SKU: BT.FORFZZ04

Pieces for Solo Recorder, Volume 2 – Eleven original concert works edited by John Turner.

Contents:

Sonatina – Hans Gal

Piobaireachd – David Johnson

Soliloquy – Francis Baines

Three Insect Pieces – Michael Ball

Melisma – Denis Apivor

Little Suite – Arnold Cooke

Sonatina – Alan Ridout

Dance Heptad – John Gardner

Three Canzonas – Douglas Lilburn

Sonatina Pastorale – Thomas Pitfield

Before Dawn on Thursday – Duncan Druce

SKU: FP.FTJ04

ISBN 9790570503902.

Three Salutes was written for the seventieth birthday of the composer Nicholas Marshall. The first performance in Great Britain was given on 29th September 2012, by the composer and the dedicatee, at the Temple Church, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, and the first overseas performance was given on 27th October 2012 at Kuwana City Hall, Mie Prefecture, Japan, by Hidehiro Nakamura and Yuka Sasaki.

A Whirl received its first performance at Wakefield Cathedral on 15th February 1992 by the composer and Jonathan Bielby, in celebration of the marriage of Jonathan Bielby and Jayne Hall.

John Turner was born in Stockport in 1943, and is one of the leading recorder players of today. He was Senior Scholar in Law at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and as a practising solicitor acted for many leading musicians and musical organisations. He has premièred over 500 works for his instrument, including concertos written for him by Kenneth Leighton, Anthony Gilbert, Gordon Crosse, John Casken, Stephen Dodgson, Elis Pehkonen, John Gardner, Peter Hope and many others. His discoveries include recorder works by Handel, John Parry (The Nightingale Rondo, being the only known British nineteenth century
concert work for a fipple flute), Alan Rawsthorne and Antony Hopkins. His own recorder compositions, notably Four Diversions and Six Bagatelles (both in the Forsyth catalogue), are standard repertoire and examination pieces for the instrument worldwide. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Northern College of usic in 2002 for his services to British music and is a Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Manchester University.

SKU: HL.49002322

ISBN 9790220120107. UPC: 073999596748. 9.0x12.0x0.051 inches.

SKU: OU.9780193518995

ISBN 9780193518995. 10 x 7 inches.

For SA/SATB and organ with optional percussion This is a jaunty and original setting of the popular carol 'Rejoice and be merry', flexibly scored so that the tenor and bass parts are optional. It has been recorded by Tenebrae (conducted by Nigel Short) on the album A Very English Christmas (SIGCD902).