for soprano and piano. Par CASKEN JOHN. Chansons de Verlaine were completed in 2006. The third song, Colloque sentimental, was written in 2003 for Alison Smart and Katharine Durran’s New French Song project. It was as a result of having written one short song to words by Verlaine that I subsequently decided to set two further poems to make a group of three. All three were also set by Debussy: L’ombre des arbres and Chevaux de bois appear in Ariettes Oubliées, while Colloque sentimental belongs to Debussy’s second set of Fêtes Galantes. The poems I have grouped together are linked by the idea of three different landscapes. In the first, Verlaine precedes the words of his own sad, pale landscape with words from Cyrano de Bergerac about a nightingale who fears himself about to fall into a river and drown. In the second poem the landscape has been occupied by a fairground where men, women and children watch as the hobby-horses go round and round before night falls and the church tolls a passing-bell. The third poem takes us into an old park where two ghosts recall their past. The one wonders if the other remembers the happy days of their past lives, but the other doesn’t want to remember, barely acknowledging the closeness they once shared, seeing only that ‘hope has fled, defeated, towards the dark sky.’ I am very grateful to Roger Nichols and Dominique Mols for their advice with the setting of the French texts and with the translations. John Casken Colloque sentimental was first performed by Alison Smart and Katherine Durran at the Purcell Room in London on 13 July 2004/ Répertoire / Soprano et Piano

33 Works for Soprano (Descant) Recorder and Piano-Author of the Baroque Recorder Anthology series Peter Bowman along with Kathryn Bennetts presents the second in a series of four volumes dedicated to recorder music from the Renaissance period. Featuring a variety of interesting pieces scored for recorder and keyboard accompaniment this collection includes works by well-known figures as well as lesser known and rarely available pieces from a range of other composers. Suitable for students of ca. 4-5 years? of playing experience this book includes composer biographies and teaching notes on each piece together with a CD recording of all works performed by Kathryn Bennetts. Contents:Anon.: Es ist ein Ros entsprungenAnon.: FabordónA. le Roy: Bransle de PoictouT. Susato: Ronde 'Tausand Dukaten im Sack'J. Dowland: M. George Whitehead his AlmandAnon.: La Traditora (Galliard)A. Holborne: The Night Watch (Almain)R. Johnson: AlmanT. Susato: Nachtanz 'Sehr zu Unrecht'Anon.: Galliard 'La Rocha el Fuso'P. Phalèse: Gaillard 'La Fanfare'P. Verdelot: Quanto sia liet' il giornoAnon.: AlmanT. Susato: Ronde 'Mein Freund'T. Susato: Second RondeT. Susato: RondeR. Johnson/G. Farnaby: AlmanR. Susato: Ronde 'Es war einmal ein Mädchen'R. Farnaby: Fayne Would I WeddHenry VIII: Pastime with Good CompanyR. Susato: NarrenaufzugAnon.: Pavane de la BatailleAnon.: Galliarde de la BateilleT. Morley: AirAnon.: FricasséeW. Byrd: Wolsey's WildeG. Farnaby: Tower HillM. Praetorius: Ballet des MatelotzAnon.: Ballet des PrincessesL. Senfl: FantasiaAnon.: Sellinger's RoundA. Holborne: Fantasia

B flat-The Tenor Sax version for B Flat Saxophone with Piano accompaniment. Here are five superb pieces for young players exploring a range of moods to form a well-rounded suite. Idiomatically written for the instrument with straightforward and effective Piano accompaniments these are varied and colourful pieces which suit the Saxophone well. Set as part of the ABRSM Soprano and Tenor Saxophone grade 4 examination.