Episodes

Sunday Sep 09, 2012
Menuett
Sunday Sep 09, 2012
Sunday Sep 09, 2012
A menuett by J. A. Hasse, duet for 2 sopranos. SS. Might be a little shrill.

Thursday Sep 06, 2012
Galliard
Thursday Sep 06, 2012
Thursday Sep 06, 2012
A galliard by Anthony Holborne, perhaps a little slow.

Monday Aug 27, 2012
Ballo Francese
Monday Aug 27, 2012
Monday Aug 27, 2012
A 16th century dance tune I think. Originally played SATB but I mixed in the soprano track twice to boost its volume.

Monday Aug 20, 2012
Fantasia Secunda
Monday Aug 20, 2012
Monday Aug 20, 2012
A fantasia by Adriano Banchieri ( 1567-1634). SATB recorders

Sunday Jul 08, 2012
Der Dritte Mascharada (33)
Sunday Jul 08, 2012
Sunday Jul 08, 2012
A masque dance for 5 instruments by William Brade (1617). SAATB, half at 84. Probably played as part of a court entertainment.

Sunday Jun 17, 2012

Saturday Jun 02, 2012
Belle qui tiens ma vie
Saturday Jun 02, 2012
Saturday Jun 02, 2012
Possibly a dance tune? SATB, 14th century. Arbeau was a French cleric who published a big book of dance tunes.

Saturday May 19, 2012

Saturday Apr 28, 2012
Gavotte
Saturday Apr 28, 2012
Saturday Apr 28, 2012
Notes say this is written for loud band to play from the tops of buildings I think. 15th centuray anyways. SATB. I thought about adding percussion but decided to let it stand.

Sunday Apr 22, 2012
Duett
Sunday Apr 22, 2012
Sunday Apr 22, 2012
A duet for two C recorders by John Adolf Hasse, a popular 18th century German composer. I did this on a tenor; in an outdoor setting you could probably get away with sopranos.