POSTPONED 25 SEPTEMBER 2010 THE BLONDES STRIKE BACK!!!

Sophie and Amélie Wantz will begin our Recorder Series. Sophie earned her "Certificate" a few years ago and now Amélie is in "classe de certificate". For a summer project they have decided to bring their recorders together and do a concert.

26 JUNE TRIO SONATAS Aquitaine Coeur SL

The trio sonata is one of the most perfect forms of the 18th century. This is where composers excelled. We will be giving you a really complete overview of this fantastic gendre on Saturday 26 JUNE 2010 at 11 a.m. Sl 2 p.m. EST, 20.00 Suisse. Also we will perform a work for 3 recorders by the Romania composer Adina Spire who has agreed to explain the work to us all. This will be our last concert of the season and we have been preparing it for months. The concert will be broadcast live on Quicktime play at

rtsp://64.33.51.171:8250/ThomDowd.sdp

RECORDER TRIO SONATA CONCERT

Aquitaine Coeur

11 AM SL 26 JUNE 2010

Thom Dowd, Perrine Droux, Noémie Ducrot, Géraldine Barras,

Françoise Prongué, Gorse Ferraris,

Recorders

See, mine own sweet jewel, THOMAS MORLEY, 1557-1602

Farewell, disdainful

Thirsis, let pity move thee

Love learns by laughing

Canon for Recorders, ADINA SPIRE, 1977

Trio Sonate, Sol Majeur, J. B. DE BOISMORTIER, 1682-1765

Prélude – Allemande - Affettuoso – Giga

Trio Sonata XI, Fa Majeur, GIUSEPPE SAMMARTINI, 1693-1750

Adagio – Allegro – Largo - Allegro

Trio Sonate, Opus 3 No 5, J. HOTTETERRE LE ROMAIN, 1680-1761

Prélude – Courante – Sarabande – Légèrement -

Trio Sonate, Fa Majeur, G.PHILIPP TELEMANN, 1681-1767

Vivace – Largo – Allegro

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

6 Feb. 10 From Josquin to Celtic

Gorse Ferraris will join me for a fun video concert of recorder music ranging from Josquin des Prés to Celtic tunes passing by some baroque favorites. The concert will be held at FANTAVATAR in Secondlife at 1.30 pm pst, 3.30 pm est. 22.30 Suisse. The concert can also be seen on Quicktime player at rtsp://64.33.51.171:8250/ThomDowd.sdp

Joyssance vous donneray, Claudin de Sermisy, 1490-1562

Benedictus

Wel op, wel op, ick gae ter jaght, Jacob van Eyck

Questa dolce sirena, Jacob van Eyck

Sonate III, Johann Christoph Pepusch, 1667-1752

Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro

I'll ay ca' in by you town, Scotland

The black horse, 1670, England

Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor, England

The meeting of the waters, Ireland

I will if I can, Ireland

My home, Scotland

Ballincollig in the morning, Ireland

Blind Mary, Ireland

What shall we do with drunken sailor?, England

Now is the month of Maying', Thomas Morley, 1557-1602

Les Fleurs, Philibert Delavigne, 1690-1750

Le Narcisse, La Tubéreuse, La Jonquille, Le Chèvrefeuille

Sonate Ré Mineur, Op. 2, N. 11, Benedetto Marcello, 1686-1739

Adagio - Allegro - Largo - Allegro

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

JOSQUIN DES PRES like you have never heard before...

I am in final production of a CD entirely made up of the music of the great 16th century franco-flemish composer Josquin des Prés. This music is pure light, pure love and pure inspiration. I will be performing much of the music with Gorse Ferraris in 2 concerts in SecondLife.

The 1st will be on the 25 October 2008 at Music Island at 12 pm sl

The 2nd will be on the 9 November 2008 in Renaissance Island at 12 pm sl.

Please watch this blog for more information.

Thom Dowd