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Recorder Lift Off – In the Garden by Claire Farrell – Recorder and Ensemble

Recorder Lift Off is a sequential collection of three play-along videos for beginner recorder and chamber ensembles featuring 25 works commissioned by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in 2020 from composers studying at the University of Tasmania (UTAS) Conservatorium of Music.  In the Garden is by composed and played by Claire Farrell,  a member of the Hobart Society of Recorder Players. Video accompaniments and PDF recorder parts are freely available here.

Ronald Binge (1910–1979), arr. Peter Madge: Elizabethan Serenade played by members of the Hobart Society of Recorder Players & Hobart Guitar Society

When this well-known piece was first played by the Mantovani orchestra in 1951, it was simply titled Andante cantabile, although the original orchestral manuscript parts in Ronald Binge’s own hand show the title The Man in the Street (possibly the title of an early television documentary). The name was altered by the composer to reflect the post-war optimism of a “new Elizabethan Age” that began with the accession of Queen Elizabeth II in February 1952.

James Hook (1746 – 1827): Trio No 1 in D major played by Members of the Hobart Society of Recorder Players



James Hook was an English composer, organist and harpsichordist who composed keyboard music, chamber music, songs (most notably The Lass of Richmond Hill), oratorios and operas. The present work comes from his Six Trios for Three Flutes, Opus 83 (c.1795).

Asgeir Aarøen: Draumar i måneskinDreams in the Moonlight, played by members of the Hobart Society of Recorder Players & Hobart Guitar Society

Norwegian guitarist Asgeir Aarøen  plays mainly flamenco as well as his own compostions. His main project is the band Stavanger Latinkvartett. He also plays classical and electric guitar. In  his home town in Norway there is a beautiful lake where he used to go running in the moonlight: this piece reminds him of the people he has loved and lost.

Last edited May 28, 2022 @ 2:22 pm