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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 1hour long “concerts” a few evenings a week in the Observation Deck of the Volunteer Park Water Tower. This project was inspired by the 17thcentury Dutch recorder virtuoso Jacob van Eyck's practice of playing divisions to passersby 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 Lusthof. 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

Recorder NotesSRS’Board’Members’(2013/2014)’ Music’Director:!Peter!Seibert!! (206=329=2774)[email protected]! Officers:’ President:Ellis!Hillinger!! (206=547=0718

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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]  

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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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