Recorder NotesSRS’Board’Members’(2013/2014)’ Music’Director:!Peter!Seibert!!...
Transcript of Recorder NotesSRS’Board’Members’(2013/2014)’ Music’Director:!Peter!Seibert!!...
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SEATTLE RECORDER SOCIETY
November 2013 Vol. XLV, No. 2
Recorder Notes
About the Opening Program . . .
Charles Coldwell will present the opening program, which he has titled “Tower Music.” During this past summer, Charles randomly performed spontaneous ½-‐ to 1-‐hour long “concerts” a few evenings a week in the Observation Deck of the Volunteer Park Water Tower. This project was inspired by the 17th-‐century Dutch recorder virtuoso Jacob van Eyck's practice of playing divisions to passers-‐by in Utrecht’s Janskerkhof (St. John's Churchyard) as well as the resonant acoustics in the Water Tower. For the opening program, Charles will draw from the repertory of his Tower Music gigs, which includes medieval dances, English divisions, variations on Scottish tunes, and, of course, pieces from van Eyck’s Fluyten Lust-‐hof.
SRS MEETING
Friday, November 1st, 2013
@ 7:30 p.m.
Opening Program
“Tower Music” by Charles Coldwell
Playing Session (Peter Seibert)
Music of Heinrich Isaac
SATB and optional GB recorders are needed
Beginning Ensemble (Sally Mitchell)
Music provided
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At the November playing session we will sample works from the international career of Heinrich Isaac, one of the greatest and most prolific Renaissance composers. He was born about 1450 and was a contemporary of Josquin des Prez. Renowned even in his own time, Isaac left his native Flanders for invitations to posts in France, Italy, and Germany and wrote convincingly in the styles of each of those countries.
I have transcribed and arranged his works in four styles: a French
chanson, a German polyphonic Lied, a quodlibet combining three Florentine songs, and a Latin lament on the death of Lorenzo di Medici. Instruments needed are SATB recorders with optional great bass. (No contrabass this time.)
The Beginning Ensemble under the direction of Sally Mitchell will
meet separately and will continue with its curriculum for the year.
From the Music Director . . . (Peter Seibert)
2013/2014 SRS Meetings
Meetings are usually held on the first Friday of each month, October to May, at 7:30 p.m., Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, 10005 32nd NE, Seattle. Meetings
include a short performance or lecture of interest to recorder and viol players, ensemble
playing for all levels of recorder players, and a beginning
recorder ensemble. A $5.00 donation is requested for non-‐members.
October 4, 2013
November 1, 2013 December 6, 2013
January 3, 2014 February 7, 2014
March 7, 2014 April 4, 2014 May 2, 2014
Refreshments (November)
Cookies Kathleen Arends Eunice Nakao
Fruit You? Please call Evelyn at 206-‐726-‐9257 to volunteer.
Veggies Rebecca Olson-‐Nord
Thank you for volunteering!
Board Meeting
** Reminder **
Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 7:30 p.m.
Vicki’s house
American Recorder Society
Check out the new website for the ARS! www.americanrecorder.org
Laura Faber is the SRS Representative to the ARS.
If you have any questions regarding the ARS, you can reach Laura at:
[email protected] or (206) 619-‐0671
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Fri., Nov. 1 @ 7: 30 pm: Seattle Recorder Society Meeting @ Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, Seattle. Sat., Nov. 2 @ 7:30 pm and Sunday, Nov. 3 @ 3:00 pm: Gallery Concerts presents “The Three Cellists play Bach” – Meg Brennand, Page Smith, and Nathan Whittaker, violincellos. Experience all six of Bach’s Cello Suites – Nos. 1-‐3 on Saturday and Nos. 4-‐6 on Sunday – with a Boccherini trio closing each program. Queen Anne Christian Church, 1316 – 3rd Ave. W, Seattle. www.galleryconcerts.org Tues., Nov. 5 @ 7:30 pm: Quintessence (Vicki Boeckman, Sabine Endrigkeit, Laura Faber, Silke Harper, and Mike Woolf) presents “A Music Journey through the Ages” – Music of Bach, Boismortier, Guerrero, Holborne, Piazzolla, and Maute. TPC, Seattle. EMG Sat., Nov. 9 @ 2 pm: Moss Bay Recorder Society Meeting conducted by Sally Mitchell – Music of Renaissance England. Redmond Library, 15990 NE 85th, Redmond. www.mossbayrecorders.org Sun., Nov. 10 @ 3 pm: Sine Nomine Renaissance Choir presents “Playing with Fire: Gesualdo’s Madrigals” – Guest conductor Anne Lyman. TPC, Seattle. EMG Sat., Nov. 16 @ 8 pm: Lucidarium presents “Una Festa Ebraica – Celebrating Life” – Italy’s premier ensemble for medieval and Renaissance music – “Party music” from the stages of life in a Jewish community. TH, Seattle. www.lucidarium.com and EMG Sun., Nov. 17 @ 1 pm: Early Music Discovery: Lucidarium (plus kids!) presents “Un Bel Matin d’Amor: Discovering the Music of Medieval Italy.” Downstairs at TH, Seattle. www.lucidarium.com and EMG Sun., Nov. 17 @ 3 pm: New Baroque Orchestra – Music of Handel, Corelli, Rameau, and Telemann. Linda Melsted, conducting. TPC, Seattle. EMG Sun., Nov. 24 @ 3 pm: Our Lady of Fatima Chamber Choir and Baroque Orchestra present Messiah. Our Lady of Fatima Parish, 3218 W Barrett St., Seattle. www.olfatima.org/music Sun., Nov. 24 @ 7 pm: Byron Schenkman and Friends present “Bach Sonatas” – Ingrid Matthews, violin; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord. Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya, Seattle. www.byronschenkman.com Sat., Nov. 30 @ 7:30 pm and Sun., Dec. 1 @ 3 pm: Gallery Concerts presents “A Baroque Christmas with Ellen Hargis.” Queen Anne Christian Church, 1316 – 3rd Ave. W, Seattle. www.galleryconcerts.org Thurs., Dec. 5 @ 7:30 pm: Anonymous 4 presents “A Virgin Unspotted – Medieval and Traditional Christmas Songs for Mary.” Our Lady of Fatima, 3218 W Barrett St., Seattle. www.olfatima.org/music Fri., Dec. 6 @ 7:30 pm: Seattle Recorder Society Meeting @ Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, Seattle. Fri., Dec. 6 @ 8 pm: Tudor Choir presents “My Dancing Day: Advent Carols and Motets.” Blessed Sacrament Church, 5041 9th Ave. NE, Seattle. www.tudorchoir.org Sat., Dec. 7 @ 8 pm: Blue Heron presents “Advent and Christmas in Medieval England” – A cappella program of carols, motets, and plainchant from 15th-‐century England. St. James Cathedral, 804 9th Ave., Seattle. www.blueheronchoir.org and EMG Fri., Dec. 13 @ 7:30 pm: Tudor Choir presents “My Dancing Day: Advent Carols and Motets.” Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 308 4th Ave. S, Kirkland. www.tudorchoir.org and EMG Sat., Dec. 14 @ 2 pm: Moss Bay Recorder Society Meeting conducted by Sally Mitchell – Holiday music. Bellevue Library, 1111-‐110th Ave. NE, Bellevue. www.mossbayrecorders.org Sat., Dec. 21 @ 8 pm: Medieval Women’s Choir presents “Christmas in the Cloister.” St. James Cathedral, 804 9th Ave., Seattle. www.medievalwomenschoir.org Sat., Dec. 28 @ 7:30 pm: Tudor Choir presents “English Christmas: Traditional Carols for Christmas and the New Year.” Blessed Sacrament Church, 5041 9th Ave., Seattle. www.tudorchoir.org Sun., Dec. 29 @ 7 pm: Byron Schenkman and Friends present “Vivaldi Concertos.” Judith Linsenberg, recorder; Curtis Foster, oboe; Anna Marsh, bassoon; Ingrid Matthews, violin; Nathan Whittaker, cello; Byron Schenkman, harpsichord. Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya, Seattle. www.byronschenkman.com
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Meeting Notes: October 4, 2013 (Molly Warner) (With thanks to Katie Sprugel for note-‐taking)
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At our first meeting of the 2013–2014 season, incoming President Ellis Hillinger welcomed everyone, introduced the SRS board, and asked first-‐time visitors to introduce themselves. We are always happy to have new folks visit and hopefully sign on as members!
Vicki Boeckman led the program for the evening, as music director
Peter Seibert was vacationing in Europe. In keeping with our tradition, the first meeting was planned to include everyone, from beginners to those who have been playing for years. Vicki arranged an eclectic program that began with a motet by Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611 or 1612–1675), a German-‐Bohemian composer. “Schaffe in Mir, Gott” was a lovely 6-‐part homophonic piece, arranged for SSAATB with big basses as well. As Vicki passed out the music, she instructed us on recorder orchestra etiquette: “No noodling, please! Just finger the notes silently if you want a head start!” We tuned in fifths, D and A, adjusting and listening for the pure tone – then down a note, C and G, then back up to D and A. “Here is how I will conduct this, in two,” Vicki demonstrated, “and this is how I will indicate to cut off the music.” We practiced dividing the beat into quarter notes, eighths, and sixteenths. “Here the music will shift into triple time, and what was one beat in half a measure will become one measure divided into three – that's the default.” Having looked over the music and anticipated the changes along the way, we began to play, and Vicki emphasized playing to the words. “The text is a plea ‘to create in me a clean heart and give me a new spirit,’” Vicki told us. “There is a lot of repetition – ‘Don't cast me off!’” We worked on playing lightly when the words were joyous, as we were a big group of 50-‐plus instruments (recorders with a viol and a baritone sax) and needed spaces in the music to make that happen. Vicki also touched on technique – what do we need to do to produce in-‐tune low E-‐flats with so many different instruments? “With the sopranos and tenors, that low note requires very little air – “like blowing on a cold window to fog it.” We also worked on how best to play a long trill, as a cadential division. With all Vicki's gentle and efficient attention to detail, our overall massed sound was glorious!
As Vicki collected the Hammerschmidt music, the beginners’ group
gathered their instruments and stands and trouped down the hall to work with Sally Mitchell. “We were nine strong,” reported Sally afterwards, “and loosened up with a drinking song by Senfl, ‘So trinken wir alle.’ These folks are really making progress – we played SATB on two pieces!” The group worked on the first section of Magnificat Primi Toni by Guerrero, “Anima mea dominum.” Because the tenor line was challenging, they all learned that part together. In the months to come they will add other sections, and they will plan to perform the piece for the big group next April.
Meanwhile, Vicki passed out the next piece for the more advanced
players. “‘O magnum mysterium’ by Tomas Luis de Victoria is truly music to take with you to a desert island!" Victoria (ca. 1548–1611) was the seventh of nine children, a composer, organist, choirmaster, and Catholic priest. This four-‐part piece is gorgeous, beginning with an S-‐A duet that is then echoed by the T-‐B lines, creating polyphony. Vicki added breath marks to fit with the phrases. “Raise your palate and let that sound out – imagine you are singing an ‘oooo!’” We re-‐tuned. Vicki read us the translation of the Latin words that (continued below)
Recorder Classes (from Laura Faber)
Beginners
Tuesdays -‐ 6:30 to 7:30 pm
Beginners Thursdays -‐ 10:30-‐11:30 am
Advanced Beginner/Lower Intermediate Ensemble Tuesdays -‐ 7:30 to 9:00 pm
Advanced Beginner/Lower Intermediate Ensemble
Thursdays -‐ 11:30 am to 1 pm
Intermediate Ensemble Tuesdays – 1:00 to 2:30 pm
* * * Class Descriptions
Beginners (SAT)
Anyone in their first year of playing
Adv. Beginner/ Lower
Intermediate Ensemble (SATB) Comfortable with all common
fingerings and rhythms
Intermediate (SATBGB) Playing both F and C
instruments, counting halves, reading from parts
People who are interested
should contact me by email at [email protected]
or by calling (206) 619-‐0671.
SRS Library (a membership benefit)
Browse or borrow from our “library” collection
at monthly SRS meetings.
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SRS Board Members (2013/2014)
Music Director: Peter Seibert (206-‐329-‐2774) [email protected]
Officers:
President: Ellis Hillinger (206-‐547-‐0718) [email protected]
President-‐Elect: Kathleen Arends (425-‐649-‐9869) [email protected]
Past President: Katie Sprugel [email protected]
Secretary: Molly Warner (206-‐523-‐5192) [email protected]
Treasurer: Richard Ginnis (206-‐633-‐1969) [email protected]
* * * * Membership: Jill Shupe (206-‐364-‐7509) [email protected] Newsletter: Karen Berliner (206-‐550-‐3384) [email protected]
Refreshments: Evelyn Lester (206-‐726-‐9257)
Viol Representative: Ellen Seibert (206-‐329-‐2774) [email protected]
Webmaster: Charles Coldwell (206-‐328-‐8238) [email protected]
Ex-‐Officio Member: Vicki Boeckman (206-‐985-‐9916) [email protected] Members-‐At-‐Large: Hanan Bell (206-‐695-‐2276) [email protected] Betty Swift (206-‐323-‐3879) [email protected] Carolyn Wallace (206-‐782-‐6898) [email protected] “Recorder Notes” is published monthly, October through May, for its members by the Seattle Recorder Society. 4554 -‐ 4th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105. $35 Annual Membership Dues. www.seattle-‐recorder.org
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praised the Virgin Mary and the mystery of the birth of Christ. The lovely “Alleluia” section towards the end transitioned into triple time and ended in a major chord. Yes, this is indeed desert island music!
Next we played “Ave Virgo Sanctisima” by Francisco Guerrero (1528-‐1599), another Spanish Renaissance composer. He spent most of his life in Spain, worked in Seville at the cathedral and as a court musician, and composed only sacred music. He travelled to the Holy Land in 1589, and was twice attacked by pirates and ransomed. In this piece Vicki emphasized making our sounds reflect the words, which likened the Virgin Mary to a precious pearl, to a lovely lily, as beautiful and perfumed as a rose. “On the word ‘bright,’ accent the note and be bright!” This was another gorgeous piece. I learned that the Latin for “pearl” is “margarita,” which I had associated only with the alcoholic drink!
We finished up the evening with music of Andrew Charleton
(1928-‐1997), who composed and arranged for recorder groups. With his Celtic Suite, he set folk songs for SATB, combining several short movements into a suite. We played “Cold and Raw,” followed by the sad “Jester's Song.” The final movement, “Ward's Braw,” was fast and jolly, in the happy key of G major. Kathleen Arends volunteered that she knew the words to this movement – which she sang for us. Ending the evening with Charlton was perfect! Thanks so much, Vicki, for your sensitive coaching and conducting. You chose lovely music and really brought all these musicians together quickly!
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Meeting Notes: October 4, 2013 (continued)
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