Recorder and Piano - Advanced

SKU: FP.FHP05

Composed by Peter Hope. Sheet Music and Books. A perfect recital piece for intermediate to advanced recorder players, opening with an introspective and romantic Fantasia, which gives way to a melodious Threnody, and finally a technically challenging Moto Perpetuo influenced by jazz and folk rhythms. Classical. Score and part. Forsyths Publications #FHP05. Published by Forsyths Publications (FP.FHP05).

ISBN 9790570504039.

Pete r Hope's Recorder Sonata is the most substantial piece in his growing body of work for the recorder, published by Forsyth. Hope has written and arranged for many internationally known names, including Jose Carreras and Kiri te Kanawa, and other composers including John Williams and James Horner. His original compositions include the Suite: Ring of Kerry (which won an Ivor Novello Award in 1968/9), a Trumpet Concerto, performed by Elgar Howarth, a Concertino for bassoon and orchestra, recorded by Graham Salvage with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, and a Recorder Concerto, recorded by John Turner with the Manchester Camerata Ensemble. His Bramall Hall Dances, for recorder and guitar/piano are published by Forsyth has become a standard repertoire work for the recorder.

Recorder and Piano - Intermediate-Advanced

SKU: FP.FSR01

Composed by Robin Stevens. Sheet Music and Books. An affectionate tribute to the Royal Family in the late reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Featuring musical sketches of imagined family life during summers at their Scottish home, for recorder and piano. Classical. Collection. Forsyths Publications #FSR01. Published by Forsyths Publications (FP.FSR01).

ISBN 9790570504152.

Robi n Steven’s Balmoral Suite is an affectionate tribute to the Royal Family in the late reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Featuring musical sketches of imagined family life during summers at their Scottish home, the work is a pastiche of well known Scottish folk tunes, delivered with the occasional modernist twist and plenty of humour.

A version a version for string orchestra and harp accompaniment is also available and can be heard recorded by John Turner with the Manchester Sinfonia conducted by Richard Howarth, on the album Balmoral Suite and Other Recorder Favourites.

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.

Vern on 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.

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

By Jacques. For recorder/flute, piano. (for Descant or Treble Recorder, or Flute). 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 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).