Eight Recorders

8 SoSAATTBGbCb SnoDTrTrTTBGtBCtB. Steve says: 'Many recorder players will be familiar with Paul Clark's excellent 'Irish Suite', but given the vast array of traditional Irish tunes I thought there was room for at least another set of arrangements from the Emerald Isle! Two of these pieces need a certain dexterity, especially in the upper parts, and especially at the marked speeds, but there's nothing too virtuosic. Great fun to play, and listen to.' Many recorder players will be familiar with Paul Clark's excellent 'Irish Suite', but given the vast array of traditional Irish tunes I thought there was room for at least another set of arrangements from the Emerald Isle! Two of these pieces need a certain dexterity, especially in the upper parts, and especially at the marked speeds, but there's nothing too virtuosic. Great fun to play, and listen to.

8 SATBSATB. There's plenty of recorder music which has been transcribed from multichoir vocal music of yesteryear, but there is very little (if any) modern multichoir recorder music. I didn't see why the interesting multichoir format should be restricted in this way, and these three pieces are my attempt to break the mould, or at least crack it a little.

8 SoSATBBGbCb. John Wall (1620-1679) was a priest during the Reformation, when it was illegal to say Mass in Britain. This piece, written for a playing day in Ruishton (near Taunton), is a dramatic musical representation of his life, capture and execution - and all in 5 minutes! The notes are no more than moderately difficult, although the music is in places very atmospheric, and in other places rhythmic and exciting, so some work may be needed to turn on a musical sixpence.

8 1S + 7 AATTBGbCb. This pastoral piece contrasts a fairly difficult descant solo with an easy orchestral accompaniment. Once a suitable soloist is found, the piece can be pulled together quickly with a group of only modest technical ability. The May Hill Rhapsody also exists in a version (MHE 10310a) for treble soloist with DDTrTrTB. Total playing time is about 6 minutes.

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