Episodes
Monday May 31, 2010
Another Lupo Almain
Monday May 31, 2010
Monday May 31, 2010
Another almain by Thomas Lupo. Arranged for SSAT
Thursday May 27, 2010
Tiento 1
Thursday May 27, 2010
Thursday May 27, 2010
From Orphenica Lyra Book 6, printed Seville 1554. Miguel de Fuenllana was a Spanish composer who lived an obscure life, but published a big collection of his own and others' music in the mid-14th century. He mostly played the Vihuela, an ancestor of the guitar. I found this piece transcribed for Recorder in Erich Katz's Renaissance Songs and Dances for Recorder ( American Recorder Society Editions, G Schirmer 1967).
Tuesday May 25, 2010
The Skippers' Dance
Tuesday May 25, 2010
Tuesday May 25, 2010
John Cooper (aka Coperario) was a music teacher and composer in the court of Charles I of England. This piece is from "Maske of the Squires", a manuscript by John Campion. My wife confiscated my usual stereo mikes to use in a project of her own, so I recorded each part in mono on the built-in microphone. That mike is less directional and picked up some room background noise.
Wednesday May 19, 2010
Rondele
Wednesday May 19, 2010
Wednesday May 19, 2010
A simple round for STT trio. Walter Odington was a a benedictine monk famous for science and music theory according to wikipedia. This piece is rhythmically very simple but harmonically kind of interesting. I modified it a bit by playing it 1.5 times through, sufficient to let it penetrate a little better I think.
Tuesday May 11, 2010
En entrant en ung jardin
Tuesday May 11, 2010
Tuesday May 11, 2010
A chanson by Claudin de Sermisy. SATB recorders
Wednesday May 05, 2010
Fantasia
Wednesday May 05, 2010
Wednesday May 05, 2010
A four-part Fantasia from Recorder Consort 2. SATB.
Saturday May 01, 2010
Bransle
Saturday May 01, 2010
Saturday May 01, 2010
Another bransle, this from Etienne Du Tertre, a Parisian in the mid 15th century. SATB with tambourine. This time I really feel like the percussion is under control.
Friday Apr 30, 2010
Carmen in Re
Friday Apr 30, 2010
Friday Apr 30, 2010
From Four Carmina (A 4), William E Hettrick ( Sweet Pipes, 1984). An early 14th century song for 4 recorders. Played STTB.