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rogram: The SRS welcomes a
newly formed recorder ensem-
ble for the Opening Program
in November. Quintessence is
the name of a hot new recorder
quintet featuring Vicki Boeckman, Laura
Faber, Sabine Endrigkeit, Silke Harper and
Mike Woolf. The opening program for SRS
will be their official concert debut before a
full weekend of performances that same
weekend.
Quintessence will play an abbreviated ver-
sion of their full concert program and pre-
sent excerpts of a concerto by J. B. Bois-
mortier for five altos, some gorgeous sacred
melodies from the Lerma Collection by
Phillipe Rugier and Francesco Guerrero
played on low recorders, some Holborne
dances, and a couple of movements of Hans
Ulrich Staeps' witty Rondelli.
You can hear Quintessence in full-length
concerts on Saturday, November 3rd at 3:00
pm at St. Stephen’s chapel in Laurelhurst;
Sunday, November 4th at 7:00 pm at Trinity
Lutheran in Lynnwood.
For the November Playing Session, I will
conduct Suite No. 2 from Lully’s Ballet des
muses. This is music that I adapted directly
from the Philidor manuscripts of the origi-
nal ballet. Even without the choral move-
ments, the ballet is so long that it needed to
be divided into two suites. (We played the
first suite at the January meeting.) This
music is in five parts and was originally
written for the Grande Bande: Les Vignt-
Quatre Violons du Roi, the house band of
string players in the court of Louis XIV.
Although the original was for strings, it
works quite well as wind music. As usual,
Recorder Notes
S E A T T L E R E C O R D E R S O C I E T Y November 2012
Vol. XLIV, No. 2
ARS Festival 2012 3
Concerts, Events, Workshops
2
Meeting Notes 3
Membership/Board 4
Music Trivia 3
Refreshments 3
Volunteer Opportunity 3
Inside this issue:
...from the Music Director Peter Seibert
we welcome low basses and viol players to
add richness to our sound.
Bring two. We cannot anticipate the instru-
mental balance for any meeting, so please
bring two instruments (e.g., alto + tenor) if
possible, so that we can make adjustments if
necessary.
The Beginning Ensemble is in the capable
hands of Sally Mitchell, who helps beginning
level players each month develop skill and
confidence as they work toward participation
with more experienced players.€
SRS MEETING
Friday, Nov. 2 , 2012
(7:30pm)
(Refreshments following
meeting)
Program:
Quintessence
“Music for Five Recorders”
Playing:
Peter Seibert,
conducting*
Lully, Ballet des muses,
Suite no. 2
Recorders S,A,A/T,T,B
and low basses
Beginning Ensemble
Sally Mitchell, directing*
*Music provided
SRS Board Reminder
There will be a board meeting on Mon., Nov. 19 (7:30 pm) at the Seibert house.
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687)
NOVEMBer 2012
(FRI) 11/2/12 (7:30pm): Seattle Recorder Society Meeting @ Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, 10005 32nd NE, Seattle
(SAT) 11/3/12 (3:00pm): Quintessence (recorder quintet): music by Guerrero, Holborne, Larson, J.S. Bach, Staeps; directed by Vicki
Boeckman @ St Stephens Chapel, 4805 N.E. 45th St., Seattle.
(SUN) 11/4/11 (3:00pm): New Baroque Orchestra and Sine Nomine: Bach Magnificat for choir and orchestra, Musical Offering
(Ricercar a 6) & other works; Linda Melsted, NBO Artistic Director, Gary Cannon, Sine Nomine Choral Director @ Trinity Parish Church,
609 8th Ave., Seattle; donations welcome; (206-325-7066).
(SUN) 11/4/12 (7:00pm): Quintessence (recorder quintet): (same concert as 11/3/12); music by Guerrero, Holborne, Larson, J.S.
Bach, Staeps; directed by Vicki Boeckman @ Trinity Lutheran Church, 6215—196th St. SW, Lynnwood.
(THU) 11/8/12 (8:00pm): Cornish Opera Theater: Venus and Adonis; by John Blow; Cornish Early Music program @ PONCHO
Concert Hall, 710 East Roy Street, Seattle; $20 general, $15 senior; $10 student/Cornish alumni w/ ID
(FRI) 11/9/12 (8:00pm): Early Music Guild: International Series: Hesperion XXI: “Teares of the Muses”; Consort Music of the Tudor
Dynasty—From Henry VIII to Elizabeth I; music by Byrd, Holborne, Henry VIII, Ferrabosco II & others; Jordi Savall, director; Tri nity Parish
Church Sanctuary, 609 8th Ave., Seattle; $40; (206-325-7066); www.earlymusicguild.org
(FRI) 11/9/12 (8:00pm): Cornish Opera Theater: Venus and Adonis; (see 11/8/12 listing for details)
(SAT) 11/10/12 (2:00pm): Moss Bay Recorder Society Meeting; music session led by Sally Mitchell @ Redmond Library, 15990 N.E.
85th, Redmond ; contact: Sally Mitchell @ 206-328-3381 or email: [email protected]; http://mossbayrecorders.org
(SAT) 11/10/12 (8:00pm) (pre-concert lecture (7:00pm): Early Music Guild: International Series: Hesperion XXI: Musical Europe: The
Golden Age of Consort Viol Music; music by Dowland, Cabezón, Philidor, Scheidt, Rossi & others; Jordi Savall, director @ Town Hall,
1119—8th Ave, Seattle; $40/$35/$25/$15; (206-325-7066); www.earlymusicguild.org
(SAT) 11/10/12 (8:00pm): Cornish Opera Theater: Venus and Adonis; (see 11/8/12 listing for details)
(SUN) 11/11/12 (2:00pm): Cornish Opera Theater: Venus and Adonis; (see 11/8/12 listing for details)
(FRI) 11/16/12 (7:30pm): Ave: Women’s Renaissance Choir: Rebekah Gilmore, conductor @ Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave.,
Seattle; donations welcome; (206-325-7066).
(SUN) 11/18/12 (7:30pm): Ave: Women’s Renaissance Choir: (same concert as 11/16/12); Rebekah Gilmore, conductor @ Trinity
Lutheran Church, Lynnwood; donations welcome; (206-325-7066).
DECEMBer 2012
(SAT) 12/1/12 (8:00pm): Moss Bay Recorder Society Meeting; music session led by Sally Mitchell @ (location TBA) ; contact: Sally
Mitchell @ 206-328-3381 or email: [email protected]; http://mossbayrecorders.org
(FRI) 12/7/12 (7:30pm): Seattle Recorder Society Meeting @ Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, 10005 32nd NE, Seattle
(SAT) 12/8/12 (2:00pm): Pacific MusicWorks: “Angels and Shepherds: Bach Cantatas for the Holiday Season”; Soloists: soprano
Yulia Van Doren, alto Laura Pudwell, tenor Colin Balzer, baritone Jesse Blumberg @ St. James Cathedral, 804 9th Avenue, Seatt le;
$40/$35/$20/suggested donation; www.pacificmusicworks.org
(SUN) 12/9/12 (7:00pm): La Voce di Gabriela; works by Girolamo Fantini and Girolamo Frescobaldi; Kris Kwapis, baroque trum-
pet, Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord @ PONCHO Concert Hall, 710 East Roy Street, Seattle; $20/$15/$10
(FRI) 12/14/12 (8:00pm) (pre-concert lecture (7:00pm): Early Music Guild: International Series: The Baltimore Consort: Wassail!
Wassail!: music of the British Isles, Germany, France, Spain and the New World; instrumentation: lute, cittern, viols, crumhorns,
recorders, rebec and percussion @ @ Town Hall, 1119—8th Ave, Seattle; $40/$35/$25/$15; (206-325-7066);
www.earlymusicguild.org
(SAT) 12/15/12 (8:00pm): Medieval Women’s Choir: “Nowell Sing We”; English carols; Margriet Tindemans, artistic director @ St.
James Cathedral, 804 9th Ave., Seattle; $30/$25; (206-264-4822) [email protected]
(SAT) 12/29/12 (8:00pm) (pre-concert lecture (7:00pm): Early Music Guild: “SBO: Baroque Celebration!”; music by Corelli,
Handel, Vivaldi & others; guest soloist Kris Kwapis, trumpet @ Town Hall, 1119—8th Ave, Seattle; $40/$35/$25/$15; (206-
325-7066); www.earlymusicguild.org
Concerts & Events Calendar Recorder Notes Vol. XLIV, No. 2 Page 2
Meeting Notes: Oct. 5, 2012 Carolyn Wallace
Recorder Notes Vol. XLIV, No. 2 Page 3
Music Trivia
What are the names of the
four most common sizes of
recorder often played today as
a quartet, and what are the
names of the other sizes of
recorder (less common)?
(see page 4 for answers)
**Refreshments** November 2
Cookies: Ruth Pattison
Mary Ann Coymer
Veggies: Laura Faber
Fruit: Sharon Schuldt
**** Thank You! ****
Welcome to the Seattle Recorder Society
2012-13 season!
We began the meeting with announce-
ments, as usual, including introductions of
SRS board members, concerts, playing ses-
sions offered by the Moss Bay Recorder
Society, a summary of the American Re-
corder Society Festival in July 2012 and
some enticing information about the SRS
Port Townsend Early Music Workshop in
2013.
The large group of recorders, conducted
by SRS Director Peter Seibert, was aug-
mented by two viols and one saxophone,
giving us a strong bass line. We played two
chorales by J.S. Bach and two renaissance
dances by Attaignant. For the first chorale,
Peter encouraged us to play to the breath
mark in the first system by making an arc up
to it and then going on to the end of the
phrase. This small, but important acknowl-
edgement of the breath mark gave shape to
the chorale. Lovely!
Then we played one of the dances by At-
taignant, the bransle, with all of us playing
the ‘easy’ parts Peter had arranged. This
provided practice on the notes as well as
giving the basic outline of the dance. Then
we each chose our preferred part – ‘easy,’ S,
A, T or B – and played the dance through.
Peter clapped the appropriate percussion for
us, adding nice accompaniment and keeping
the beat steady! Then we moved on to the
basse dance, which we first played slowly
and then much faster. Peter advised us that
he notated the music with staccato marks to
indicate a ‘lifted’ note rather than a modern
short note – to give life and character to the
dance. He also reminded us to look for and
play the hemiolas because they make the
dance interesting. He made these arrange-
ments from 16th century part books that are
available online.
The large group finished by playing Meine
Seel’ erhebt den Herren by Bach, two times,
the second time in cut time so it would
move along and to make it linear.
Then those recorder players who wanted
to play in a smaller group went with Sally
Mitchell to a room down the hall, while the
rest of the group remained with Peter to
play selections from Handel’s Water Music.
Report from the small group: Sally pro-
posed that this year the group work
on some pieces regularly, while
working on other pieces on a short-
term basis or just for fun and to learn
something from them. The group
liked that idea. So four players, two
on tenor, one on alto, and one on
soprano joined Sally on bass, to play
the chorale, Meine Seel.
For the second time through, there
were some changes: one tenor joined
the alto to play the alto part, another
tenor joined in on the soprano line
and Sally also played soprano. Those
changes worked well, so the next
time, one tenor moved back to play
the tenor part and the group played
the chorale again. Then – an inter-
ruption! Five players who had left the
larger group [and the Water Music]
joined the small group, bringing it to
a group of nine players. Three of the
five are playing alto recorder now,
having learned the soprano recorder
last year. Good for them! So the
group of nine, with Sally on bass,
played the chorale again. Then they
moved on to Sally’s arrangement of
an old Spanish song about the time-
less topics of love and loss, which
they could play as a group and also
learn to count several measures of
rests [and to come in correctly fol-
lowing the rests]. This small group is
enthusiastic, interested in playing the
recorder as well as in improving their
playing. It was a pleasure to sit with
them for part of the playing session.
Report from the large group
[midway through the playing ses-
sion], which was playing selected
movements from the Water Music.
For the Allegro, Peter advised the
players that the 8th notes move to the
following bar and to make them in
strong-weak pairs to give a stylish lilt
to this movement. Following his ad-
vice, a lovely lilt was the result! For
the Andante, he told everyone to make
a bit of separation between the 8ths,
but not too much. Just a little made
quite a difference, though, with a very
nice flow. The next movement, a Min-
uet, was played with enough lift that
the dance quality was well expressed.
Two livelier movements ended the
playing session: an English Air that
moved sweetly along; and the first part
of a Bouree that was fast and light.
Excellent playing from all!€
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Music Director, Peter Seibert (206-329-2774) [email protected] Board Members (2012-13)
Officers: President-elect, Ellis Hillinger (206-547-0718) [email protected] Past President, Tomo Morita (425-255-1983) [email protected] Secretary, Molly Warner (206-523-5192) [email protected] Treasurer, Richard Ginnis (206-633-1969) [email protected] Mailing & Membership: Cathy Lacefield (206-528-6121) [email protected] Jill Shupe (206-364-7509) [email protected] Newsletter, Nancy Gorbman (206-362-7326) [email protected] Refreshments, Evelyn Lester (206-726-9257) Viol Rep., Ellen Seibert, (206-329-2774), [email protected] Webmaster (Member-At-Large), Charles Coldwell (206-328-8238), [email protected]
Editor, Nancy Gorbman
S E A T T L E R E C O R D E R S O C I E T Y
2012-13 Meetings
Meetings are usually held on the first Friday of each month, October to May, at 7:30 p.m., Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, 10005 32nd N.E., Seattle. Meetings include a short performance or lecture of interest to recorder and viol players, ensemble play-ing for all levels of recorder players, and a coached viol consort. A $5.00 donation is
requested for non-members.
October 5, 2012
November 2, 2012
December 7, 2012
January 4, 2013
February 1, 2013
March 1, 2013
April 5, 2013
May 3, 2013
ANSWERS
4 most common types of recorder and tunings:
Soprano (C), Alto (F), Tenor (C), Bass (F)
Less common types of recorder and tunings:
Garklein (C), Sopranino (F), Voice-Flute (D), Great Bass (C), Contra Bass (F), Sub-Great Bass (C),
Sub-Contra Bass (F)