for Recorder Ensemble-This fascinating piece originally composed in the Sixteenth Century has only recently been discovered in the British Library and has been adapted for S.A.T.B. recorder ensemble by Peter Holman.

for recorder ensemble-A collection of dances from the mid 16th Century believed to have originally been performed in the court of Henry VIII. This edition is intended for consort of recorders however can also be performed by a selection of other renaissance instruments such as flutes shawms or viols or mixed consorts such as cornetts and sackbuts. A simple percussion part can also be added.

Hans-Martin Linde (b. 1930) is not only one of the best-known recorder players of the twentieth Century but has enriched the contemporary recorder repertoire with significant works for concert performance and tuition purposes. The composition Reminiscences for Quartet for the unusual and delightful-sounding combination A[treble]/T/T/B uses musical themes from the 15th to 17th Centuries: from a ?Prélude l?imitation? by Froberger a melody by Claudio Saraceni ?Da te parto? themes from keyboard sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti the Chanson ?Adieu mes très belles? by Binchois and a ground bass from Purcell?s harpsichord collection ?Musik?s Handmaid?. The composer writes: ?Inmany of my compositions a meeting takes place between old and new. In this Suite too present events unfold against the background of the past. Models from early music are mirrored in the present.?

A collection of Old time dances arranged for Soprano and Alto Recorder by Joannes Collette. Included in this volume are examples of the diversity of old dance styles: such as Contredance a 17th century English dance with two queues of dancers opposite each other and Nachtanz a quick jump-dance that follows a slower number to name but two.

10 Ensembles from the 19th Century by Duvernoy Lefèvre Gebauer Mendelssohn Weber Adam and Donizetti

Denis Bloodworth. These anonymous pieces have been transcribed from a small manuscript book of music for virginals in the British Library. Each piece may be performed in four versions: a) descant solo b) descant and treble duet c) descant treble and tenor trio and d) descant treble tenor and bass quartet.