SKU: FP.FPT02
ISBN 979-0-57050-253-0.
Selected songs spanning 50 years demonstrating Pitfield's distinctive voice, to be cherished for its precision of technique and delicacy of effect. John McCabe writes if Pitfield had written only the first song in the book, Cuckoo and Chestnut Time, he would have earned our gratitude for that perfect little gem alone! Also contains the composer's own illustrations. Thomas Pitfield had the gift for memorable tunes, often couched in somewhat French-sounding harmonic and decorative idiom. He admired Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Delius and their influence can be felt in his works.
SKU: HL.49030113
ISBN 9790220112638. 8.5x11.5x0.004 inches.
SKU: HL.49030287
ISBN 9790220123481. 9.0x12.0x0.034 inches.
SKU: HL.49030285
ISBN 9790220123467. 8.75x11.5x0.069 inches.
SKU: HL.49030292
ISBN 9790220123535. 9.0x12.0x0.055 inches.
SKU: HL.49030286
ISBN 9790220123474. UPC: 196288172086. 9.25x12.0x0.056 inches.
SKU: HL.49030291
ISBN 9790220123528. 9.0x12.0x0.045 inches.
SKU: HL.49030289
ISBN 9790220123504. UPC: 196288077527. 9.0x12.0x0.056 inches.
SKU: HL.49030293
ISBN 9790220123542. 9.0x12.0x0.073 inches.
SKU: HL.49030290
ISBN 9790220123511. 9.0x12.0x0.045 inches.
SKU: FP.FZZ25
ISBN 9790570503865.
The latest edition of our Pieces for Solo Recorder series is a joyful volume of very diverse works for unaccompanied recorder (variously sopranino, descant, treble, tenor) with a universal dimension. There are pieces by composers from the USA and Taiwan, music influenced by the rhythms of Africa and by the heavens, as well as the humorous portrayal (with optional narrator) of the antics of a pet dog. In addition there is a plethora of dance and birdsong. The works vary in difficulty from moderate to challenging but are entertaining and fun to play!
SKU: HL.49008326
ISBN 9790001126830. UPC: 073999340464. 9.0x12.0x0.1 inches.
This selection of well-known and loved folk melodies is aimed particularly at teaching ensemble playing to beginners, either in class or in smaller groups. Morning has broken * Alas my love (Greensleeves) * A Londonderry air * The last rose of summer * Scarborough Fair * Amazing grace * My Bonny is over the ocean * Should auld acquaintance be forgot (Auld lang syne) * I come from Alabama * Swanee River * Buffalo Gals * Banks of the Ohio * Red River Valley * In a cavern * She'll be coming round the mountain * Polly Wolly Doodle * John Brown's body * Turkey in the straw * Garryowen * Yankee Doodle. For three soprano recorders.
SKU: BT.FORFZZ04
Pieces for Solo Recorder, Volume 2 – Eleven original concert works edited by John Turner.
Contents:
Sonatina – Hans Gal
Piobaireachd – David Johnson
Soliloquy – Francis Baines
Three Insect Pieces – Michael Ball
Melisma – Denis Apivor
Little Suite – Arnold Cooke
Sonatina – Alan Ridout
Dance Heptad – John Gardner
Three Canzonas – Douglas Lilburn
Sonatina Pastorale – Thomas Pitfield
Before Dawn on Thursday – Duncan Druce
SKU: BT.FORFZZ20
Recital Pieces Volume 3 For Treble Recorder And Piano – 10 short pieces, in widely varying styles, edited by John Turner.
Waltz for Jock, Op. 243 – John Gardner
Retrospect – Percy Young
A Cornish Carol – David Cox
Lament – Philip Cowlin
Reverie, Op. 113 – Arthur Butterworth
A Song from Norway – Roy Newsome
Pupazzetto – Emma Hancock
Mr. Pitfield’s Pavane – Norman Kay
VenusDancing – Alec Roth
Gigue – David Johnson
SKU: FP.FTJ06
ISBN 9780951479537.
Comp osing for the recorder can be intimidating for those with limited or no experience playing the instrument. John Turner's new book is the ideal primer, taking the would be recorder composer on a journey through the history of recorder composition, and onwards to explore player techniques and the musicality offered by this versatile instrument. Each section is extensively referenced to exisiting compositions, providing a fantastic platform for further research by the reader.About the Author:JOHN TURNER is one of the leading recorder players of today. Born in Stockport, he was Senior Scholar in Law at Fitzwilliam College Cambridge before pursuing a legal career, acting for many distinguished musicians and musical organisations alongside his many musical activities. These included numerous appearances and recordings with David Munrow's Early Music Consort of London, the Academy of Ancient Music, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and the English Baroque Soloists. He now devotes his time to playing, writing, reviewing, publishing, composing and generally energising.He has played as recorder soloist with the Halle Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Manchester Camerata, the English Baroque Soloists, the English Chamber Orchestra, and many other leading orchestras and ensembles. Concertos and works with orchestra have been written for him by Gordon Crosse, Anthony Gilbert, Peter Hope, Kenneth Leighton, Elis Pehkonen, Alan Bullard, John Casken, and many other distinguished composers. His recordings include no less than five sets of the Brandenburg Concertos, as well as the F Major version of Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 with Menuhin and George Malcolm, but lately he has madenumerous acclaimed recordings of the recorder’s contemporary concerto and chamber music repertoire, including several concerto discs, all of which have received critical acclaim. In all, he has given the first performances of over 600 works for the recorder, with works by many non-British composers, including Leonard Bernstein, Ned Rorem, Peter Sculthorpe, Douglas Lilburn and Petr Eben.Many of the works he has premiered have now entered the instrument’s standard repertoire, and these and his own recorder compositions are regularly set for festivals and examinations. He edits series of recorder publications for both Forsyths and Peacock Press, and founded the periodical Manchester Sounds, in response to the perceived threat to music libraries in Great Britain. In addition he was responsible for the rediscovery of several works for his instrument, including the Rawsthorne Recorder Suite, Antony Hopkins' Pastiche Suite, Herbert Murrill’s Sarabande, the Handel F Major Trio Sonata and John Parry's Nightingale Rondo (the only substantial known British nineteenth century work for a fipple flute). He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Northern College of Music in 2002 for his services to British music, and is a Visiting Distinguished Scholar of Manchester University.
