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Recorders

All my music involving recorders

(fipple flutes, flûtes-à-bec, Blockflöten, flauti dolci etc)


Arrangements for Recorder Solo  


  Original Works for:


       Recorder Solo


         Recorder Duos


           Recorder Trios


             Recorder Quartets


                 Recorder Sextets


                   Recorder Orchestra


                      Recorder in other combinations

Händel  Sonata IV  - alto recorder and guitar

Händel  
Sonata V - alto recorder and guitar


Bigaglia Sonata in F (First and last movements) - alto recorder and guitar

Telemann - Winter - descant recorder and guitar


Air Apparent - (treble recorder and string quartet)

mp3 (electronic realisation)


Sample page (pdf)



Video on YouTube



Published by

Musik Fabrik.

(mfdws025)

Suite for treble recorder and piano (five movements) (electronic realisations)

1st mvt - Skallywag's kickwalk

2nd mvt - Fond Memories

3rd mvt - Turning the corner

4th mvt - Sad Song

5th mvt - Skallywag returns


Sample page (pdf)


Published by

Musik Fabrik.

(mfdws010)


Intrada (two treble recorder players of different ability, with simple harp part)

Sample page (pdf)



Published by Musik Fabrik.

(mfdws051)






Something for Luck - recorder trio

(1 descant and 2 trebles) Hear live performances by X-tet:


mp3 Something Old

mp3 Something New

mp3 Something Borrowed

mp3 Something Blue


Sample page (pdf)



Published by

Musik Fabrik. (mfdws007)

Après Paul (SATB)

Live performance by X-tet:

mp3 Après Paul


Sample page (pdf)


Published by

Musik Fabrik.

(mfdws023)



Jellicle Recorders (SATB)

Original Works for Recorder Sextet


Suite for Recorder Orchestra


Full details and recordings here

(Special Feature page)

Other music involving recorders


Trios for recorder, violin and guitar


 

Jam Fancy for tenor recorder (or crumhorn) and jazz band


Solstice song for voice, alto recorder and guitar


3 Nursery rhymes for treble recorder, voice and guitar



The Elves (after Leconte de Lisle) for voices, alto and tenor recorders, cello and guitar)



Venus (or “Venus has left the building”) for recorder(s) and voice with guitar



Madness of a headmistress (a mock children’s song) (voice, recorder and guitar)


The Venerable Cat (song for alto and guitar with optional recorder part)


The Learnèd Hippopotamus (voice, recorder and guitar)



Breezy Streets (after Bossa Nova variation on La Folia) - recorder, melodica, violin, cello and piano



Performances in 1975-8 with cellist and recorder player Chris Benson



Doric Victory - cello, descant recorder and guitar



Sleep Wayward thoughts - (after Dowland) with optional added recorder part



Rossignol du Bois Sauvage (recorder, alto and guitar)



Consolation for alto recorder, violin and guitar



Ophelia’s Mad scene



Adon Olam

 (alto recorder, alto (or baritone) voice and guitar)



Davy Davy Knick Knack and Davy Oy Vey Davy

    (various combinations of instruments with guitar)



Mandoline and Colloque Sentimental

   (alto voice, alto recorder, guitar)


Rune of hospitality (The Crofter’s Song)

  (recorder, guitar, piano, cello)



The grasshopper and the ant

   (voice, recorder, guitar)



Isabel’s Sniffle

After the poem “The Sniffle” by Ogden Nash - For two alto recorders and guitar

Bach Prelude in D minor  - descant or tenor recorder and guitar


Gluck - Gavotte  - descant or tenor recorder and guitar

Papirossen (Yiddish folksong) - treble recorder and harp

Free full score (pdf)


Davy Davy Knick Knack

(descant recorder and guitar)

Grieg - Sunset [Solnedgång]  - alto recorder and guitar

Grieg - Solveig’s Song - alto recorder and guitar

Arrangements for Recorder Solo

Nobody’s Dance duo version -  flute, oboe or alto recorder and guitar


Alleweil ein wenig lustig (German drinking song) - descant recorder and guitar

Au Toun Coenh (spinning song from Gascony) - descant recorder and guitar

Händel -Andante in A Minor - descant recorder and guitar

Händel - Anglaise - alto recorder and guitar


Gavotte in A minor (after Daniel Purcell) - descant recorder and guitar

Original works for Solo Recorder:

Bell Dance - alto recorder and guitar

Now and Then Again - descant recorder and guitar

Händel - Fitzwilliam Sonata No 2 - alto recorder and guitar

Johann Fischer - Passepied - descant recorder and guitar

Johann Fischer - Ballet Anglois - descant recorder and guitar


Original works for Recorder Duos:

The Grass is growing - 2 alto recorders and guitar


A la Japonaise (treble and tenor recorders)

Free full score (pdf)



Original works for Recorder Trio:

Original works for Recorder Quartet:


She of the pipes (alto and tenor recorder with piano)

Sample page (pdf)



Published by

Musik Fabrik. (mfdws006)

Les Sandales For Recorder Sextet (DDAATB).

Published by Musik Fabrik.

(mfdws049r)

Prelude and Fantasy For Recorder Sextet (DDAATB). Published by

Musik Fabrik.

(mfdws050r)


Harlequin - descant recorder and guitar

Cotillion (Cotillon) after Jean Hotteterre

descant recorder and guitar

Encounter - alto recorder and guitar

Grieg - Varen (Spring) - alto recorder and guitar

A Jigg by William Byrd - alto recorder and guitar

Jellicle Duo - descant recorder and guitar

Dance of the Washerwomen (Tanz der Wascherin)

Descant or tenor recorder and guitar

Dance in 5 - two recorders

(2 altos or 1 descant and 1 alto)

Arrangements for recorder quartet


The long day closes - by Sir Arthur Sullivan

Folk tunes from Ireland - No 1 A jig from County Clare

 (descant recorder and guitar)


Folk tunes from Ireland - No 2 The gooseberry blossom

 (descant recorder and guitar)


Folk tunes from Ireland - No 3 A Reel from County Cork

 (descant recorder and guitar)



Folk tunes from Ireland - No 4 a Jigg in 12 time

 (recorder and guitar)


Folk tunes from Ireland - No 5 a Jigg in 9 time

 (recorder and guitar)


Sweet was the song the virgin sang - John Attey

 (recorder and guitar)

Tip of the flame

   (alto recorder and guitar)



Fernando Sor's Study in D with added recorder

  (alto recorder, guitar)