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Participants will immerse themselves in the same four classes each day during this two day workshop. Classes will be in reverse order the second day, enabling us to gather together at the end of the workshop in a final, glorious TUTTI.
Saturday 9:00-10:15 & Sunday 2:45-4:00
All Workshop Tutti (A)
All faculty
TUTTI (the Italian word for everyone or all)
The music for this class has not been determined yet, but this is where you will be able to download it. And here is some music you can download and play until then.
Saturday 10:45-12:00 & Sunday 1:15-2:30
Introduction to Renaissance Recorders (B1)
Instructor Miyo Aoki
For players Intermediate and up who are completely new to Renaissance instruments
Below you will find a list of the pieces I am planning to work on in this class. We’ll be doing a lot of work with sound and intonation, so most of the music is fairly simple. I’m also including Tom Prescott’s fingering chart for Renaissance recorders, which is pretty similar to the fingerings for the instruments of other makers as well. We have to adapt fingerings on Renaissance a lot more than we usually do with Baroque ones, so flexibility is very helpful!
I’m also sending a page of one example of a Renaissance pattern that you can practice if you have time. Even better is if you can practice it with a tuner!
Anonymous – Fortuna desperata a3
1 – alto, 2 – alto or tenor, 3 – F-bass or G-bass
Isaac – Innsbruck a4
1 – soprano or alto up, 2 – alto, 3 – tenor, 4 – F- or G-bass
Pavin of Albarti (we may not do this one if we don’t have a second soprano)
1 – soprano, 2 – soprano, 3 – alto, 4 – tenor, 5 – F-bass or G-bass
Gussago – La Fontana
1 – soprano, 2 – alto, 3 – tenor, 4 – bass
de Rore – Signor mio caro
1 – soprano or alto up, 2 – alto or tenor, 3 – alto or tenor, 4 – F- or G-bass
Pearls from Petrucci’s Press – Greatest Hits of the Renaissance (B2)
Instructor Hanneke van Proosdij
For Upper intermediate and Advanced players of Renaissance Recorders
In 1501, Ottaviano Petrucci changed the course of music history. Through his pioneering invention of music printing, the masterpieces of Josquin, Isaac, and Marchetto Cara were no longer bound by hand-copied manuscripts. They traveled across Europe, sparking a new era of innovation. In this class, we explore the “greatest hits” of the Renaissance. Please note that this class is for players who are completely comfortable on renaissance consort instruments.
Josquin des Prez (c. 1450 to 1455 – 1521) Ave Maria (Motetti A)
Score and parts
SATB
Johannes de Pinarol (15th century) Fortuna desperata (Canti C)
Score 2 pages
AupTTB
Bartolomeo Tromboncino (c. 1470 – 1535 or later) Hor chel ciel e la terra (Frottole, Libro Settimo)
The title of Tromboncino’s untexted piece Or che’l ciel e la terra refers to a beloved Italian poem by Petrarch (“Now that heaven and earth are hushed…”). I’ve made an arrangement using organ variations by Andrea Antico, one of Petrucci’s rivals in the printing business.
Score—music is 2 pages
AupTTB
Antoine Bruhier (c. 1470 – after 1521) Latura tu (Canti A)
Score and parts
SATB
Marchetto Cara (c. 1465 – probably 1525) Io non compro (Frottola bk 1)
Score—music is 2 pages
Aup,T,A/T,B
How sweet it is – Swing tunes from days gone by (B3)
Instructor Vicki Boeckman
For intermediate players on SATB recorders
We’ll revel in these old classics tastefully transcribed for recorder quartet. This class was quite popular so there will be many on a part. Do a google search for some old recordings to get in the mood. Extra credit if you want to sing along!
Saturday
To Be or Not to be SATB – Score only
Please write in a double bar to finalize the end (bar 40)
They Can’t take that Away from me SATB – Score only
The repeat at the end of bar 32 goes back to the 8th note pick-ups to letter B (bar 14)
I don’t know why I love you like I do – ATTB Score and parts
Sunday
Ain’t She Sweet – ATTB Score and Parts
Someone to Watch over Me – ATTB Score and parts
Anything else from Saturday
Love & Lust (B4)
Instructor Rotem Gilbert
For lower intermediate and intermediate players
The music is in order and / or give them the repertoire list as I will teach the class in this order.
Rompeltier, Anonymous (S/A/T/B)
Adieu mes amour, Josquin
Je cuise/De tous biens, Japart
De tous bien, anon, Canti C
Susanne un jour, Lupi (1548)
Susanna fair, Byrd, a 5
Susanne Galliard, John Dowland
Scendi dal Paradiso, Luca Marenzio (S/S/A/T/B)
Saturday 1:15-2:30 & Sunday 10:45-12:00
A Polyphony Primer (C1)
Instructor Miyo Aoki
For lower intermediate and intermediate players
Below you will find a list of the pieces we’ll work on in my “Polyphony Primer” class. Because polyphony is made up of fairly independent melodic lines, it is helpful to clearly hear the melody of your own line. If you have time before this class, you could work on learning the main melodies of these pieces. You may also want to practice counting half notes or a larger note value. In other words, let half notes or a larger note value get the beat, not quarter notes.
Anonymous – Ach Elselein, liebes Elselein (main melody in lower voice)
1 – soprano or alto, 2 – tenor
Fortuna desperata a2 (both parts were equally recognizable as a main melody)
1 – alto, 2 – alto or tenor
Anonymous – der Hund der vor dem Licht umgab (main melody in the 3rd voice)
1 – soprano or alto up, 2 – alto or tenor, 3 – tenor, 4 – bass
Isaac – Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen a2 (main melody in top voice)
1 – soprano or alto up, 2 – tenor
Isaac – Innsbruck a4 (main melody in top voice)
1 – soprano or alto up, 2 – alto, 3 – tenor, 4 – bass
Palestrina – Vocalise no. 4 (no specific main melody except scale, this is more an
exercise in rhythm)
1 – alto, 2 – alto, 3 – alto, 4 – tenor
From Village Green to Royal Court (C2)
Instructor Hanneke van Proosdij
For players at the intermediate level
This class will explore dances through time. Bring all your recorders, and if you’d like to bring and play a percussion instrument that’s welcome too.
Petit Vriens (15th century)
Score 2 pages
S1S2ATB
Anthony Holborne (c. 1545 – 1602) Almaine The Honie-suckle
Score 1 page
S,S/Aup,A,T,B
J. Playford (1623 – 1686) dance set: All in a garden green, Jenny pluck pears, Gathering Peascods
Score 1 page for each dance
SATB
Johann Bernhard Bach (1676 – 1749) Gavotte en Rondeau
Score and parts
S1S2ATB
Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945) Tanzlied
Score 2 pages
SninoSATB
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
cembalo@sbcglobal.net
Focus on the Feminine (C3)
Instructor Vicki Boeckman
Intermediate and slightly above players on SATB recorders
I’m really looking forward to sharing this cool music with you all. There are 8 in this class which will make for a nice doubling of voices.
Saturday
Maddalena Casulana
O notte, O ciel, O mar – Two SCORES SATB and ATbGrB
This piece is most beautiful in the low version, but that requires a C bass on the lowest part. I’m sure we will be able to borrow one if someone is willing to play it!
Cinta di Fiore SATB
Canto II Alto up an octave
Alto is for tenor
Bass needs to be read up an octave. This is the only score that is out there, I don’t have another version.
Please take the time to mark commas in the music where the text has a comma. Read through the translation – it is literal and needs a bit of poetic imagination, but you will get the gist!
Fanny Mendelsohn Hensel
Morgengrus
Abendlich
Sunday
Frances Blaker (b. 1960)
Many Branches…. A/TTTB Score and parts
Please add a ritardando and a fermata and the end of measure 29
Gertie Johnsson (b. 1964)
Bagvand Nat (Night) BBBB + bell Score and parts
Bagvand en Dans (Dance) BBBB + drum Score only (sorry!)
Master and Student (C4)
For upper intermediate and advanced players
Instructor Rotem Gilbert
Students can put their music books in this order (and I will have extra copies just in case).
Master and Student: Isaac and Senfl
Ich stuend an einem Morgen, Anon (parts) (S or Alto up/ T/T/B)
Ich stund / Fortuna, Senfl (Alto up/ A/T/T/B)
Ich stund, Heinrich Finck (parts) (S/A/T/B)
Fortuna desperata / Nasci, pati, mori, Senfl (5 voices) (A/A/A/T/B)
Master and Student: Josquin and Gombert
Mille regretz a 4 by Josquin des Prez (S/A/T/B)
Mille regrets a 6 by Nicolas Gombert (parts) (S/S/T/T/B/B)
Musae Jovis, Nicolas Gombert (parts) A/T/T/T/B/CBass
Saturday 2:45-4:00 & Sunday 9:00-10:15
Royal Wind Music (D1)
Instructor Miyo Aoki
For Upper Intermediate and Advanced players
The music for this class has not been determined yet, but this is where you will be able to download it. And here is some music you can download and play until then.
The Secret Garden: A Sonic Sanctuary Through the Ages (D2)
Instructor Hanneke van Proosdij
All levels welcome from lower intermediate and up
Step into a world where nature and sound intertwine. This class explores the garden as a place of refuge and inspiration in music from the Middle Ages through the Baroque and maybe a contemporary piece too. We will journey from the quiet, sacred cloisters of the medieval era to the elegant, manicured landscapes of the high Baroque.
For the medieval music gems horns and percussion are welcome too.
Quen a virgen – Alfonso X of Castile (1221–1284) From Cantigas de Sancta Maria
Score, text, translation (it’s a fabulous story!)
We will play this tune, and learn to improvise drones and counter melodies.
There is No Rose (15th-century English carol) From the Trinity Carol Roll
Score and text
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa – George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) From Trionfo del Tempo
Score, parts and text
SATB
John Playford – the chirping of the lark and the chirping of the nightingale
Score
SATB
Canons, Grounds and Imitations (D3)
Instructor Vicki Boeckman
For players at the intermediate and slightly above levels. Mostly on A T B, but some on S.
I’m looking forward to leading you in this class with some of my very favorite canons and grounds.
Saturday
O Virgo Splendens – 3 part – most beautiful on tenor, soprano is Ok. You may choose to read off the single page or the full score.
Machaut Sans Cuer – 3 part preferably on TTT. Alto is Ok, but will need to drop notes that go too low.
Toujours Servir – a gorgeous 4 part canon AAAA. We’ll start by playing in unison (looking at the 4th line) and then split up into parts.
Sunday
Purcell Two in one upon a ground – 3 part AAB. Purcell was an absolute master composer of grounds, and this one is a two-part canon on top of a ground bass. An absolute classic. Memorize the ground bass! Key of c minor.
Maute A tempo giusto (look it up!) – 3 part AAA. We’ll all start by playing the ground (3rd line) then trade off. This is Matthias’ idea to write a piece with the most dissonances! Notice the red squiggles marking all the dissonant notes! Memorize the ground bass. Key of d minor.
Music of the Spheres (D4)
Instructor Rotem Gilbert
For intermediate to upper intermediate players
This class with explore Renaissance humanism with music about Venus, Mercury, and the planets. Music that explores sweet harmony and demonstrates Renaissance concepts about the Harmony of the Spheres.
The music will be played in this order. I will bring extra copies as needed.
Ich sachs einsmals, Anon (The Bright Morning Star)
Ach Jupiter, Adam von Fulda (Oh Jupiter) A/T/T/B
Ins feurs hitz, Anonymous (In the Heat of Fire) A/T/T/B
Fortuna Desperata, Busnois (á4) (Desperate Fortune) S/A/T/B
Fortuna Desperata, Agricola (á6) S/A/T/B/B/B (parts)
Mercury’s Song, The Messengers of the Gods, Ravenscroft
Alma L’aquila jove in qui, Andrea Gabrieli S/A/T/T/B (parts)
In me transierunt, Lassus A/A/T/T/B (parts)
