Seven Recorders

7 SSATTBB

7/8 SoSSSA/TATB

7/8 SoSSSA/TATopB

7/8 SoSSSA/TATopB

7/8 SoSSSA/TATopB

7/8 SoSSSA/TATB

7 SSAATBSb & drum

7 SSATTBB + opt timp (orch)

7 SoSATBGbCb. Steve says: 'In 2005 Dietrich Schnabel composed a set of short pieces entitled 'Die MŠdels'. One of the pieces, 'Carla', is particularly simple and beautiful, consisting almost entirely of crotchets, spelling out a hypnotic and attractive chord sequence. I liked 'Carla' immediately, and many ways of developing it suggested themselves to me. At the risk of gilding the lily, and with Dietrich's permission, I have therefore written this 'report' on his piece, a report in this sense being an archaic term for a piece written in response to another. Playing time is about five minutes.'

7 SSAATTB

7 SSAATTB w. opt. bc

AABBGbGbCb SCb(opt). This piece, by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (?1623-1688) is well-known in the recorder world, so much so that it is often referred to as ‘the Schmelzer’. Ann Marshall rearranged the sonata for an eight-foot orchestra, included in the Autumn Recorder Orchestra Weekend, which took place in October 2015. The instrumentation became two each of tenors, basses and great basses and a contrabass. She also added a part for subcontrabasses which, although optional, adds a great deal to the music. Total playing time is about seven minutes.