Treble recorder and piano
(or string orchestra) -
Intermediate to Advanced
SKU: FP.FRA01
Composed by Alan
Rawsthorne. Published by
Forsyths Publications
(FP.FRA01).
ISBN
979-0-57050-256-1.
One of the first works of
the modern recorder
repertoire (contemporary
with the well-known
Sonatinas by Berkeley and
Walter Leigh) to be
discovered and published.
The four movements are
vintage Rawsthorne,
suitably spiced with
echoes of the recorder's
heyday. A stately
Sarabande leads directly
to a Fantasia on the
ballad 'Wooddy-Cock.
There follows a graceful
and flowing Air, and
finally a rollicking Jig.
The work is of only
moderate difficulty. A
version is also available
for recorder and string
orchestra, arranged by
John McCabe.