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East Midlands Recorder Orchestra Concert

18 May 2025
St Giles Community Hall, Main St, Balderton, Newark, Notts NG24 3LN
An afternoon concert of music arranged or composed for Recorder Orchestra. The programme ranges from Gabrieli to the present day – via Dvorak and Ethel Smyth! … Read More

Dolmetsch Festival Centenary Celebration

17 May 2025-18 May 2025
Haslemere Hall, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 2AS
Join us for a weekend of recorder playing sessions and recitals celebrating the centenary and legacy of the Dolmetsch Early Music Festival, founded in Haslemere in 1925, with special guests Palisander, Chris Orton, Slava Sidorenko, Philip Thorby, Marguerite Dolmetsch and Brian Blood.… Read More

MRO AT THE FRINGE

19 Jul 2025
Trinity Church, Hardwick Mount, Buxton SK17 6PR
Manchester Recorder Orchestra – MRO is back at the Buxton Fringe Festival with a wide-ranging programme of music for large recorder ensemble. Contemporary pieces are mixed in with some Prokofiev and Verdi to guarantee something for everyone’s musical taste – there’s even a clarinet solo!… Read More

North London Society of Recorder Plays Klezmer Workshop

28 Jun 2025
Highgate International Church, Cafe Entrance, 272 Archway Road, London N6 5AU
The workshop, tutored by Ilana Cravitz, will focus on playing klezmer melodies with attention to details such as ornamentation, phrasing, use of modes, structure and variation of the melody. We will listen to historical recordings from the early 1900s and learn about the history, context and development of klezmer music from the old world of Eastern Europe to USA and Buenos Aires in the 1950s. Tuition will include some gentle guided playing by ear and reading from sheet music. There will not be a requirement to improvise.… Read More

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