rogram: Annual Meeting: The SRS Annual Meeting is held at

the May meeting prior to the

Members’ Night program. The

only order of business is the

election of president-elect for the coming year.

Each year we elect a new president-elect who,

after serving a year in that capacity, becomes

president the following year. In the 39 years

we have followed this system, we have had 39

different presidents. Ellis Hillinger has been

president-elect this season and is the incoming

president for 2013-14. (The offices of secre-

tary and treasurer are two-year terms, and can-

didates for those offices are elected only in the

even-numbered years.) The candidate for the

next president-elect is selected by the Nomi-

nating Committee and will be presented at the

Annual Meeting. The by-laws provide for

additional nominations from the floor, as long

as you have the permission of the person you

wish to nominate.

Members’ Night: The Members’ Night meet-

ing is a celebration of individual and ensemble

efforts over the past year. During this event,

we share pride in the accomplishments of our

members, regardless of their musical experi-

ence. Ensembles on all levels participate. The

achievement of beginners is as important to us

as those of professional players.

The Members’ Night program is open to

“members-in-good-standing”. Please be sure

that you have paid your dues for 2012-13. If

you are still considering whether to sign up

your ensemble, please e-mail el-

lis@hillinger.org to find out if space remains

on the program. Information you need to pro-

vide: 1) who will play, 2) the title and compos-

er of the work, 3) the approximate timing, and

4) the name of at least one “member-in-good-

standing” in your ensemble. In order to pro-

vide opportunities for all interested perform-

ers, we ask that each offering be no longer

than five minutes, including any commentary.

Recorder Notes

S E A T T L E R E C O R D E R S O C I E T Y May 2013

Vol. XLIV, No. 8

Classes/Workshops 2

Concerts & Events Calendar

2

Meeting Notes 3

Music Trivia 4

Refreshments 3

Inside this issue:

...from the Music Director Peter Seibert

SRS MEETING

Friday, May 3, 2013

(7:30pm)

(Join us for refreshments

following the meeting.)

Annual Meeting:

Ellis Hillinger, presiding

Program:

Annual Members’ Night

“Various Ensembles”

Ellis Hillinger, M.C.

Port Townsend Early Music Workshop (July

7-13, 2013): The PTEM workshop has already

received over 90 registrations as of this writing.

If you still plan to attend but have not yet regis-

tered, now is the time to do so. Registration can

be done on this website.

Thank you, Board!: The SRS simply could not

function without the board. Board members have

assigned jobs that they carry out faithfully during

the season. I would not be able to do what I do as

music director without that support. Thank you,

board!

Following Members’ Night – and after Port

Townsend, we enter our summer hiatus. Our

new season starts on Friday, October 4.€

REMINDER: SRS BOARD MEETING

The next SRS Board meeting will be held on

Monday, June 17 at Katie Sprugel’s house.

For more info, email: pcs.srs@gmail.com.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:

This is my last issue as editor of the SRS “Recorder Notes” monthly publication. I have thoroughly enjoyed the experi-ence of bringing you a well-edited (mostly), entertaining (undoubtedly) and superbly formatted (quite possibly) newsletter for over 7 years. Thank you for allowing me this privilege. Without the support of the many SRS members’ many volunteer hours, my job would have been much great-er in magnitude. To these volunteers, I extend my undying gratitude.

I am turning over the reins to the capable hands of Karen Berliner, who will assume the editorship beginning with the publication of the October 2013 issue, for the upcoming 2013-14 season. I also look forward to exciting new direc-tions in community outreach via the web with the wonder-ful wizardry of our webmaster Charles Coldwell, and, as always, the astounding artistic direction of Peter Seibert.

Respectfully yours, Nancy Gorbman

mailto:ellis@hillinger.orgmailto:ellis@hillinger.org

APRIL

(SAT) 4/27/13 (7:30pm): Baroque Northwest: “Early Music on the Silk Road”; Tomoko Sugawara, Asian kugo harp, August Denhard, oud & lutes @ TPC

MAY

(FRI) 5/3/13 (7:30pm): Seattle Recorder Society Meeting “Members’ Night” @ MLLC

(SAT) 5/4/13 (7:30pm): Baroque Northwest: “la rhetorique de la musique: behind the scenses of the grand siècle: music of 17th – and 18th century France; Kim Pineda, Joanna Blendulf, August Denhard & Hedeki Yamaya @ TPC

(TUE) 5/7/13 (7:30pm): Early Music Guild: First Tuesdays series: "Nearly Perfect”: Solo Recital of music for viola da gamba; Chris

Briden, Cornish College Early Music Student @ TPC

(TUE) 5/7/13 (7:30pm): Salish Sea Festival: "Baroque Trio Sonata”: music by Marais, Telemann, Handel and Couperin; Ingrid Mat-thews, violin, Jeffrey Cohan, flute, Susie Napper, viola da gamba, Hans-Juergen Schnoor, harpsichord @ CEC

(FRI) 5/17/13 (7:30pm): Early Music Guild: Early Music Fridays: “Canonici”: Italia Mia, a consort of voices; works by Josquin Desprez, Philippe Verdelot, Jacob Arcadelt and Cipriano de Rore @ NUUC

(SUN) 5/19/13 (3:00pm): Early Music Guild collegium: New Baroque Orchestra; works by Telemann, Vivaldi, C.P.E. Bach and Schick-hart @ TPC

JUNE

(TUE) 6/4/13 (7:30pm): Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Duos by Mauro Giuliani; Jeffrey Cohan, flute, John Schneidermann, gui-

tar, @ CEC

RECORDER CLASSES (On-going)

— Advanced Beginners Recorder Ensemble: Tuesdays (7:30pm to 9:00pm); Thursdays (11:30am - 1:00pm) —

— Sight Reading Classes (Beginning to Intermediate): Saturdays (10:30am - noon) — Instructor: Laura Faber

--- To register and for more information, contact: Laura Faber; beginbaroque@gmail.com

WORKSHOPS

Jul. 7—13, 2013: (SRS) Port Townsend Early Music Workshop: Tacoma, WA: www.seattle -recorder.org

June 23-July 27, 2013: San Francisco Early Music Society Workshops (series of one -week workshops): www.sfems.org

Aug. 4-16, 2013: Vancouver Early Music Programme & Festival: Baroque: Vancouver, BC: www.earlymusic.bc.ca KEY: TH = Town Hall: 1119 8th Ave., Seattle TPC = Trinity Parish Church: 609 8th Ave., Seattle MLLC = Maple Leaf Lutheran Church: 10005 32nd N.E., Seattle NUUC = Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church (Chapel): 308 4th Ave. S., Kirkland CEC = Christ Episcopal Church: 4548 Brooklyn Ave. N.E., Seattle NOTE: Concerts and events are subject to change. For the most current information and more details, check the web -site or contact the sponsoring organization.

Concerts & Events Calendar Recorder Notes Vol. XLIV, No. 8 Page 2

Meeting Notes: Apr. 5, 2013 Molly Warner

Recorder Notes Vol. XLIV, No. 8 Page 3

Music Trivia

Name the late Renaissance

composer who wrote intensely

expressive and chromatic

madrigals, and sacred music.

(See below for answer.)

**Refreshments** MAY

Cookies: Hanan Bell

L Hotaling

Betty Swift

Veggies: Eunice Nakao

Fruit: Laura Faber

***

Coordinator: Evelyn Lester

Thank You!

At our April meeting we had the pleasure

of a concert by Columbia City Baroque,

featuring Miguel Rodé and Douglass Hjelm,

baroque flutes, Jenny Wilkson, recorder,

Mary Ann Hagan, harpsichord, and Lee

Inman, viola da gamba. They played three

familiar 18th century works by Boismortier,

Quantz and Telemann, some of which were

quite demanding. (I've played all these piec-

es myself, and know this from experience!)

They began with Boismortier's Sonata in A

minor for recorder, two flutes and continuo,

in four movements, Adagio-Allegro-Largo-

Allegro. The first, second and fourth of

these movements began with a short record-

er solo with the other instruments succes-

sively added in to build the complete struc-

ture. It featured some very nice turn-taking

between the flutes and the recorder, all very

sensitively played. The Quantz piece, Sona-

ta in C major (Affetuoso-Alla breve-

Larghetto-Vivace) for recorder, flute

(played by Miguel) and continuo is another

delicious piece. I particularly loved a sec-

tion where the viol held a single long note

for several measures while the two higher

instruments circled around one another. The

final piece, Telemann's well-known Quartet

in D minor for recorder, two flutes and con-

tinuo from Tafelmusik, Part 2, is quite chal-

lenging. The first movement—Andante—

begins with a lovely cascade of notes imitat-

ed in each of the upper parts, and has a de-

lightful section in the middle with winds

only, contrasting with the continuo on either

side. The Vivace is particularly demanding

for the recorder, with the flutes as the

“backup” for the high and florid recorder

part. After a lovely Largo, the final Allegro

featured a brisk section where each of the

three winds had a chance to shine in solo,

followed by a slower and flowery middle

section and da Capo to the end. The group

members are all skilled musicians who

worked well and sensitively together. Thank

you, Columbia City Baroque!

The structure of the rest of the evening

was a shift from our normal practice. Begin-

ners trouped off with Sally Mitchell, leaving

the large group to be directed by three dif-

ferent leaders. Laura Faber, who has made a

big contribution to the recorder community

with her beginners classes, directed a lovely

anthem by Thomas Tallis, If Ye Love Me.

This piece in ABB format, arranged by Pe-

ter Seibert in 2008 for SATB record-

ers, in the original key of F Major,

was a lovely, calm piece. Laura did

well directing the large group.

Next, Peter Seibert conducted A La

Battaglia by Heinrich Isaac, written

in 1485 to celebrate the end of a 15

year-old conflict between the forces

of the de Medicis in Florence and the

armies of Genoa. "This is not pro-

found music," Peter instructed. "It

was originally both sung and played,

ATTB, but I've bumped it up a fourth

to fit the SATB recorder ranges." We

sounded the trumpets, clashed the

swords and boomed the cannons,

with rehearsals for articulation

("...that's 'duh', not 'dut' on those

shorter notes!"). This story-telling

piece was a lot of fun to play.

Sally Mitchell and her beginning

group then joined us, and we all

played four early Spanish pieces that

the beginners had been working on

for the past several months. Each

piece had been chosen to teach a par-

ticular skill. "In Lindos ojos a veys,

senora (by Juan Vasquez, 1510-

1560) you will learn to count rests.

It's a sad love song," Sally explained.

And indeed, my bass part had several

instances where rests were three, six

and eight bars long. "In Dindirin,

dindirin (Cancionero de Palacio, 16th

century) you will learn to move be-

tween duple and triple time." And

indeed we did! In De los alamos by

Vasquez, the task was to learn to pay

attention to the key signature (two

flats) and to count rests. "And in the

last piece this evening, Pase el agua,

you will learn to count hemiolas,"

Sally explained. She had us all count-

ing out loud in 2 groups of 6 beats

each with "(1-2-1-2-1-2)-(1-2-3-4-5-

6)”. Since the beginning class had not

heard these pieces with the bass lines,

it was pretty exciting to play them

with the big group, and I spoke with

several of them whose eyes were

shining with excitement. Sally is an

excellent teacher and does so well at

breaking down the mastering of tasks.

Welcome to the wonderful world of

big group playing, everyone! And

many thanks to all three leaders this

evening - the variety of music and of

leadership styles was super!€ Carlo Gesualdo (1560—1613)

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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