lively variations on
the well-known theme of Paganini's 24th Caprice.
S A T T B £3.75 Score & Parts
Richards, S - "Horniman Carols". New settings of five familiar Christmas carols. Sounds good with a large group, or one-to-a-part.
S A T T B £5.00 Score & Parts
Richards, S - "Lord Willobie's
Wallaby". This modern setting of Byrd's 'Lord Willobie's Welcome Home'
was written for the Willobie Consort.
S A T T B £3.75 Score & Parts
Richards, S - "Riddle Song". A
rather 'fruity' setting of 'I Will Give My Love An Apple'.
S A T T B £4.00 Score & Parts
Saint-Saens, C - "Elephant". Taken from 'Carnival of the Animals',
this arrangement is dedicated to all players of the great-bass and contra-bass
recorder. You will need one or the other of these to play this piece.
S A T B G/C £2.00 Score & Parts
Sullivan, A - "The Lost Chord". "Seated one day at the organ..." A Victorian classic arranged for recorders. This would make a rousing finale for your programme!
S A T B B £3.50 Score & Parts
Vivaldi, A - "Concerto Op3 No10". This concerto for strings
translates well to recorders. Plenty of action for those who like a
challenge.
A A A A T/B £6.00 Score & Parts
Wigthorpe, W - "Dowland's Sorrow". William Wigthorpe's consort arrangement of Dowland's popular lute song, "Sorrow, Come".
S A A T B £3.50 Score & Parts
Wigthorpe, W - "Three Elizabethan Dances". Three sprightly dances (around 1600) from partbooks in the British Library.
S S A T B £2.50 Score & Parts
Wigthorpe, W - "Phantasia No.1". A fine Elizabethan fantasy, from the same source as the 3 Elizabethan Dances. Includes bonus set of 'low' parts (AATBG) for renaissance recorders.
. A motet with rich sonorities influenced by the popular Venetian style.
S S A T T B £4.00 Score & Parts
Daquin, L-C - "Noel Suisse". This
organ work is arranged here for six-part recorder ensemble. It would sound
particularly effective in a larger group where there might be scope for using
'solo' & 'tutti' effects.
S S A T T B £3.75 Score & Parts
Geminiani, F - "Concerto Op3 No2". This delightful concerto for
strings sounds great on recorders. Plenty of action for all parts.
A A T T B B £5.75 Score & Parts
Handl, J - "Rorate Coeli Desuper". A motet in the grand, Venetian style by this prolific, Central European composer.
S S A T B B £4.00 Score & Parts
Joplin, S - "Solace". A gently laid-back 'Mexican Serenade' from the Master of ragtime.
Sp S A T B G/B £5.00 Score & Parts
Rameau, J-P - "Rondeau". A lively dance from Les indes gallants, freely arranged by Richard Austen.
S A A T T B/G £4.00 Score & Parts
Vivaldi, A - "Concerto in F major RV 539". Vivaldi at his most entertaining: originally for two solo horns and strings.
S A A/T T B B £6.00 Score & Parts
Walther, J G - "Concerto No. 1 del Sign. Albinoni". From a transcription for organ, by a cousin of J S Bach, of an Albinoni concerto grosso. Sounds fantastic on recorders - not to be missed!
Vivaldi, A - "Concerto Op3
No1". This concerto works particularly well with a large group so that
you can exploit the 'solo' & 'tutti' effects. Although not
necessary, the use of a contra-bass (in F) will further enhance the
performance.
. Originally for strings, this music
sounds good on a recorder orchestra or large ensemble where careful
part-'doubling' will provide the richness of sound required.
Sp S S A A T T B B G C £8.00 Score & Parts
Grieg, E - "Holberg Suite". Again, this music was originally
for strings, but this skilful arrangement by John Hawkes of the entire suite
transforms it into an enjoyable piece for recorder orchestra.
Sp S S A A T T B B G C £10.00 Score & Parts
Hawkes, J - "Celebration
Overture". Composed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Newcastle
branch of the Society of Recorder Players.
Sp S S A A T T B B G C £9.00 Score & Parts
Jenkins, J - "Newark Siege". Jenkins' pavane and galliard vividly depict the clash of opposing sides, the mourning for the dead and the celebration of victory after the siege of Newark in 1646.
Sp Sp S S A A T T B B G C £10.00 Score & Parts
Moszkowski, M - "3 Pieces from Foreign
Parts Op23". Chosen from a set of 6 character pieces better known as
piano duets. Here we have the sounds of Russia, Germany and Hungary.
Sp S S A A T T B B G C £10.00 Score & Parts
Mozart, W A - "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik". Mozart's best-known
serenade for strings has been cleverly and effectively arranged for recorder
orchestra by John Hawkes.
Sp S S A A T T B B G C £10.00 Score & Parts
Rimsky-Korsakov, N - "Dance of the Tumblers". This well-known orchestral showpiece shows the recorder orchestra at its best! An exciting concert item for players and audience alike.
Sp S S A A T T B B G C £10.00 Score & Parts
Richards, P - "Triptych". Written for the UK National Youth Recorder Orchestra, this tricky but rewarding three-movement piece was premiered by their ensemble BlockWork in 2007.
Sp S S A A T T B B G C £10.00 Score & Parts
Richards, S arr - "Fairies from
Ireland". Three traditional Irish tunes arranged for recorder
ensemble. These are particularly effective with larger groups of players.
S A T B G/C £3.75 Score & Parts
Strauss, J - "Im Krapfenwaldl". A polka to honour a favourite Viennese open space, where Strauss and his contemporaries would walk, enjoy the fresh air, and buy doughnuts from little stalls. Listen out for the wildlife!
Sp S A T B G £4.00 Score & Parts
Strauss, J - "Kinderspiele Polka". Fun and games for the 'young at
heart'. A great concert item for orchestra or large ensemble - or just fun to
play!
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