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So Ben' mi ch'a Bon Tempo

An anonymous undated Italian tune played at the 2009 Winter Music Festival in Atlanta. SATB. My first attempt at multiple meters using the "rhythm" feature of the Micro BR to change the metronome at the appropriate spot.

Another Lupo Almain

Another almain by Thomas Lupo. Arranged for SSAT

Tiento 1

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).

The Skippers' Dance

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.

Rondele

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.

En entrant en ung jardin

A chanson by Claudin de Sermisy.  SATB recorders

Fantasia

A four-part Fantasia from Recorder Consort 2.  SATB.

Bransle

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.

Carmen in Re

From Four Carmina (A 4), William E Hettrick ( Sweet Pipes, 1984). An early 14th century song for 4 recorders. Played STTB.

Danse de Berger

Another susato dance, from Recorder Consort 2.  ATTB with tambourine.  Learning to do post-production right -- this has noise cancellation to cut out the evil 60-cycle hum caused by the MBR wall wort.