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19th October 2019 John Hawkes conducted J. H. Schein Suite X from A Musical Feast   Henry Purcell Music to Dioclesian: First Music   John Hawkes Silver Suite Scott Joplin arr Alyson Lewin The Entertainer   Manning Sherwin arr Denis Bloodworth A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square   21st September 2019 Debbie Nicholas was our visiting conductor Andrew Challinger Variations or Greensleeves   Judith Bush Yorkshire Dales Suite Thomas Tallis O Nata Lux de Lumine   Henry Purcell arr Denis Bloodworth Chaconne   Andre…… Read More

This page is currently under review, as the website has recently undergone some major changes, and parts of this page are likely to be out of date. If you need assistance with any aspect of editing branch information, please email us at webeditsrporguk . Introduction Each SRP branch can, if it wishes, edit its own pages on the SRP website. Even if you choose to do this, the web editors are still happy to make any changes on your behalf if you would prefer. If you would like to make some of your own changes, you need to go through the following…… Read More

2018-2019 2017-2018 2016-2017 2015-2016 2018 Friday 7th September *AGM* Conductor: David Scruby Corelli Sonata 4 Opus 6 No. 6 ms ATB Teika Old Comrades Oriel OL176 SAATB Anerio Christus Factus Est ms SATB Saturday 15th September Conductor: Ian Chesters Quantz Sonata a 3 Schott RMS748 AAA Hawkes Suite OL159 SATTB Byrd Fantasia on a Hexichord Clark Collection SATB Friday 5th October Conductor: Margaret Shearing East Desperavi Schott SSATB Bassano Fantasia no 1 NM202 SSATB Eccles Oceania OMP070 ATTT Saturday 20th October *Playday* Autumn Playday…… Read More

A potted chronology based on the Society’s Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings, Annual General Meetings and Branch Delegates Conferences [1] 1937-1946 | 1947-1956 | 1957-1966 | 1967-1976 | 1977-1986 | 1987-1996 | 1997-2006 1937-1946 The first decade 1937. An inaugural meeting was held in the Hall of the Art Workers Guild, Bloomsbury, London attended by 60-70 people at which the name Society of Recorder Players was adopted and Officers and a Committee were appointed for one year. Carl Dolmetsch and Edgar Hunt were the Musical Directors and A…… Read More

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2018 Date Conductor Details 13th January Paul Collacott Paul is a member of the Branch, and conducts and arranges music, principally for local choirs 10th February Steve Marshall Steve is a well known local conductor, composer and arranger of recorder music 10th March Sylvia Davies Sylvia is a viol and recorder player. She teaches recorder and conducts the Bristol Branch of SRP 14th April John Thorn John is a Founder Member and former Chair of the Branch. John will lead a session for recorders and string…… Read More

Groups of recorders playing together probably go back to the 16th Century, but the modern development started in Germany in the 1950s, and in the UK in the 1970s. The 1990s saw an expansion but the real explosion has been during the first decade of this century. Affiliate Membership of the Society is available to recorder orchestras and other groups, the current annual cost being £47. This covers the Society’s year from 1 September to 31 August: if you affiliate for the first time after January 1st, you may pay half the full cost for the…… Read More

This page lists sellers of CDs and of sheet music, either in printed or downloadable form, and also sites that offer free downloads. Some of the organisations listed here also supply instruments. For details and a more complete list of instrument suppliers, see the dedicated page. Please note that a link to a supplier’s website opens in a new window or tab. Aeolian Consort http://www.geocities.jp/lyrischesuite/gakufu_main.htm The Aeolian Consort website offers free downloads of recorder consort music. Alex Ayre Music Services Alex Ayre&#8…… Read More

2018-2019 2017-2018 2016-2017 2015-2016 2014-2015 2018-2019 1st September 2018 Conductor: Andrew Challinger Challinger no. 3 from 5 Sketches SATB Palestrina Exultate Deo SATTB Gabrieli Canzona XIII in 12 parts 3 x SATB Sullivan Dances from Savoy operas   Sousa (and perhaps Teike) Marches   6th October 2018 Conductor: David Moses Blue Ridge and Rocky Shore traditional Canadian folk songs arr. DM Bolivian Bolero Bolivian/Hispanic fusion music – DM Dark Eyed Grecian Beauties traditional Greek songs arr. DM Jonesville Jump –…… Read More

Musical Director of the Society from 1937 until 1988 Edgar Hunt Recorder Magazine Summer 2006 (From ‘Tributes and Memories’, in The Recorder Magazine, Summer 2006 edited by Andrew Mayes) There can be few in the recorder world who do not know the name Edgar Hunt; many recorder players knew him and he in turn knew many recorder players. Yet perhaps few knew him very well, not because he was unapproachable, indeed he was quite the opposite. Nevertheless, his natural modesty prevented him from giving away much about his remarkable contribution to t…… Read More

2017-2018 2016-2017 2015-2016 9th September 2017 Conductor: John Fenn H. Walford Davies God be in my Head SATB JPF Renaissance Dance Suite   SATTB arr. Fenn William Byrd Haec Dies SATTB arr. Fenn Joel Martinson (with permission) Arise My Love SATB   Quercus Quodlibet   SATB   14th October 2017 Playing Day with Stephen Watkins Stephen will bring a wide selection of music, including some of his own compositions, for us to enjoy. Bring any and all recorders that you have! Further Details and Application Form 11th November 2017…… Read More