During the 1940s I was often involved with musical activities at Morley College where Walter Bergmann was the choir's accompanist. He was a keen recorder player and often asked me (then in my twenties) to write something for him. I must have obliged with this suite, although I have now absolutely no recollection of writing it. Amazingly the manuscript turned up many years later in, of all places, the musical library of Sir Thomas Beecham. Why and how I shall never know! Antony Hopkins (2012) / Flûte A Bec Et Piano
SKU: HL.49044315
ISBN 9790220135170. UPC: 841886023536. 9.0x12.0x0.076 inches. English.
Recently discovered by recorder player John Turner after being lost since the 1940s, Hopkins' Pastiche Suite is a lively and joyful recorder suite in three movements that would be rewarding for any intermediate to advance performer. A fantastic (re)addition to the recorder repertoire.
SKU: FL.FX070907
Suite Pastiche, built of ten movements is a travel through time, since Antiquity. It redraws brass instruments history and evolution. This music was played by ensemble orchestra from Limoux music school, i.e. by young musiciens, and does not embed major technical difficulties. Everything was treated with humor, sometimes with caricature, thus the title. This movement is the introduction jingle.
SKU: FL.FX070916
The style of this last opus of the Suite Pastiche resembles to a film music.
SKU: FP.FSR01
ISBN 9790570504152.
Robin Steven’s Balmoral Suite is an affectionate tribute to the Royal Family in the late reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Featuring musical sketches of imagined family life during summers at their Scottish home, the work is a pastiche of well known Scottish folk tunes, delivered with the occasional modernist twist and plenty of humour.A version a version for string orchestra and harp accompaniment is also available and can be heard recorded by John Turner with the Manchester Sinfonia conducted by Richard Howarth, on the album Balmoral Suite and Other Recorder Favourites.
SKU: FP.FTJ06
ISBN 9780951479537.
Composing 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.
SKU: AP.12-0571570127
ISBN 9780571570126. English.
Frank Bridge was one of the finest English composers of the first half of the 20th century. The Pageant of London is his only work for wind band, comprising of two marches, one scored from Bridge's best known organ piece and including the chimes of Big Ben, plus three short renaissance pastiche items, one arranged from Playford (later used by Peter Warlock in Capriol Suite). The music is tuneful, approachable, and, in the words of wind band legend Timothy Reynish makes a fine alternative to Holst's two suites, which were composed around the same time. Reynish has introduced this work to concert bands right across the world. It has been performed in USA and the Far East, recorded by the celebrated Kosei Wind Orchestra of Japan and also by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in the Chandos edition of Bridge Orchestral Music.
SKU: FL.FX070910
Still in the Middle-Age, but the scene is different. Troubadours are here.
SKU: FL.FX070914
The Classical epoch: the invention of a system with pistons by the great Stolzel enhances instruments abilities. This Piece reminds the Viennese fanfares from Mozart period.
SKU: FL.FX070913
We are now in Baroque epoch, with a Piece in Bach's choral style.
SKU: FL.FX070912
Versailles, at the royal court of Louis XIV of France. A minuet alla Lully.
SKU: FL.FX070909
We have done a jump forward in History, and we will attend a Middle-Age tournament.
SKU: FL.FX070911
This fifth opus makes us jump forward in History: we are now transported by a Renaissance dance.
SKU: FL.FX070915
This piece is a small humoristic march.
SKU: FL.FX070908
We are here with Julius Caesar. This music evokes a Peplos ambiance.
SKU: HL.44005964
ISBN 9780230008793. UPC: 884088044343. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Tasty Tunes is a collection of short repertoire or concert pieces forthe developing instrumentalist. The descriptive titles, such as JellyCopters, Dough Raises Me, A Cream Tease and Cornish Pastichehelp conjure the mood of the music and act as a stimulus for theperformer. With a mixture of styles and tempi these piecesrepresent a worthwhile challenge for players of grades three tofive standard. Pieces may be performed individually or combinedin any number to create a suite - or perhaps a sweet? Although themusic is approachable and light in character, it provides importantand technical musical experience. Enjoy playing and wet youraudience's appetite! A separate pianoaccompaniment part isincluded with this book. 'Leckere Melodien' - ist voll von kurzen Repertoire oder Konzertstucken fur den etwas fortgeschrittenen Instrumentalisten. Aussagekraftige Titel beschworen verschiedene musikalische Stimmungen herauf und machen dem Spieler die Musik schmackhaft. Die Stucke konnen einzeln oder in beliebiger Anzahl kombiniert zu einer Suite gespielt werden. Der Charakter der Musik ist zwar eingangig und leicht, mit Tasty Tunes werden aber auch wichtige technische und musikalische Erfahrung gesammelt. Die CD enthalt Demo- und Mitspielversionen aller Stucke.Tasty Tunes (Melodie saporite) si sviluppa attraverso un percorso musicale gustoso punteggiato di brani corti e variati. Le musiche possono essere interpretate singolarmente oppure unite in una suite. Nonostante le musiche siano accessibili e leggere di carattere, offrono un materiale tecnico motivante per un'esperienza musicale interessante.
SKU: HL.44005963
ISBN 9789043149501. UPC: 884088044336. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Tasty Tunes is a collection of short repertoire or concert pieces forthe developing instrumentalist. The descriptive titles, such as JellyCopters, Dough Raises Me, A Cream Tease and Cornish Pastichehelp conjure the mood of the music and act as a stimulus for theperformer. With a mixture of styles and tempi these piecesrepresent a worthwhile challenge for players of grades three tofive standard. Pieces may be performed individually or combinedin any number to create a suite - or perhaps a sweet? Although themusic is approachable and light in character, it provides importantand technical musical experience. Enjoy playing and wet youraudience's appetite! A separate pianoaccompaniment part isincluded with this book. 'Leckere Melodien' - ist voll von kurzen Repertoire oder Konzertstucken fur den etwas fortgeschrittenen Instrumentalisten. Aussagekraftige Titel beschworen verschiedene musikalische Stimmungen herauf und machen dem Spieler die Musik schmackhaft. Die Stucke konnen einzeln oder in beliebiger Anzahl kombiniert zu einer Suite gespielt werden. Der Charakter der Musik ist zwar eingangig und leicht, mit Tasty Tunes werden aber auch wichtige technische und musikalische Erfahrung gesammelt. Die CD enthalt Demo- und Mitspielversionen aller Stucke.Tasty Tunes (Melodies savoureuses) se developpe au gre d'un parcours musical gouteux ponctue d'oeuvres courtes et variees. La version papier des accompagnements de piano est jointe au recueil. Tasty Tunes (Melodie saporite) si sviluppa attraverso un percorso musicale gustoso punteggiato di brani corti e variati. Le musiche possono essere interpretate singolarmente oppure unite in una suite. Nonostante le musiche siano accessibili e leggere di carattere, offrono un materiale tecnico motivante per un'esperienza musicale interessante.
SKU: HL.44005962
ISBN 9789043149495. UPC: 884088044329. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
