All Day Long (Tr)
MHE 10521 £6.00
Dawn of a new day
Daytime is long and pleasing
Evening becomes night
All Day Long is a set of unaccompanied pieces for solo recorder. The pieces evoke the beginning, middle and end of
a day. Total playing time is about five minutes. Also available are versions for tenor and bass recorder.
Power of Dream (T)
MHE 10821 £5.50
‘Extended techniques’ are ways of playing the recorder that are different from the ways used decades ago. One example (among many) is playing the recorder and singing simultaneously. These techniques can make music more interesting, more fun and even more beautiful. Unfortunately music using extended techniques is often difficult to play (even virtuosic). That puts the music out of the reach of the majority of recorder players, which is a pity. I therefore wrote ‘Power of Dream’ as a reasonably straightforward way into making music using extended techniques. The four techniques used are simultaneous playing and singing , shading the windway, foot stamping and fluttertongue. The style of music may be unfamiliar, but if you take some time to work on it, the result will be a five-minute dream-like piece, where there is always something interesting going on. Interesting for the player, and interesting for listeners as well. Note that because of the nature of this piece, the sound file is particularly distant from a human performance.
A Wind for All Seasons (Tr)
MHE 20620 £4.50
1. Fallen Leaves
2. As Wild as the Winter Wind
3. A Gentle Westerly
4. Summer Breeze
Four solos for treble recorder. The pieces are moderately challenging, especially at the marked speeds. Total playing time is about four minutes.
Four Moods (Tr)
MHE 30620 £4.50
1. Whimsical
2. Contemplative
3. In the Mood for Dancing
4. Mood Swing
Four Moods comprises four contrasting solos for treble recorder. The pieces are moderately challenging. Total playing time is
about five minutes.
Herbs and Spices (T)
MHE 40221 £5.50
Beginning with Basil
Take Your Thyme
Swinging Sage
The Dill Dance
A Pinch of Paprika
Zoomin' with Cumin
The Turmeric Kick
Finally Fennel
Eight favourite ingredients, all guaranteed to put some big flavours into your meals, and some zing and variety into your tenor playing! I wrote and played these pieces on tenor, but you could also play them on a descant. Herbs and Spices is a generous, ten-minute, culinary experience.
Free Spirit (Tr)
MHE 40620 £5.00
1. Of the wanderer in my soul
2. Free spirit within
Free Spirit comprises two solos for treble recorder. I wrote these pieces as part of my composition studies with Carla Rees, who has a particular interest in music for solo wind instruments. The music is rather challenging. Total playing time is about five minutes.
All Day Long (T)
MHE 10521a £6.00
The version of 'All Day Long' for tenor. Other versions are available for treble and bass.
All Day Long (B)
MHE 10521b £6.00
The version of 'All Day Long' for bass. Other versions are available for treble and tenor.
Bagatelle No 1, for tenor recorder and piano (T, piano)
MHE 10718 £5.00
I wrote this rather pastoral piece so that tenor recorder players of moderate ability could explore the more unusual time signatures of 5/4 and 7/4. When I wrote the piece I had the mellow sound of a tenor in mind, but I have heard it played on the descant, and it sounded fine then as well. A suitably mellow descant recorder might be best however! Playing time is about four minutes.