Concerto: Descant Recorder: Instrumental Album

Easy Pieces for Descant Recorder and Basso continuo (Piano)-Die erfahrene Blockflötenpädagogin Gudrun Heyens legt mit 'Concerto' eine Auswahl an Blockflötenstücken vor die schon ab dem zweiten Unterrichtsjahr den Einstieg in die Vortragsliteratur erlauben. Einzelstücke wie Dornels 'Chaconne' oder Corellis 'Follia-Variationen' finden sich ebenso wie kleinere Stücke von Playford oder Susato die auch als kurze Suiten gespielt werden können. Die Sammlung wurde gerade auch im Hinblick auf 'Jugend musiziert' oder andere Wettbewerbe zusammengestellt. Inhalt     John Playford (1623-1686): 3 Pieces from 'The EnglishDancing Master':Gathering PeascodsThe Kettle DrumRufty TuftyTilman Susato (ca. 1500-1562): 3 Pieces from 'Danserye': - German Dance - Shepherd’s songRondeAnonymus (1551): Pavane 'Le forze d’Hercole'Giorgio Mainerio (1545-1582): TedescaPièrre Phalèse (ca. 1510-1573): Passamezzo d’AngleterreJean Hotteterre (ca. 1680-1761): 3 Menuets from 'The rural wedding':Menuett IMenuett IIMenuett IIIJohann Fischer (1646-1721): Little SuiteJ. J. van Eyck (1589-1657): Wat zal men op den avon doenEngels NachtigaeltjeJohn Dowland (1562-1626): The Earl of Essex Galliard ('Can she excuse my wrongs')Anonymus (1706): The Division Flute: Greens Sleeves to a GroundArcangelo Corelli (1653-1713): La FolliaAntoine Dornel (ca. 1685-1765): Chaconne  

Favorite Classical Themes - Book 1 is the first book of a series for Soprano Recorder. It features twenty famous themes regrouped and arranged for the instrument by Rose-Marie Janzen. Using a range not too high this book can be used by any young player or teacher and features tunes more or less difficult that correspond to different level of difficulty. It includes: 1. Te Deum extract by Marc-Antoine Charpentier 2. Les Saisons “Printemps” (Spring) by Antonio Vivaldi 3. Tambourin extract by Jean-Philippe Rameau 4. L’harmonieuxforgeron theme and variation by George-Frédéric Handel 5. Passion selon Saint Matthieu choral by J. S. Bach 6. ”Jesus que ma joie demeure” ritournelle by J. S. Bach 7. Quatuor “L’empereur” theme of the 2nd movement by Joseph Haydn 8. Une petite musique de nuit minuet theme by Mozart 9. La chasse du jeune Henri extract by E. N. Mehul 10. Concerto de Violon Rondo theme by Beethoven 11. Neuvième Symphonie Hymne à la joie by Beethoven 12. La truite by Schubert 13. Marche Nuptiale extract by Félix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 14. Le gai laboureur by Schumann 15. Faust “Paresseuse fille…” by Charles Gounod 16. Berceuse by Johannes Brahms 17. L’Arlesienne “Marche des Rois” by Georges Bizet 18. Carmen “Avec la garde montante” by Georges Bizet 19. Symphonie “du nouveau monde” Largo theme by Antonin Dvorak 20. Le lac des cygnes Lake theme by Tchaïkovsky

Giuseppe Sammartini who was considered to be one of the most important composers of instrumental music of his time maintained in this concerto a conventional framework; however he used the instrumental possibilities – particularly in the dialogue between the solo instrument and the orchestra – with imagination and in an unusual way. The movements: Allegro – Siciliano – Allegro assai

piano reduction with solo part-Suitable for flute or Descant recorder. With solo part and piano score.