1st Concert Oct 3rd at Innovation Island

We are in preparation for a fantastic season. I've been blessed with the loan of a beautiful set of large bore renaissance recorders made by Thomas Prescott. I'm working hard with them now to learn the new fingerings. YOU WON'T BELIEVE THE SOUND!! We will also be experimenting with live video in SecondLife. This should add a new dimension to virtual concerts.

We will also have several student concerts this year with some fantastic young talent. The recorder ensemble "Music Or Die" will be back with us too.

Summer break

Be back soon...

Music or Die Concert No. 1

Music or Die is a student group of 5 recorder students from Fribourg Switzerland. They will be playing thier first public concert of renaissance and baroque music at 12 p.m. SecondLife (2100 Suisse) on Saturday 6 June. This concert can be listened to by pasting http://38.96.148.45:8888 into itunes/advanced/open audio stream.

“MUSIC OR DIE”

Music Island

 12 pm 6 June 2009

Pierre Attaingnant

Bransle

Pavane 3

Tourdion

Pavenne 1

AMELIE Recercada I Diego Ortiz (ca. Toledo, 1510 – Naples, 1570)

MARIE Canzona No 1 G. Frescobaldi

John Playford

Clog Branle

Mayden Lane

Gathering Peascods

OLIVIA Largo J.-B. Loeillet

FABIENNE Giga J.-B. Loeillet

JONAS Non tanto allegro F. Barsanti

LEO Prélude F. D. Philidor

J.-C. Schickhardt Concerto no. 5 for 4 alto recorders and B.C.

Largo, Allegro

16 May 12 pm sl Ballroom of Chateau de Languedoc, Duchy of Coeurs

Ballroom of Chateau de Languedoc, Duchy of Coeurs.

 16 May 2009 at 12 pm sl

THOM DOWD, GORSE FERRARIS,

RECORDERS

Ecco la primavera, Francesco Landini (Firenze 1335-1397)

Angelica biltà, Francesco Landini 

No tienen vado mis males (Spanien 1550)

Canzona I  per canto solo and B.C., Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)

My deerest Mistrisse, William CORKINE fl. 1610
Go heavy thoughts, William CORKINE
Downe, downe proud minde, William CORKINE

Jacob van Eyck 1590-1657

Les Fleurs, Philibert Delavigne (1690-1750)

      Le Jasmin,  la Julienne, les Pensées,  la Grenade, le Chèvrefeuille.

English Suite anonyme D min , end 17th C.

      Air-Menuet-Gavotte-Bourré-Angloise-Menuet-Gigue-Angloise

3 Pieces by Daniel Hellbach

Sonate fa maj, Georg Philipp TELEMANN 1681-1767
     Vivace, Largo, Allegro

26 April, Shakespeare Celebration, Music and Sonnets

SHAKESPEARE CELEBRATION

Renaissance Island

 12 pm 26 April 2009

Petronella Piers, SONNETS

Thom Dowd, Gorse Ferraris, RECORDERS

It was a lover and his lass, Thomas MORLEY 1557-1602

Il Lamento, Thomas MORLEY 1557-1602

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

Sonnets; 18, 20

My deerest Mistrisse, William CORKINE fl. 1610

Go heavy thoughts, William CORKINE fl. 1610

Downe, downe proud minde, William CORKINE fl. 1610

Fortune, William BIRD 1540-1623

If my Complaints, John DOWLAND 1597

Sonnets; 29, 94

Doen Daphne Jacob van Eyke 1590-1657

Fantasia, Orlando GIBBONS 1583-1625

Suite in E minor, Daniel Demoivre

Gavott, Saraband, Jigg

Sonnets; 116, 154

Sonate fa maj, Georg Philipp TELEMANN 1681-1767

     Vivace, Largo, Allegro

Thom and Gorse will play a concert of English music at Renaissance Island SecondLife on Sunday 26 April at 12 P.M. slt (21.00 Suisse.) Steam address; http://cp1.digi-stream.com:10306/listen.pls

25 and 26 April Shakespeare, Music and Sonnets

Weekend Shakespeare birthday bash at Renaissance Island. (Music and sonnets that you won't believe.)

Details to be anounced.

4 APRIL 09 Mostly Baroque (but still alive)

4 April 2009. Thom and Gorse will play a concert of mostly baroque music at Music Island at 12 pm (21.00 Suisse.) Gorse has a new bass recorder! She will play the basso continuo for me on several pieces. This is going to be fun!!!

Will will open with 2 renaissance pieces by Landini for tenor and bass recorders, then I will play Wat zal men op den avond doen, one of my favorite pieces by van Eyck on a transition soprano.

Next we will enter the 18th century with a suite of an unknown composer (Fischer?) for alto recorder and B.C.

After we will go to France for a suite for 2 alto recorders from Les Fleurs (The Flowers) by Delavingne. Then a solo suite by Demoivre. Finally we will play the famous solo sonata in F major for alto and B.C. by Telemann.

If you are not in SecondLife you can listen at 38.96.45:8888

I-TUNES, advanced, open stream, paste the number 38.96.45:8888 ok.

Enjoy!