Recorder Competition in Greenwich London. This is the first time a British player has won the competition since it
became an international event, and also the first British winner since 1995. For further details see here.
Recorders Based on Historical Models: Fred Morgan – Writings and Memories
October 02, 2007 10:31 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
This book, compiled Gisela Rothe, is presented in homage to the Australianrecorder maker Frederick G. Morgan (1940–1999) who profoundly influenced the development of the early music movement and the quality of
recorder making. It contains articles by 54 authors from 15 countries, including Fred Morgan’s own essays about recorder making and original instruments. Also includes new images of the Frans Brüggen recorder
Collection. ISBN: 978-3-00-021216-1 (German); ISBN: 978-3-00-021215-4 (English). For further details see here (English) and there (German).
Another medieval recorder found in Poland
July 24, 2007 10:34 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Another medieval recorder has been found in the old Hanseatic city Elblag (in former times Elbing) southeast from Danzig in Poland The instrument is intact and has been dated to the mid-15th century. For more information See here
Multimedia CD Released with Erik Bosgraaf (recorder) and Izhar Elias (guitar)
July 24, 2007 8:53 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The CD/DVD 'Big Eye' (Phenom Records) presents the fruits of a collaboration between a duo consisting of Erik Bosgraaf (recorder) and Izhar Elias (guitar), and several vibrant film makers and composers of today. This is placed alongside pieces by prominent twentieth-century classical composers including Toru Takemitsu and Giacinto Scelsi (PH 0713). See here, and there for more information.
New Record Released to commemorate the 350th anniversary of Jacob van Eyck
July 24, 2007 8:45 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
A 3-CD-set with works by Jacob van Eyck (c1590-1657) whose 350th year of death will be commemorated this year. The recording is being released by Brilliant Classics, the world's largest budget label for classical music. This project was musicologically supervised by well-known Van Eyck expert Thiemo Wind and features the playing of Dutch virtuoso Erik Bosgraaf. Remarkably, it hit no.1 in the Dutch Classical Music Charts and 17th-century hits became 21st century hits! See here, and there for more information.
Recorder Missing from Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, Australia
June 05, 2007 7:47 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, Australia has suffered the loss of a Yamaha bass recorder with two barrels, Model YRB61, Serial No. 03590. If you come across a suspect bass could you please check the serial number as the instrument is sorely missed. Please forward any information to the Conservatorium, tel. +61 (0)2 8365 2222 or to Carole Goodwin
Stolen Recorders: Can you help?
April 29, 2007 12:36 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Rachael Hatton reports that following an unfortunate incident on the London Underground an instrument in her posession was stolen, namely a copy of an alto Oberlander recorder with carved head and footjoint by Von Huene in boxwood. Rachael would be grateful for any information of its whereabouts. Please contact Curtis Price at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
Flanders Recorder Quartet Release New CD
April 03, 2007 11:24 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The world-famous Flanders Recorder Quartet celebrates its 20th anniversary with a spectacular new CD: Banchetto Musicale, SACD AE-10145. More details here.
Consortium5 launch their new web-site
March 21, 2007 10:18 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The Consortium5 recorder quintet was formed from recorder players who studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Daniel Bruggen and Peter Holtslag. They are committed to the future of the recorder and raising its profile, particularly in the UK. They have launched their new web site here.
Recorders stolen in Geneva
February 23, 2007 1:25 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Place: Conservatoire Musique Ancienne de Genève
Date: end of February 2007
Stolen: 2 recorders + lower joints
- A baroque alto recorder in f' with modern fingerings at A415 Hz by Ernst Meyer, Paris in pale coloured boxwood with darker brown streaks, made in 2004
- A Ganassi alto recorder in g' by Guido Klemisch, Berlin, light brown colour
Both recorders were in a blue soft case.
In another blue case were the Ganassi recorder's 440 and 415 lower joints.
If you know anything about these instruments please contact either the lost property office in Geneva : +41 223276000, or the Geneva police : +41 227153850
Announcing the ARS/ALSQ Composition Competition
January 12, 2007 9:49 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The American Recorder Society in collaboration with the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet is sponsoring a competition for recorder quartet music. The goal is for enrichment of the recorder repertoire with high quality quartet music by American composers from the US or Canada for professional recorder players of all nations. Composers who have not yet written for the recorder are especially encouraged to try it.
The members of the ALSQ will judge the competition along with Dutch composer Peter-Jan Wagemans. They will play the winning pieces during their 2008 U.S. tour and record one or all of the winners on their planned CD featuring American composers, also to be offered in 2008.
Deadline for entries - September 10, 2007
Winner announced - January 2008
Composition performed on US tour of ALSQ - February 2008
Composition recorded by ALSQ - 2008
See here for more information.
Recorder Mute
January 10, 2007 10:38 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
An adjustable mute for soprano recorder has been developed and marketted by Italian plastics manufacturer Bonini. See here for details.
Anthony Rowland-Jones to be presented with the ARS’ President’s Special Honor Award.
January 08, 2007 1:30 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Anthony Rowland-Jones will be presented with the American Recorder Society President’s Special Honor Award. He will also give one of his acclaimed recorder iconography lectures. Entitled The Background to Lully's Symbolic Uses of Recorders. Both presentation and lecture will take place at the Boston Early Music Festival, 11-17 July 2007. See here and there for details.
Capriola Recorder Quartet launch their web-site
January 05, 2007 11:00 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The Dutch recorder quartet Capriola have launched their own web-site here.
Erik Bosgraaf launches his own website
January 05, 2007 8:46 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Dutch recorder player Erik Bosgraaf has launched his own website here.
'Recorders in Ragtime': A Tribute to Ade Monsbourgh, Michael McQuade's Late Hour Boys featuring Rodney Waterman, recorders.
January 05, 2007 12:43 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Eltham Town Jazz and Blues Heritage Festival 2007,
Eltham Town Square, Sun Jan 28, 2.15-4.15pm, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Visit here for more details/info including PDF festival program download.
Recorder maker Doris Kulosa now has her own workshop
November 19, 2006 2:37 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Recorder maker Doris Kulossa, formerly of Moeck and Blezinger, now has her own workshop in Bochum, Germany. See here for further details.
Stolen recorders
November 17, 2006 2:39 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The following 7 recorders were stolen at the Central Station in Amsterdam in the train CityNightLine on 15th November 2006. If you hear anything about one or more of these instruments please contact
Andrea Guttmann as soon as possible, tel. +31 6 48 75 76 21.
- Ganassi soprano (by Fred Morgan) at 415 Hz, maple, with metal ring
- Ganassi alto in g' (by Monika Musch) at 440 Hz, maple, with metal ring
- Ganassi alto in f' (by Monika Musch) at 440 Hz, maple, with metal ring
- Rippert alto (by F. van Huene) at 442 Hz, grenadilla
- Tenor (by Takeyama) at 440Hz, maple, stained dark brown
- Rottenburgh Soprano (Moeck) at 440 Hz, ebony
Sopranino (Aulos) 440 Hz, plastic
Chritopher Orton (recorder) & Magdalena Nasidlak (piano) awarded prize in 10th International Comtemporary Chamber Music Competition, Krakow
September 08, 2006 9:47 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The duo of recorder player Christopher Orton (UK) and pianist Magdalena Nasidlak (Poland) were awarded the 2nd prize in the 10th International Contemporary Chamber Music Competition, Krakow, Poland. Their performance included a new piece composed for the duo, by Michal Pawelek, entitled Ling, for prepared piano and tenor recorder. The jury were so impressed with their performance of this work that the duo were invited to perform the work in the Grand Prix Final Concert, Philharmonia Hall, Krakow. See here.
Vale Ade Monsbourgh
August 15, 2006 11:48 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Legendary multi-instrumentalist and ragtime recorder player Ade Monsborough passed away on Thursday 13 July 2006 at the age of 89. See Wake for the late Ade Monsbourgh, from Jazz Australia; and It all came easy to the master, from Sydney Morning Herald.
Online dictionary of woodwind terms in English, French and German
May 19, 2006 12:11 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Mona Lemmel (France), has launched woodwindwords, an online dictionary for woodwind terms in German, English, & French will be of great interest to recorder players and makers. It includes a facility for suggesting words to be added. See here.
French recorder maker Bruno Reinhard has a new web-site in French & English
May 18, 2006 11:30 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
French recorder-maker Bruno Reinhard has launched his new web-site in both French & English. See here.
Marion Vebruggen is next ARS Distinuished Achievement Award Recipient
May 18, 2006 8:46 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
During the 2006 Berkeley Festival (June 4-11), the American Recorder Society's Distinguished Achievement Award will be presented to virtuoso recorder player Marion Vebruggen. Past recipients have been Friedrich von Huene, Bernard Krainis, Shelley Gruskin, Nobuo Toyama, LaNoue Davenport, Martha Bixler, Edgar Hunt, Eugene Reichentha, Frans Brüggen, Valerie Horst and Pete Rose.
2006 Philip Cole Bursary
May 12, 2006 10:30 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
SRP Walter Bergmann (UK) are seeking applications for the 2006 Philip Cole Bursary of up to £ 700. This is an annual award for a project involving young recorder players. Previous award winners include Piers Adam Roadshow, ERTA Conference, SRP/Moeck Competition, Woodhouse Recorder Week, as well as smaller events such as masterclasses, workshops and education days. Further information is available from Andrew Collis, tel. 020 8422 1183, email here.
Stichting Blokfluit repertoire database now available gratis
April 12, 2006 11:21 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Walter van Hauwe & Paul Leenhouts report that after some 6 months of hard work they now present completely re-written databases comprising two comprehensive catalogues:
- Catalogue for Contemporary Blockflute Music (CCBM)
- Catalogue for Historic Recorder Repertoire (CHRR)
Just choose http://www.blokfluit.org and, fasten your seatbelts. Access to these databases is now free of charge. However, registration is required so that usage patterns and can be monitored in order to make improvements to the underlying software, and additional data and corrections can be submitted for inclusion in the catalogues. Simply follow the instructions after you have chosen 'Register' from the top left on the first screen, or 'Create account' under 'About us'. Fill in the form and remember your username and password. That's all!
Enjoy the new catalogues and please tell all your colleagues about this vitally important service.
Edgar Hunt has died
March 21, 2006 1:27 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Sadly, the English recorder player, teacher, editor and writer has died on 16 March 2006 at the age of 96. Hunt was a pioneer of the recorder revival in Europe. An obituary will appear in the next issue of Recorder Magazine.
14th-century recorder discovered in Estonia
February 10, 2006 9:29 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
A 14th-century recorder has been found during an archeological dig in August 2005 by archaeologtist Andres Tvauri in a latrine in Tartu, Estonia (near the border with Russia). Other artifacts found with the 'Tartu Recorder' allow it to be dated from the second half of the 14th century. During the late medieval period Tartu was an important Hanseatic city connecting Russia, especially Novgorod, with Western Europe. The house where the recorder was found seems to have been that of a wealthy person. The instrument is turned with ornamental rings. The only crack is at the end of the instrument and does not extend to the bore. The body of the Tartu recorder is made from maple; the block from birch. The total length is 246.7 mm and the sounding length 225.4 mm. Thus the instrument is of similar size to a modern sopranino at 440 Hz. See image here.
Recorder Music Center established at Regis University in Denver (USA)
February 09, 2006 10:26 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
A Recorder Music Center has recently been established at Regis University in Denver (USA). This will be a very large resource for recorder music, both as an archive and also as a fully catalogued lending library. To date, they have about 5,000 recorder pieces. As they continue to get duplicate copies of materials, their lending catalogue will increase. They have also started a recorder instrument collection. The Center will also house the personal collections of American recorder players, composers, and historians (such as Erich Katz and David Goldstein). The Center is also the official repository for the American Recorder Society materials. For more information see here
Have you seen these lost or stolen recorders,?
February 02, 2006 9:39 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
On Friday 27th of January, around 19.30 on the Maasstraat in Amsterdam (near Albert Heyn) Ayumi Matsuda lost a black bag containing 6 recorders. Details are as follows:
- sopranino, 415hz, ebony
- soprano, 440hz, black with ivory rings, by Coolsma
- soprano, Ganassi-style, in boxwood, with halfmoon maker's mark, by Adrian Brown
- alto, 440hz, black with ivory rings, by Coolsma
- alto, 415hz, in boxwood with clover mark, by Guido Klemisch
- tenor, 440hz, in maple, by Yoav Ran
- bag: black cotton, with 12 pockets, rolled, opens to 50 × 130 cm
If you know of the whereabouts of these instruments please contact Ayumi here
Recorder Player Scott Reiss Dies
January 02, 2006 3:26 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Scott Reiss, 54, a world-renowned virtuoso on the recorder and a champion of early music and folk music from several traditions, died Dec. 14 at his home in Arlington from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. For obituary see here.
Frans Brüggen rejects award from American Recorder Society
December 23, 2005 10:06 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
"I was invited to the United States by the American Recorder Society because I had been chosen [he raises his eyebrows, arms and whole body in a clear, rhetoric gesture] Recorder Player of the Millennium [more laughter]. Isn’t it strange? You can’t get away from it. I told them I didn’t want to go and they didn’t understand! I have chosen a new life. I didn’t tell them this, but I’m telling you now, the truth is I can’t stand the sound of the recorder any more [still more laughter]." Interview: Frans Brüggen – by Ernesto Schmied, Goldberg Magazine, 30 November 2005.
Vale, Dennis Bamforth
December 06, 2005 5:30 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
It is with sadness and shock we have heard the news that Dennis Bamforth has died in his sleep yesterday: he is the founder of the modern Recorder Orchestra, having established ensembles in the UK which have presented original compositions of his own and others plus arrangements for over 30 years. His pioneering work has enabled us to found in 2002 the National Youth Recorder Orchestra, which was his dream expressed in 1969. The Stockport Recorder College he founded with Colin Martin at the same time provided thousands of talented players with their first experience of high- quality opportunities for ensemble recorder playing, and the Manchester Recorder Orchestra as the largest and oldest regular ensemble in the UK.
These two names also founded the Northern Recorder Course which celebrated its 40th anniversary this year, which they developed into one of the must-go events of the UK recorder scene. Many will know Dennis' music - the symphonies and many other works for recorder orchestra, and his arrangements - and will have played under his baton at those entertaining and uplifting workshops, day courses and conferences.
His inspiration to generations of players of all ages, and the legacy of the strength of the Recorder Orchestra principle and ideals not just in the UK but around the world, will continue to promote our instrument and its music ever further.
Thank you Dennis for all you have done - we will miss you. Colin Touchin, pupil 1966 onwards.
Moeck/SRP Solo Recorder Competition Results
November 22, 2005 12:36 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
On 13 November 2005, the Moeck / SRP (Society of Recorder Players) Solo Recorder Competition took place at the Peacock Room of the Trinity College of Music in Greenwich (UK). The adjudicators were Pierre Hamon, Paul Leenhouts and Ian Wilson.
Maria Martinez Ayerza was awarded the First Prize. She also received the SRP Walter Bergmann Fund Prize for her performance of Salamander II by Hiroyuki Itoh. In November 2006, María will present the winner's recital during the Greenwich International Festival and Exhibition of Early Music.
Erik Bosgraaf was awarded the Second Prize. Stephanie Brandt was awarded the Third Prize. Astrid Knöchlein was awarded the Fourth Prize.
The programs performed by the finalists can be seen here.
Online recorder-building course, 27 February - 15 may 2006
November 17, 2005 11:57 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The Musical Instrument Makers Forum announces their first interactive online recorder-building course. The three-month course will be taught by instrument builder and restorer Stephen Bacon of Bellwood Violin. The course will start on 27 February 2006 and run through 15 May.
Students will have their choice of building any one of three soprano recorders: a cylindrical bore loud renaissance soprano in c'' with an optional seventeenth century ornamental style, a refined tapered bore baroque soprano in c'' with highly ornamented eighteenth century turnings in faux ivory, or a simple tapered-bore one-piece model. Stephen will post one lesson a week on the MIMForum, and be available on the forum only (not via e-mail) to answer
The course is only open to people with prior experience using a lathe. Tools needed for the course are a lathe and wood turning tools, metal grinder for making small tools, metric vernier calipers, and a metric ruler. Other tools such as a chuck, steady rest, drills, and interior bore gauges can be purchased, or you can follow the course instructions on simple tool construction.
There is a US $180 fee for the course, which includes a set of full-size plans for the recorder. For more information see here
Stolen Recorders
October 24, 2005 10:13 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
On Saturday 22 October two recorders were stolen from the bag of Marie Van Cutsem in Barcelona: one soprano renaissance recorder from Philippe Bolton, and one sopranino recorder. Both are in black pockets. If you know anything of the whereabouts of these instruments, please contact Marie here.
Lost Recorder
October 01, 2005 12:40 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Lost at the Royal Academy of Music, London, at the end of May (possibly left in practice room):
Ran renaisance descant (soprano) in maple (part of a set of different pitched footjoints – this one was at A=415 Hz) with gold-coloured ring binding head joint. Owner understandably distraught. Please contact him here if you come into contact with this intrument.
Fred Morgan Workshop Website has Moved
September 07, 2005 11:52 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The Fred Morgan Workshop website has no moved to a new home. See here
Nina Stern receives Early Music Brings History Alive Award
July 21, 2005 9:53 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Nina Stern is the recipient of the “Early Music Brings History Alive” Award, which honors ensembles or individual artists for excellence in educational outreach, as demonstrated in early music school programs at the elementary/secondary level. For details see here
Friedrich and Ingeborg von Huene receive Early Music America's Howard Mayer Brown Award for lifetime achievement in the field of early music.
July 21, 2005 9:50 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Friedrich and Ingeborg von Huene have been awarded the Howard Mayer Brown Award for lifetime achievement in the field of early music. For details see here.
New improved version of the F alto Supercorder™, now available
January 13, 2005 12:03 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
A new version of Craig Carmichael's F alto Supercorder™ is now available with many improvements and innovations. See here for further details.
Brasilian recorder player Inês D'Avena launches her own web site
January 10, 2005 3:00 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Young Brasilian recorder player Inês D'Avena has launched her own web site. See here
German Recorder Site Launched
December 29, 2004 6:59 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Blockflöte.de, an extensive site devoted to the recorder has been launched by Jo Kunath. See here
Danish Recorder player Bolette Roed launches her web-site
December 03, 2004 7:31 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Danish recorder player Bolette Roed now has her own web-site. See here.
Recorder Maker Marcelo Gurovich launches new web-site
October 28, 2004 9:13 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Argentinian recorder maker Marcelo Daniel Gurovich has launched a new web-site here. His instruments offer outstanding value for money.
Recorder player Vicente Parrilla will be teaching at Seville's conservatory (Spain)
October 06, 2004 9:45 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Vicente Parrilla has been appointed to teach recorder, embellishing & improvisation for historical instruments at Seville's conservatory (Spain) from current academic course 2004/2005 on.
Stolen Flutes
September 26, 2004 7:37 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
On September 20th 2004, four very good transverse flutes (and personal papers, telephone, calendar, address book etc.) were was stolen from Bart Kuijken at The Hague Central Station. The instruments stolen were:
- A. Weemaels, Hotteterre copy, 387 Hz., boxwood, in a wooden box; 8 pieces:
wooden end cap, ivory end cap, head joint, wooden connection, ivory connection, middle joint, wooden foot (with ivory ring), ivory foot.
- A. Weemaels, A. Grenser copy, 415 Hz., boxwood with imitation-ivory rings, 4 pieces, no corkscrew but end cap, register foot.
- R. Tutz, I.H. Rottenburgh copy, stained boxwood with (imitation-) ivory rings, 4 pieces, corkscrew, register foot.
- 4) Ph. Allain-Dupre (unsigned), Quantz copy, 392 Hz., ebony or grenadilla, 4 pieces, (head joint with corkscrew and tuning slide), two keys and register foot.
The last three instruments were carried in a clear brown soft leather purse.
If you see or hear of any of these instruments please contact
Barthold Kuijken immediately.
New Recorded Recorders Database Now Available
August 09, 2004 7:41 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The Recorded Recorders database is now available. It currently holds details of some 3,250 LPs, Cassettes and CDs featuring the recorder in its wide repertoire from broken consorts of the renaissance, to the concertos and sonatas of the baroque, and to the recorder concertos of the 20th and 21st centuries. In between, are examples of recorder in ethnic and popular music, in celtic and punk music, and in new age music. See here
Donate your unwanted recorders to charity!
April 26, 2004 7:49 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Victoria Nair Price is a recorder student in Birmingham who will be going to India this summer to teach recorder in a primary school which has no recorders. If anyone has unwanted recorders please send them in a bubble wrap envelope to Victoria, Flat 1, 27 Lordswood Rd, Harborne, Birmingham B17 9RP, UK.
New book on Carl Dolmetsch repertoire
April 22, 2004 10:07 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Andrew Mayes new book Carl Dolmetsch and the Recorder Repertoire of the 20th Century has been published by Ashgate. ISBN 07546 0968 5. Further details here.
Win for Quartet New Generation
April 02, 2004 11:17 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
At the CONCERT ARTISTS GUILD COMPETITION 2004 in New YORK, the QNG (Quartet New Generation: Susanne Fröhlich, Andrea Guttmann, Hannah Pape, Heide Schwarz: recorders were awarded a 1st PRIZE, a 2 years Management and a Video-/Recording Prize out of approximately 300 applicants. The winner´s concert took place at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall on 25th of March 2004.
Ensemble Caprice web-site launched
March 19, 2004 8:17 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Canadian group Ensemble Caprice, featuring the recorder playing of Mathias Maute and Sophie Larivière, now have a web-site of their own here.
Interview with recorder maker Adrian Brown
February 22, 2004 1:20 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Interview with Adrian Brown, by Charles Fischer, from ARTAfacts (15 December 2003) [PDF format]
New edition of A Practice Book for the Treble Recorder by Rowland-Jones
December 19, 2003 7:02 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
A 2nd edition with updating commentary of A Practice Book for the Treble Recorder has been published. This is an important companion to the publication below. Order from Recorder Music Mail.
New edition of Recorder Technique by Rowland-Jones
December 19, 2003 7:00 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
A 3rd considerably revised edition of Recorder Technique by Anthony Rowland Jones has been published by Ruxbury Publications. This is essential reading for all recorder players. Order from Recorder Music Mail.
New Sirena Web-site (Denmark)
November 20, 2003 2:00 pm GMT + 8:00 (Perth)
Danish recorder ensemble Sirena has a new web-site here.
Supercorder: a new alto recorder from Craig Carmichael (Canada)
November 20, 2003 8:03 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Craig writes: The supercorder advances the design of strong modern recorders by means of two main inventions and several other innovative features.
- easier to play with a unique index-finger-only Bb-B key which eliminates these worst forked fingerings, making both notes the same in both octaves, stronger and better tuned.
- natural-to-play tuning-vibrato device for quiet in-tune playing and for lovely vibrato.
- lovely, strong low register and fairly even note volumes throughout the 2-1/2 octave range from low E up.
- loud- flexible- and easy-enough to play in mixed instrument ensembles.
Hand-made supercorders are now under production and will be available for sale. For further details see here.
More Hispano Web Site Now Available
November 05, 2003 8:57 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
A website devoted to Spanish ensemble More Hispano featuring recorder player Vicente Parrilla is now available here.
New edition of Griscom & Lasocki Research and Information Guide
October 28, 2003 8:24 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
A new edition of Richard Griscom and David Lasocki's the Recorder – A Research and Information Guide has recently been published by Routledge, New York & London. ISBN 0-415-93744-2.
Swiss recorder maker Heinz Ammann now has his own website
October 20, 2003 3:52 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Swiss recorder maker Heinz Amman now his is own website here.
Fred Morgan Workshop Web Site
October 13, 2003 8:03 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The Fred Morgan Workshop now has its own web site here. With the help of Dieter Mucke (Fred's wood turner of ten years) the workshop produces recorder "bodies" up to approximately a third of the finished state. These are turned, stained, the holes drilled, and most importantly, the bores reamed. This can all be done to Fred's specific designs, with tools he designed and used daily.
The recorder is then finished, i.e. voiced and tuned, by the builder of your choice.
Jacob van Eyck Quarterly 2003, 4 issued
October 01, 2003 10:25 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Music for the Janskerkhof (1): 'De lustelycke Mey' by Thiemo Wind (Netherlands), is now avalable in the online journal Jacob van Eyck Quarterly 2003, 4.
Quartet New Generation win 1st prize in 7th International Contemporary Chamber Music, Krakov
September 22, 2003 9:56 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
QNG 138 (Quartet New Generation: Susanne Fröhlich, Andrea Guttmann, Hannah Pape, Heide Schwarz: recorders) was awarded with a 1st prize in the category "quartet", with the Gaudeamus prize for the best performance of a composition of a dutch composer and the Grand Prix of the Finale in the 7th International Contemporary Chamber Music, Krakov (the former Penderecki Competition)!
Deutsches Blockflötenmuseum
September 04, 2003 10:45 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
A museum devoted to the recorder and its documentation has been established in Fulda, Germany by Mollenhauer and an anonymous sponsor. See here
Jacob van Eyck Quarterly 2003, 3 issued.
July 02, 2003 8:05 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Jacob van Eyck's publisher: Paulus Matthijsz, by Thiemo Wind (Netherlands), is now avalable in the online journal Jacob van Eyck Quarterly 2003, 3.
Online scores from Andrew Robinson
June 28, 2003 4:07 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Andrew Robinson (UK) reports that since April he has been posting baroque ensemble music on the SibeliusMusic website here. So far there are three groups of pieces
- Pieces that name recorders, like the Monteclair opera movements that include whole recorder ensembles – these pieces are often mentioned in books and articles, but are hard to get hold of. Other pieces include the Heinichen Concerto in G that scores a bass recorder, Handel's recorder trio in Giustino, and other music that will be of interest to recorder players.
- Ensemble pieces for unspecified instruments; the kind of music that could have been played by oboe bands (whose members would have played recorders.) Charpentier, Lully's Les Folies d'Espagne (La Folia), a Chaconne by Finger etc.
- Music arranged for recorder ensemble; especially movements from Telemann's Partitas, the famous ones from his Kleine CammerMusik. The partitas also exist in four-part versions, 18th C arrangements that survive in manuscripts in the Darmstadt library. Andrew has adapted them for recorders (and included two of the new overtures in their original form).
The SibeliusMusic website makes it possible to listen to all the music, once the (free) Scorch plug-in program is downloaded. All the pieces can be downloaded as sheet music, a lot of them for free but some of them have a small charge.
Forthcoming concert by Rachel Cogan (Melbourne)
April 12, 2003 2:35 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Australian recorder player Racheal Cogan will be presenting a solo recorder and vocal concert at the Boite's Mark St. Hall, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia on Sunday 17 April 2003 at 7.00 pm. The performance will include modal pieces from Iran, Greece, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Medieval Italy.
Rachael has just returned from studying Classical Persian music with master nei player and singer Hossein Omoumi in Paris, and will soon be going to Chennai in India to study South Indian Classical music with mradangam master musician Karaikudi R Mani. She has also been working with Kurdish - Iranian musician Fardin Karamkhani in the United States, and studying with master sitar player Ustad Imrat Khan in the US.
Racheal's concert will reflect her previous work with the haBiBis and Ross Daly's ensemble Labyrinth. In 1993 she co-founded the ensemble the haBiBis who perform music from Greece and the eastern Mediterranean. The haBiBis have released 2 CDs, the second of which, Intoxication, received an Australian Record Industry (ARIA) Award in 1999. They featured in the Australian film HEAD ON directed by Ana Kokkinos, and can be heard on the CD soundtrack.
Racheal She studied with Ross Daly in Greece from 2000 2002 and performed in his ensemble Labryinth for 1½ years all around Greece, Macedonia, and Turkey. Racheal has worked with many ensembles in Australia, Greece, and Vietnam, including La Compania who perform music of the Medieval and Renaissance periods in Melbourne.
Tickets: $14 and $8 concession
Time: 7.00 pm, Sunday 17 April 2003
Venue: 1 Mark St, N. Fitzroy, Victoria
Bookings: +61 (0)3 9417 3550.
Stolen Recorders
March 29, 2003 5:19 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
NINE instruments have been stolen on 20th March at 10:30 when they were left for 10 minutes in a car in Illzach/Mulhouse, France! Among them were the following instruments belonging to: Andrea Guttmann.
- Alto recorder (440Hz), made by F. von Huene, model: Rippert, boxwood
- Soprano recorder (415Hz), made by F. von Huene, model: Terton, boxwood, stained light brown
- Head-joint of a g-alto recorder, made by Blezinger, model: Ganassi, without ring but wooden spiral-like ring, maple
- Head-joint of a g-Alto recorder, made by M. Musch, model: Ganassi, with a metal ring, maple
- Head-joint of a f-Alto recorder, made by M. Musch, model: Ganassi, with a metal ring, maple
New F/F# key makes recorders easier to play
March 19, 2003 10:21 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Craig Carmichael (Canada) has invented a new type of recorder key for playing both F and F# (B and Bb on an F recorder) easily with the index finger alone! No more forked fingerings on the right hand; none at all in the keys of C, F and G (alto), and better tuned, stronger F and F# (or Bb and B)! For details see here.
Tamara Gries' CD 'Woodworks' newly released
March 17, 2003 8:00 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Australian recorder player Tamara Gries' (neé Herman) CD Woodworks has been re-released by Divine Art Record Company. It includes works by Cronin, Handel, Lerich, Vivaldi, Zahnhausen, including Australian composer Stephen Cronin's Suite for Recorder & Strings (1993). For details, see here.
Musicians play recorders for peace
March 01, 2003 11:09 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
As French and American officials continue to differ on Iraq, a group of young recorder players will travel from France to Northern California to play and promote peace and friendship via music. More details here.
Lazy Ade Monsbourgh: recorder in ragtime
January 26, 2003 10:37 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
These wonderful historic recordings are now available on CD from Bilarm Music (BAC16). Read more here.
Jacob van Eyck Quarterly,
2003
January 05, 2003 4:39 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
2003 will bring four new issues of the Jacob van Eyck
Quarterly. The first issue, is devoted to a contemporary
admirer of van Eyck: Lodewijk Meyer. It also includes the score
of a charming Courant for two soprano recorders (one of
three duets) by the 17th-century composer Pieter Meyer. It is
available here.
Adriana Breukink now has her own website
December 26, 2002 11:18 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Dutch recorder maker Adriana Breukink now has her own website here.
Walter van Hauwe awarded
the Music Price of the Prince Bernhard Cultural Foundation
December 26, 2002 4:12 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Dutch recorder player and educator Walter van Hauwe has been
awarded the Music Prize of the Prins Berhard Cultuur Fonds. See
here.
Privacy & Security
Statement
November 26, 2002 3:48 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
This new page is available here.
Recorder Making by David
Tredenick
November 06, 2002 1:25 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
A copy of David's report to the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
of Australia which considers technical aspects of recorder making
such as wind-way design, bore design and tuning techniques can be
found here.
Stolen Recorders Still at
Large
October 16, 2002 9:52 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The following instruments have been stolen in Barcelona on the
12th of November 2001:
- 1 Bob Marvin cylindrical g alto, serial number 18, 1999
- 1 Bob Marvin cylindrical f alto, serial number 19, 1999
- 1 F. Von Huene Denner alto at 415 Hz, boxwood
- 1 Stephan Blezinger Ganassi g alto, with two joints at 466 +
440 Hz, maple, serial number 97082, 1997
If you happen to know of the whereabouts of these instruments
please contact Vicente Parrilla (Spain)
Joël Arpin's own web
site now available
October 13, 2002 2:37 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Information concering instruments by this outstanding French
recorder-maker, a number of which are available for immediate
delivery, can be found on his new web-site here.
New MIDI files added to
Virtual Recorder page
July 25, 2002 1:04 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
New MIDI transcriptions by Charlie Billings (USA) have been
added to the Virtual Recorder page on this site. They include the
Vivace from Hindemith's Trio from Plöner
Musiktag, a Graupner Concerto and a Telemann Concerto. Find
them here.
Recorder Home Page
Screensavers
July 22, 2002 2:25 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
A series of screensavers for Windows 95+ are now available each
featuring 9 artworks depicting recorders:
- Angels:
angel musicians playing recorders.
- Children:
young recorder players.
- Ensembles:
musical groups which include recorders.
- Men:
depictions of men playing recorders.
- Women:
depictions of women playing recorders.
- Vanitas:
still-life paintings which include recorders.
Each installation file is ca 700-800 kb and will take a few
minutes to download.
Once more available:
Edgar Hunt's The Recorder and its Music
July 17, 2002 3:44 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
For this new reprint of his book, first published in 1962, Edgar
Hunt has made revisions and corrections to both text and
illustrations to bring it up to date. Publisher:Peacock Press.
Available for UK £14.45 from Recorder MusicMail,
Scout Bottom Farm, Mytholmroyd, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX7 5JS,
United Kingdom; fax: +44 01422 886157; tel.: +44 01422 882751;
email ruth@recordermail.demon.co.uk;
Web Page.
Fred Morgan (1940-1999)
– Discography: Final Call for Contributions
June 18, 2002 11:31 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Rodney Waterman (Australia) is soon to 'close' his Fred Morgan
(1940-1999) — Discography, a catalogue of some 200
recordings using recorders by Fred Morgan. It will, of course,
still be available, but Rodney would appreciate final
contributions of relevant recordings using instruments made by
Fred himself. There is an email link on the above URL.
Recorder Maker Monika
Musch now has her own web site!
May 04, 2002 12:37 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
German recorder maker Monika Musch now has her own web site here. Monika specialises in
medieval and Ganassi-style recorders.
Biography of Walter
Bergmann now available
April 19, 2002 12:19 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Ann Martin's Musician for a While: A Biography of Walter
Bergmann has just been released by Peacock Press, Hebden
Bridge (ISBN 0-907908-83-7). A fascinating account of the life of
this remarkable man, a VIP of the recorder world and much more
besides. AUD $48, USD $25.50, Euro 29, UK £17.95 post paid
(Cheques or credit cards accepted) from Recorder
MusicMail, Scout Bottom Farm, Mytholmroyd, Halifax, West
Yorkshire, HX7 5JS, United Kingdom; fax: +44 01422 886157; tel.:
+44 01422 882751; email ruth@recordermail.demon.co.uk;
Web Page.
Early Music Chicago web-site launched
April 15, 2002 9:25 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
A web portal to the Early Music scene in the greater Chicago
Metropolitan Area and adjoining region has been launched here.
Recorders in Middle
Earth
April 04, 2002 8:14 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
For those who've always wanted to know what sort of recorder the
diminuitive inhabitants of Hobbiton play,
Dragon Music (Australia) have revealed that the recorders
glimpsed in the early scenes of The Fellowship of the Ring
were bought from them. They were borrowed as set dressing by the
production company from one of Dragon's Wellington (New Zealand)
customers. The instruments are the now discontinued Moeck
Renaissance model. How appropriate that the supplier of recorders
into Middle Earth is called Dragon!
19-division equally tempered recorder
April 04, 2002 9:56 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Under the auspices of the Centre for New Musical Instruments
(CNMI) at London's Guildhall University, Lewis Jones and David
Armitage have designed and built recorders which facilitate the
performance of microtonal music (or other music composed in
alternative tuning systems) and as a new form of expression.
Their recorder, based on wide-bored renaissance models, has five
small keys operated by the two little fingers. A fingering chart
has been devised, yielding additional cross-fingering. They
recently completed a 19-division equally tempered tenor recorder
which will be featured in a concert to be given later this year
by recorder players Rachel Barnes and Lewis Jones.
Concert Notice: Pamela
Thorby plays concertos by Telemann, Sammartini & Vivaldi
April 03, 2002 9:18 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
An exuberant programme of baroque music for recorder and
strings. The concert will launch Pamela Thorby's new CD
Vivaldi Concerti (Linn Records CKD 183). Pamela appears
with Sonnerie. Wednesday 29th May 7.30 pm, Wigmore Hall, 36
Wigmore St, London W1U 2BP, England; tel. +44 (0)20 7935 2141; WWW Page.
Summer School of Early
Music in Bohemia
February 15, 2002 9:15 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Summer School of Early Music with Florilgegium.
Prachatice, Czech Republic 7-21 July 2002. Tutors Peter Holtslag
(recorder), Ashely Solomon (recorder, flute), Kerstin de Witt
(recorder), Carin van Heerden (recorder, oboe), Jan Kvapil
(recorder), Jan Rokyta ml. (recorder, cimbalom), Julie
Sukupová (recorder, flute), Kati Debretzeni (violin),
James Johnstone (harpsichord), Jennifer Morches (cello), Rebecca
Stewart (voice), David Miller (lute). Information: Jan Kvapil,
Polská 7, 120 00 PRAHA 2, Czech Republic, tel. +420 2 2272
5664, mobile +420 604 280 490; fax +420 2 6731 2430, email j.kvapil@ecn.cz; WWW http://www.visit.to/lssh
Original instruments
database
January 24, 2002 7:16 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Online database of more than 1,000 original recorders held in
museums and private collections worldwide, together with
databases of makers of the instruments and the collections in
which they are held, now available here
Flautissimo web-site
January 04, 2002 1:39 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
A new web-site with information on recorder manufacturers and
their products, including reviews, can be found here.
Dolmetsch Millenium Large
Square Basses now available
January 04, 2002 11:01 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Information on the first in the line of new range of square
basses is now available here.
The Clay Pot that Sings:
The Ocarina of Time
December 11, 2001 12:32 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
A fascinating guide to the recorder's near relative by Ray and
Lee Dessy (USA) can be found here
[in PDF format]
Sound-Off: Recorder
Mikes: What Sounds Good, Is Good!
December 11, 2001 12:25 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Have an itch to try a microphone with your recorder? Are you
afraid of the electrons and the vocabulary? Worried about what
your colleagues will think of you? Want some hints on how to
begin? A highly informative article by Ray Dessy (USA) can be
found here [in PDF format]
Film: Il Flauto
Diritto, for release April 2002
December 07, 2001 3:46 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
An outline of a documentary film from Visionor Media Productions
(USA) examining the growth of the Amsterdam recorder school can
be found here.
Stolen Recorders
December 05, 2001 9:06 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The following instruments have been stolen in Barcelona on the
12th of November 2001:
- 1 Bob Marvin cylindrical g alto, serial number: 18, 1999
- 1 Bob Marvin cylindrical f alto, serial number: 19, 1999
- 1 F. Von Huene Denner alto at 415 Hz, boxwood
- 1 Stephan Blezinger Ganassi g alto, with two joints at 466 +
440 Hz, maple, serial number: 97082, 1997
If you happen to know of the whereabouts of these instruments
please contact Vicente Parrilla (Spain)
Interactive Database of
Music Publishers
November 28, 2001 2:39 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The Recorder Home Page index of recorder music publishers is now
available as an interactive database
here.
Marc Ecochard now has a web site
November 24, 2001 11:59 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
This French recorder- and oboe-maker now has a website here.
Interactive Database of
Recorder Retailers
November 18, 2001 7:53 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The Recorder Home Page index of recorder retailers is now
available as an interactive database
here.
New CD by Respectable Groove
November 18, 2001 11:30 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Evelyn Nallen et als new CD Mysterious Barracudas has
just been released. It incorporates elements of early music
(medieval & baroque), jazz, Latin and a dash of Borodin. It is
available from Mr Sam Records, 73 High Street, Pirton, Hitchin,
Herts SG5 3PU, UK; tel. +44 1462 712583; email mayerlman@pirton.fsnet.co.uk
Play-After-Me Recorder
(PAM)
November 12, 2001 1:10 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
PAM, from Dan Dierikx (Australia), is an interactive Recorder
learning program which actually recognizes the note you play. The
application is designed for the Win 95/98 operating system. It is
available here.
Literary & Theatrical
References to the Recorder
November 06, 2001 2:37 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The Recorder Home Page compendium of quotations is now available
as an interactive database
here.
Avondale Press –
new web site
October 30, 2001 9:50 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
This publisher of music for recorders and music by Canadian
female composers has a new web site here.
Quiz
October 27, 2001 1:00 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Test your knowledge of the recorder. Take the Recorder Home Page
Quiz here.
Interactive Database of
Recorder Makers
October 24, 2001 6:18 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The Recorder Home Page index of extant recorder makers is now
available as an interactive database
here.
New Book, Teaching
Recorder in the Music Classroom
October 24, 2001 6:02 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Kersten, F. (2001). Teaching Recorder in the Music
Classroom. MENC National Association for Music Education,
Reston VA.
- The Recorder in the General Music Classroom
- Introducing the Recorder
- Selecting and Purchasing Recorders
- Recorder Basics
- The Recorder and National Sstandards
- Teaching Tips for the Classroom
- Using the Recorder in the Orff Clasroom (by Konnie
Saliba)
- Arranging for Success
- Literature and Other Resources Appendix: Fingering
Charts
Contact Fred Kersten here.
Synpor, a new absorbent
block material
October 20, 2001 7:02 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
German recorder-maker Conrad Mollenhauer introduce a new
synthetic block material which absorbs moisture without changing
dimension here
Saunders Recorders,
Bristol (UK)
October 19, 2001 3:25 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
This major recorder retailer's web-site is now available here.
Workshop with Stefano
Bagliano
October 13, 2001 10:26 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The Boston Recorder Society & BRS-West invite you to a workshop
on late 16th-century Italian ensemble music with Stefano
Bagliano, recorder, on Saturday 10 October 2001 at the historic
Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street in the Jamaica Plain
section of Boston, USA. Details here.
Online scores for
recorder arranged by Yoshitaka Fuii
September 29, 2001 5:17 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
A new collection of PDF format scores and MIDI files of music
arranged for recorders is available
here.
In Memorium: Arnold
Grayson
September 28, 2001 8:38 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
An obituary of this US recorder player, teacher and retailer by
Steve Donachie can be found here.
Interactive Recorder
Fingering Chart
September 28, 2001 6:09 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
This useful tool from the Hampshire Recorder Sinfonia is
available here. Unfortunately it contains several rather
unorthodox fingerings which may not work on all recorders.
Recorder & Early Music
Societies
September 26, 2001 4:17 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
This resource is now available as an interactive database
here.
Mark Hozza (Australia),
flutes and wooden head joints for concert flutes in native
Australian hardwoods
September 25, 2001 9:50 am GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Visit Mark's new web site here
Susanna Borsch
September 24, 2001 12:59 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
The home page of this Dutch recorder & electronics player is now
available here.
Renaissance Recorders
Database
September 21, 2001 5:09 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
Adrian Brown's Renaissance Recorders Database is now available
from his own site here.
Amsterdam Loecki Stardust
Quartet Web Site
September 20, 2001 1:50 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
A new site for this outstanding Dutch quartet can be found here. Amongst
other things we learn that from September onwards, the start of
the new concert season, Paul Leenhouts will make way for Daniel
Koschitzki.
Recorder Sheet Music
September 19, 2001 3:49 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
A new web site featuring original compositions and arrangements
by Australian Peter Madge, including sound files, is available here.
A Memento: The Medieval
Recorder, updated
September 08, 2001 3:50 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
An updated (and shorter) version of the above article is now
available here.
Recorder Home Page
Feeback
September 05, 2001 3:50 pm GMT + 08:00 (Perth)
An online Feedback form is now available here
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