NEW PAGE The Society of Recorder Players
President:
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
CBE
Registered Charity No. 282751
Scottish
Registered Charity No. SC038422
Since 1937 The Society of
Recorder Players has been
stimulating interest and enjoyment in the art of
recorder playing
Music Commissioned by the Society of Recorder Players
This page is under development
A piece is usually commissioned for each Annual National Festival - details of these will be added below.
A Family Likeness - Gavin Bryars
To encourage composers to write for recorder ensembles the Committee of the Society decided some time ago to seek a composer willing to write a commissioned piece. In 2007, through the good offices of Evelyn Nallen, Gavin Bryars agreed to write such a piece. The 6-part piece, called A Family Likeness, was finished in December 2008.
It received its world premier performance shortly afterwards by the group Zero Gravity, led by Evelyn Nallen, at a venue in Cambridge. You can hear, and watch, the performance on Youtube. The sheet music is available from Schotts in score (Schotts Ed 13240) and in parts (Ed 13240-10) www.schott-music.com or
Commissions for Annual Festivals
These are usually for large ensembles, intended for a "mass play" at the Festival
| Year | Branch | Title | Composer | Publisher | Further Information |
| 1990 | Suffolk | A Bouquet of Fancies | Andrew Charlton | Oriel Library (OL 164) | Oriel Library |
| 1993 | Staffordshire Festival | Colin Touchin | Comus | ||
| 1996 | Newcastle | Bonny Tyneside Suite | Paul Clark | Oriel Library (OL 215) | |
| 1997 | Festoons | Paul Clark | Clark Collection | ||
| 1998 | Cornwall |
Pasticcio della Cornovaglia |
Paul Clark | Clark Collection | |
| 1999 | York Guildhall | Yorkshire Relish | David Grosvenor | White Rose | White
Rose Recorder Music Mail |
| 2000 | Suffolk | Samburu Samba | Lyndon Hilling | Oriel Library | Oriel Library |
| 2001 | Bristol & Bath | West Country Suite | Eileen Silcocks | Oriel Library | Oriel Library |
| 2002 | Guildford | Suite for Recorders | Walton arr Bloodworth | Oriel Library | Oriel Library |
| 2003 | Manchester | Manchester Welcome EforanF |
Colin Touchin Dennis Bamforth |
Oriel Library Hawthorns |
Oriel Library Hawthorns Music |
| 2004 | Wessex | Slavonic Dance Op 46 Nr 4 (Dvorak | Arranged by Helen Hooker | Oriel Library (OL239) | Oriel Library |
| 2005 | Essex | All the Birds of the Air | Bruce Pennick | ||
| 2006 | Cumbria | The Cumbrian Sartor | Berry | Oriel Library (OL 251) | |
| 2007 | York Guildhall | Penelope Walcott | |||
| 2008 | Kent and Weald of Kent |
Mirror Ball | Andrew Challinger | Montem Music | Montem Music |
| 2009 | Cleveland |
Ambion Hill Festivo |
Rosemary Robinson Brian Bonsor |
May Hill Edition
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