Divertimento FlĂ»te Ă Bec, Piano - Intermédiaire Forsyth Publications
Recorder and Piano - Intermediate SKU: FP.FBM04 Composed by Martin Bussey...(+)
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
Steeleâs 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 â 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 Kingâs
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
Chethamâs 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,
Maryâs 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.
Music Through the Ages in Two Volumes. By Alan Ridout. Edited by Kathryn Bennett...(+)
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).