Recorder and Piano - Intermediate

SKU: FP.FBM04

Composed by Martin Bussey. Sheet Music and Books. This fresh and appealing work lives up to its name. Particularly diverting is the finale, a hornpipe subtitled The Knotted Sailor, in which the nifty performers have to negotiate frequent and teasing changes of rhythm at speed. Classical. Collection. Forsyths Publications #FBM04. Published by Forsyths Publications (FP.FBM04).

ISBN 9790570504077.

The opening movement is a free fantasia, contrasting with the middle movement, a scherzetto, in homage to, and based on the letters of the name of, the composer Douglas Steele, an assistant to Sir Thomas Beecham and a founding father of Chethams School, and which quotes from Steele’s beautiful carol The Snow Falls.
Divertimento was first performed by John Turner and Janet Simpson at a concert in aid of the Peter Cunningham Memorial Fund at Mellor Church on 17th January 2005. It uses both treble and descant instruments. The second movement was originally composed for a concert in Manchester Cathedral in memory of Douglas Steele, one of the founding fathers of Chetham's School, and quotes (by kind permission of Forsyth Brothers Ltd.), from his well-known carol The Snow Falls. It has been separately recorded by John Turner and Stephen Hough on Autumn Sequence – the music of Douglas Steele and his Circle (Campion Cameo 2040/41).
Martin Bussey was born in London in 1958. He was a Choral Scholar at King’s College, Cambridge, during which time he studied composition with Robin Holloway. Following postgraduate singing study at the RNCM he settled in Manchester and held a number of posts, including Head of Academic Music and Director of Choirs at Chetham’s School of Music until 2013. He continues as Musical Director of the Chester Bach Singers, a Vocal Tutor at Manchester University, Chairman of the Finzi Friends and a Director of the Ludlow Song Weekend. Compositions include the highly successful monodrama about Mary I, Mary’s Hand, premiered in 2018; a significant collection of solo songs which includes settings of Housman, Hardy, and Walt Whitman, many recorded on the disc Through a glass; and much choral music, recorded by Sonoro under Neil Ferris in 2019.

Recorder and Piano - Advanced

SKU: FP.FDD02

Composed by David Dubery. Sheet Music and Books. An evocative piece for treble recorder or oboe and piano inspired by two historic Stockport landmarks. Classical. Collection. Forsyths Publications #FDD02. Published by Forsyths Publications (FP.FDD02).

ISBN 9790570503834.

Vernon Park, Stockport’s oldest park, was created on land donated by Lord Vernon (George John Warren). It was built by poor mill workers who called it pinch-belly park and opened on 20th September 1858. Comprising twenty-one acres, it houses a museum, a bandstand, ornamental fountains, a fernery, rockery, borders and sunken rose garden as well terraced walkways that overlook the river and weir. The piece depicts a solitary walker engrossed in his own thoughts on a winter’s day, the landscape, and the park’s Victorian past.

At the very end of the piece a reminder of the park’s Victorian origins can be detected in a quote from Elgar’s Salut d’amour of 1899, which may well have been played by a band in the bandstand. Stockport market celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2010. It dated back to September 1260 when a Royal Charter allowed Robert de Stokeport, the Mayor, to hold a weekly market within the defensive walls of the Norman Castle on the present site of Castle Yard.

The Glass Umbrella was a popular name given to the 1861 covered market built of timber, glass and iron - nine bays with open sides and a glass canopy. In 1912, one bay was removed to enable electric trams and trolley buses to turn a sharp corner.

The piece depicts a lively market day, the multiculturalism of the present day and the old cries of pick and pay without delay. The bells of St Mary’s Church are depicted by a cascading peel tuned to the ten bells of the church tower, and a fleeting reference to John Wainwright’s famous Christmas hymn Christians Awake, and the Westminster chimes striking the hour from St Mary’s, bring to piece to a conclusion. Separate parts are provided for recorder and oboe.

Recorder and piano

SKU: BR.EB-8609

Urtext. Composed by Antonio Vivaldi. Edited by Martin Nitz. Solo instruments; stapled. Edition Breitkopf.

Vivaldi's only oboe sonata requires an interpretation, since the thoroughbass part is not figured. Thanks to Martin Nitz's stylistically authentic realization and careful editorial work, this rather neglected piece is sure to find many new friends.

Sonata; Baroque. Score. 28 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 8609. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-8609).

ISBN 9790004179956. 9 x 12 inches.

It is generally quite easy to adapt sonatas for Baroque oboe (and continuo) to the soprano recorder since both instruments have an identical range. Yet considering the great popularity of the previously published works, it is strange that Antonio Vivaldi's only sonata for this instrument has received little attention to date. This edition is based on a manuscript preserved in the Sachsische Landesbibliothek Dresden under the class. no. Mus. 2389-S-1. The preparation of the edition entailed the adjustment of the accidentals to present-day practice, and the realization of the (unfigured) thoroughbass part. No slurs were added to those already contained in the manuscript so as to allow the performer to find his own solutions. Otherwise the virtually error-free manuscript was reproduced without change. We wish to thank the directors of the Sachsische Landesbibliothek Dresden for their authorization to publish the work. (Hamburg, Fall 1995 - Martin Nitz)

Vivaldi's only oboe sonata requires an interpretation, since the thoroughbass part is not figured. Thanks to Martin Nitz's stylistically authentic realization and careful editorial work, this rather neglected piece is sure to find many new friends.

Recorder and Piano - Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

SKU: BT.CAMCM234

Composed by Jeffery Wilson and Malcolm Miles. Creative Variations. Jazz. Book with CD. 42 pages. Camden Music #CAMCM234. Published by Camden Music (BT.CAMCM234).

Creative Variations provides musicians with the opportunity to explore and develop their own musical ideas in the preparation and performance of contemporary compositions. Each piece offers a different approach to'variation on a theme' either through demonstration or by composition or improvisation. Even fully notated sections are open to musical interpretation and musicians should feel free to add their own dynamics, phrasing andarticulations.

Written by Jeffery Wilson and Malcolm Miles, this volume is for Treble or Descant Recorder and includes a playalong CD.

Woodwind, Repertoire, Collections. AMEB Recorder. Recorder - First to Fourth Grades. Softcover Book. 62 pages. Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) #1203017039. Published by Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) (HU.1203017039). ISBN 9781863674317. 12 x 9.1 x 0.2 inches. Collection of graded repertoire for AMEB Recorder exams. Carefully selected by top Australian Recorder performers and pedagogues, the grade books feature a diversity of musical styles and often include works by celebrated Australian composers. Repertoire is carefully coordinated to align with the technical requirements at each grade level. Includes piano accompaniment.

Recorder and Piano - Grade 4

SKU: HL.14018198

By Michala Petri. By Ernest Kramer. Edited by Michala Petri. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Composed 2002. 32 pages. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH29965. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14018198).

ISBN 9788759857366. English-German.

Krahmer's Variations Brillantes was originally written for the Csakan, an instrument similar to the Recorder. In this edition the original notation has been retained. Scored here for Recorder and Piano (or Harpsichord) accompaniment.

Der Partitur beigelegt sind Stimmen f!r Altblockfl!te und Vc(Bc). By Georg Philipp Telemann. Edited by Ruitz, Manfred. For Alto recorder (f,g)/ Violin/ Flute, Harpsichord/ Piano, Basso continuo. Hortus Musicus. Playing Score; Single Part. TWV 42:B4. Published by Hortus Musicus (German import).

Music Through the Ages in Two Volumes. By Alan Ridout. Edited by Kathryn Bennetts And Peter Bowman. For Descant/Soprano recorder and piano. Set of parts. 44 pages. Published by ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music).

Music Through the Ages in Two Volumes. By Alan Ridout. Edited by Kathryn Bennetts And Peter Bowman. For treble/alto recorder and piano. 54 pages. Published by ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music).

Recorder and piano

SKU: BR.MR-1906

Composed by Johann Christian Schickhardt. Edited by Paul J. Everett. Solo instruments; Softcover. Musica Rara. Sonata; Baroque. Score. 34 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #MR 1906. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.MR-1906).

ISBN 9790004485019. 9 x 12 inches.

Treble recorder and piano

SKU: HL.49014737

From Airs Anglois. Composed by George Bingham. Edited by Michael Tilmouth. This edition: Folding. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. 10 pages. Schott Music #ED 11749. Published by Schott Music (HL.49014737).

ISBN 9790220112355.

Trumpet Air * Hornepipe * Air * Jigg.

Treble recorder and piano

SKU: HL.49014723

Composed by TOPHAM. Edited by Walter Bergmann. This edition: Folding. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. 8 pages. Schott Music #ED 11715. Published by Schott Music (HL.49014723).

ISBN 9790220129780.

By Georg Philipp Telemann. Edited by Salter. For flute (recorder), piano. Published by Edition Peters.