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  • Day 22 | Recorder31
    August 22, 2021

    Day 22 | Recorder31

    Plastic recorders are great but wooden recorders give you a much higher quality of sound and are much more sensitive to all the nuances of your playing. Here's a throw-back to a Team Recorder video by Sarah Jeffery we commissioned last year to help us explore the different sounds of different woods!
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  • Day 21 | Recorder31
    August 21, 2021

    Day 21 | Recorder31

    This week we've chosen Bravade, a theme from van Eyck's Der Fluyten Lust-hof and we've been inspired by our latest PitchPoint vlog to compose our own divisions using Ganassi's La Fontegara! You can choose to play just the theme, both the theme and our...

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  • Day 20 | Recorder31
    August 20, 2021

    Day 20 | Recorder31

    We're entering the last full week of Recorder31 - tenor week! Watch the latest PitchPoint where Mary-Jannet Leith introduces us to the tenor recorder and discusses divisions!
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  • Day 19 | Recorder31
    August 19, 2021

    Day 19 | Recorder31

    We're excited to share a premiere video performance of Anna Stegmann & La Risonanza (Fabio Bonizzoni) performing Vivaldi's Concerto in c minor (RV441).
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  • Day 18 | Recorder31
    August 18, 2021

    Day 18 | Recorder31

    We caught up with Chris Orton to talk about everything recorder and find about more about the UK branch of the European Recorder Teacher's Association of which he is chair!
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  • Day 17 | Recorder31
    August 17, 2021

    Day 17 | Recorder31

    We're excited to share a recording of Thomas Simaku's Soliloquy V for Alto and Tenor Recorders performed by Chris Orton, who commissioned the piece. Don't miss tomorrow's post where we catch up with Chris and talk about everything recorder! 
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  • Day 16 | Recorder31
    August 16, 2021

    Day 16 | Recorder31

    For today's post we take a look at some solo alto recorder repertoire. The alto (or treble) is known as the "main" instrument of the recorder family, and there is a wealth of repertoire to choose from. If you are...

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  • Day 15 | Recorder31
    August 15, 2021

    Day 15 | Recorder31

    Today we're excited to hear highlights from last year's London International Festival of Early Music. Tune in to BBC Radio 3's The Early Music Show at 2pm (GMT) to hear highlights presented by Lucie Skeaping including recorder player Tabea Debus, who returned for her Moeck/SRP Competition winner's recital. 
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  • Day 14 | Recorder31
    August 14, 2021

    Day 14 | Recorder31

    This week we've chosen four solos from Jean Daniel Braun's Pièces sans Basse and created our own Suite! You can choose to play one movement, a couple of movements or the whole thing. This week the competition is sponsored by Aafab and the prize up for grabs is a Aura Conservatorium alto in boxwood worth £470!
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