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18th September 2021 Judith Schmidt conducted our very successful first full length meeting since the start of COVID. Claudin de Sermisy Tant que vivray   William Byrd Why do I use my paper, ink and pen?   Rosemary Robinson Little Suite   Turlough O’Carolan arr Sheila Richards Four Irish Melodies   17th July 2021 Judith Schmidt conducted. Juan Pérez Bocanegra Hanacpachap Cussicuinin   Orlande de Lassus O vin en vigne   Joseph Haydn Feld-Parthie   Turlough O’Carolan arr Sheila Richards Four Irish Melodies   19th June 2021 John Hawkes conducted. G…… Read More

If you need assistance with any aspect of editing branch information, please email us at webedit srp org uk  (webedit srp org uk)   . Introduction Each branch can edit their own pages on the SRP website. The web editors are also happy to make changes on behalf of a branch. If you would like to edit your branch pages, you need to go through the following steps. Log in to the site by clicking the Login link on the right near the top of the page. (If you want to try out changes without actually changing the main site, you can log in to http://sand…… Read More

2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2020 NB: all meetings after the playing day in March were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic 11th January Ann and/or Steve Marshall Ann and Steve are members of the Branch and are well known as local conductors, composers and arrangers of Recorder music. 8th February Annabel Knight Annabel is Head of Recorder at Birmingham Conservatoire. 14th March Playing Day with Michelle Holloway A full day’s playing (10am – 4pm). Further details and application form. 4th April Recorders and Strings with …… Read More

… 07 Jan 2022-09 Jan 2022 The Friars, Aylesford Playing Weekend with Andrew Collis for Advanced Players…… 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 S…… 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

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. AK Music Publications Publications website …… 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 £50. 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 remain…… 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 – 1940s big band swing To…… 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