EXAM RESULTS

I am pleased to announce that Marie, Amélie, Fabienne and Jonas have passed their exams today. You can't know how much you helped make this experience positive for these young performers. Thank you all for your support.

PERFORMANCE PRACTICE CONCERT SUNDAY 16 MAY

Marie, Amélie, Fabienne and Jonas have been working very hard all year to prepare for their "entrée en certificate". They will be at Renaissance Island on Sunday 16 May at 11 A.M pst, 2 P.M. est, 20.00 Suisse to present their work 3 days before their exams. I promise you that the "music" will be wonderful.

The concert will be broadcast on Quicktime player at rtsp://64.33.51.171:8250/ThomDowd.sdp

The Recorder Series; Perfomance Practice

RENAISSANCE ISLAND 11 P.M. 16 MAY 2010

Fabienne Baumann, Amélie Wantz, Jonas Frangiere and Marie Gillard

Recorders

Canzona per Canto solo I Girolamo Frescobaldi

Sonate "La Beaumont" Philbert de Lavigne

Ariete I, Ariete II, Musette I, Contredanse

Andante Hans Martin Linde

Reccercada primera Diego Ortiz

Sonate "La d'Agut" Philbert de Lavigne

Gracieusement, Legèrement, Gigue I, Gigue II

Sonate n. 8 op.1 Jean Baptiste Loeillet

Poco Allegro, Allegro, Vivace

Canzona per Canto solo 5 Girolamo Frescobaldi

Onder de Linde groene Jacob van Eyck

Suite in a minor Françis (Charles) Dieupart

Preludio-Vivace, Allegro, Sarabande, Vivace, Giga

Sonata in F major G.-P. Telemann

Vivace, Largo, Allegro

Canzona per Canto solo 3 Girolamo Frescobaldi

Malle Symen with Variations Jacob van Eyck

3rd Suite in F major J. Hotteterre

Lentement, Grave, Allemande

Ein Nachlicher Spaziergang im Hofen von Neapal M. Zimmermann

2 altos

SATURDAY 23 JANUARY "GROUP X"

THE EARLY MUSIC GROUP PRESENTS

"GROUP X".

A recorder quartet of fine quality. These people have been all playing since childhood. They will perform a program of 4 part renaissance pieces. During their concert they will ask the audience to help them find a new name for their group. Please come prepared with suggestions.

The concert will be in Secondlife at Renaissance Island at 12 pm pst, 3 pm est, 21.00 Suisse. For those without Secondlife the concert can be viewed on Quicktime player at rtsp://64.33.51.171:8250/ThomDowd.sdp

PROGRAM

Il est de Bonne Heure Né, ANONYME, 1470

Fatal la Parte, JUAN DEL ENCINA, 1468-1529

Rompeltier, JACOB OBRECHT, 1450-1505

Im Maien, LUDWIG SENFL, 1486-1542

Mille Regretz, JOSQUIN DESPREZ, 1440-1521

La Belle Fyne, ANONYME, vers 1610

Pavana "La Cornetta", ANONYME, 1530

Fantasia con Pause, PHILIPP VAN WILDER, +1557

Christe qui Lux, WILLIAM BIRD, 1543-1623

Pavan, RICHARD MICO, 1590-1661

Fine Knacks for Ladies, JOHN DOWLAND, 1563-1626

Bergerette "Sans Roche", TILMAN SUSATO, 1551

Ronde, TILMAN SUSATO

Branle de l'Officiel, d'après ARBEAU, arr. Bernard Thomas

Gavotte, JOHANN PEZEL, 1639-1694

Les Folies d'Espagne, JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY, 1632-1687

THE RECORDER SERIES

On 17 October 2009 will be the first concert in a series featuring students who will experience musical performance with it's nerves, joys and rewards for the first time. They will have the time to learn to enjoy performing because they will have several concerts over the entire school year. They will be hand chosen by there level of passion and preparation. There will be solos, duos with bass, trios and large ensembles.

We will also be experimenting with live streaming video so people can see them and their instruments. Please join us at Oct. 17th, 12 pm sl (21.00 Suisse) at Renaissance Island.

Maemi Gardens, 15 March 2009

A concert of spiritual love, peace and joy.

Gorse and I will begin with a bicinia for alto and tenor recorders Pleni sunt caeli (The heavens and earth are full of your glory.) Followed by a 3 part piece by Walter Frye. Then we will play the first of a series of pieces by Josquin des Prés. We will continue our spiritual travels with Christe qui lux (Christ the Light) by John Redford and Laudes Deo (Praise The Lord) by Christopher Tye. 

Ave Verum are little pieces that are played while the priest blesses the holy bread during the mass. From there we will go to the truly sacred place of the Missa Pange Lingua of the great Josquin.

We will the bring you gently back to this world with 2 mass settings by the great Italian composer Palestrina. Gorse will return to play a last Josquin bicinia with me, Per illud ave prolatum. 

May peace be with you.

18 JANUARY ENGLISH RENAISSANCE MUSIC PART 1.

Sim benefit concert 12 p.m. slt Jan. 18, 2009 at the Manor House in Renaissance Island.

Gorse and I will play all our English favorites in the next 2 concerts. Some of the greatest pages of 2 to 5 part music of the period.

The program includes;

Henry VIII, Thomas Morley, John Dowland, Anthony Holborne, Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Weelkes , John Playford, William Laws William Cornish, William Corkine.