Hawthorns Music: Four Part Pieces

Palestrina: Ricercares

These four ricercares, included in Palestrina's 'complete works' but whose ascription to Palestrina is questioned, work very well on recorders. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Score and Parts £4.50

Ring: Newcastle in Four

Layton Ring's variations on a folk tune. The composer tells us that it is the story of a party of visiting football supporters who come to Newcastle for the match and leave defeated. We're not sure that we believe him! SATB.

Score and Parts £4.50

Baker: Trio Sonata

Andrew Baker is a contemporary English composer who lives in Stafford. This is a substantial Trio sonata for two treble recorders and continuo. AA,Keyb,cello.

Score and Parts £5.99

Tudor Dance Book

A simple introduction to Tudor dancing by Marion Panzetta and Jackie Marshall-Ward. Includes instructions for dancing plus the necessary music. Covers Pavan, Galliard, Clog Bransle and Peas Branle. Particularly suitable for school use. 4pts.

Score £4.50

Ferrabosco jnr.: Four Four-Part Fantasias

Another selection of fantasias by Ferrabosco II. This time provided with parts suitable for either recorders of viols. Edited by Greg Lewin. 4pts.

Purcell: The Bashfull Thames

A little known movement involving recorders from Purcell's Yorkshire Feast Song of 1690. The first part is for Two Treble Recorders, Tenor or Soprano Voice, continuo; the second for four-part chorus (or SATB recorders). Edited by Layton Ring.

Isaack: 3 in 1 on a Ground

This piece for 3 treble recorders and continuo by a contemporary of Purcell makes a fine recital companion to the latter's 'Three in One on a Ground'. Edited by Layton Ring and David Pinto.

Bach / Victoria: Two Christmas Pieces

Bach's clever setting of a popular carol contrasts nicely with Victoria's magical nativity motet. Arranged by by Alyson Lewin. SATB and SSATTB.

Ferrabosco: 2 Fantasias.

A delightful pair described in one manuscript source as 'excellent good'. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Score & parts £4.50

Byrd: Ye Maiden's Song

An arrangement of a set of keyboard variations. Rather a haunting tune - presumably a popular tune of the day although the words do not seem to have survived. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Victoria / Cabezon: Two Spanish Pieces

Two beautiful 16th century pieces. The first is arranged from an organ piece and is simple but very effective. The second is a Passiontide motet - very sad and solemn. SATB. Arranged by Greg and Alyson Lewin.

Handel: Chaconne

Arranged from a keyboard piece, this Chaconne is very much in the tradition of Purcell's 'Two' and 'Three in one on a Ground'. Each part gets its turn with the challenging bits - probably not for the novice consort! Arranged by Karen Smith. SATB.

Costeley / Daquin: Two French Christmas Pieces

Allon, gay Bergeres tells the story of the adoration of the shepherds. Noel sur les jeux d'Anches is an arrangement of an organ piece. Arranged by Alyson Lewin. SATB.

J.C.Bach: Sinfonia No. 2

An early classical symphony by the 'London Bach'. Works well with either one to a part or larger ensemble. Arranged by Madeline Seviour. ATTB.

Scarlatti: Sonata

Born in the same year as Bach and Handel, Domenico Scarlatti wrote about 600 short keyboard pieces now known as his 'sonatas'. This is one of the four-part ones - neatly arranged for recorders by Paul Clark. Arranged by Paul Clark. SATB.

JCF Bach: Fugue in F

An intricate keyboard fugue by J C F Bach. Arranged by Paul Clark. SATB.

Chopin: Mazurka

An unlikely piece for recorders? Maybe, but this arrangement will reward those recorder players who are prepared to live dangerously. Arranged by Paul Clark. SATB.

Ferrabosco: Two More Fantasias

Two more pieces from A. Ferrobosco (jun). Described in the source manuscript as 'excellent good'. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Handel: Amen Chorus

The final chorus from Handel's great oratorio. Works well one to a part but particularly suited to the larger ensemble. Arranged by Herbert Hersom. SATB.

Mozart: Cum sanctis

A movement from the Requiem mass. Works well played either one to a part or with a larger ensemble. Arranged by Herbert Hersom. SATB.

Byrd: The Ghost

Byrd's piece from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book freely arranged by Paul Clark. This is a tidy ghost and a lively one. Happy haunting! Arranged by Paul Clark. SATB.

Clark: Caramillo

Paul Clark tells us that Caramillo means either a small musical pipe, a heap of rubbish, or a quantity of gossip. An intriguing title for this original composition. SATB.

Porpora / Bencini: Two Italian Fugues

Nicola Porpora (1686-1766) Fugue in F major and Giuseppe Bencini (fl 1723-7) Fugue in G major. Two fugues (originally for keyboard). Arranged by Paul Clark. SATB.

Two Victorian Part Songs

John Goss: 'List! For the Breeze' (AATB) William Sterndale Bennett: 'Come Live with Me'. Arranged by Marion Panzetta. (SATB)

Clark: The Twelve Days of Christmas

A spirited setting of the well-known Christmas song. Ideal for the recorder players' Christmas party! Arranged by Paul Clark. SATB.

Clark: Two Dutch Folk Songs

Two tunes taken from 'Oude en nieuwe hollantse boerenlieties en contredansen'. Good, interesting arrangements. Lively but not too difficult! 'Heest een bagyntie' and 'Drie Boeren drie'. Arranged by Paul Clark. SATB.

Isaac: Selected Consort Pieces

Four short pieces by a leading composer of the late fifteenth century. 'In meinem sinn', Insprugk', 'Corri fortuna' and 'Ach herzigs k.'. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB / ATTB.

Crumhorn Pieces

A choice of six short pieces which fit the limited range of the crumhorn but are also suitable for recorders. Pavan (Isaac), 'Si je perdu mon amy' (Anon.), 'Helas Madam' (Henry VIII) and 'Rompeltier' (Obrecht). Mainly early sixteenth century. SATB.

Sweelink: Est-ce Mars

One of the most popular songs of the early seventeenth century set by one of the leading composers of the time. Arranged by Alyson Lewin. SATB.

Handel: Allegro (finale) from op.6 no.4

An exciting movement from an excellent composer. Taken from a 'Concerto grosso'. This arrangement works best played by an ensemble with soloists but is quite acceptable when played one to a part. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Tchaikovsky: Two Pieces

Two popular choral pieces: 'The Crown of Roses' and 'The Angels' Hymn'. Arranged by Alyson Lewin. SATB.

Giovanni Picchi (fl. 1600-25): Canzon

A multichoral piece for four! An ideal standby for those occasions when half the coro is stuck in the snow! Arranged by Greg Lewin. SSBB(+kbd)

Byrd: Fortune

A sad and haunting popular tune of the sixteenth century set for the virginals by William Byrd. Arranged here by Paul Clark. SATB.

Purcell: Chaconne

Also known as Dance for the Chinese Man and Woman from The Fairy Queen. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Clark: Piae Cantiones

Pi‘ Cantiones is well known as the source of a number of Christmas carol tunes. Paul Clark has chosen some of the other tunes from the book and has set them for recorder ensemble. SATB.

Bull: Den Lustelijcken meij

A popular Dutch tune of the seventeenth century set by John Bull in 1622. Arranged by Paul Clark. SATB.

Frescobaldi: Capriccio sopra la bassa fiamenga

A substantial four part fantasia based on the Flemish tune Bruynsmedelijn. From Il primo libro di capricci (Rome 1624). Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Palestrina Loquebantur variis linguis

A motet for Whit Sunday from Palestrina's first book of four part motets (1563). Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Brahms: Two Chorale Settings

Two well-known renaissance pieces together with settings made by Brahms in about 1896. 'Es ist ein' Ros'' and 'Innsbruck'. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB and SAATB.

Frescobaldi: Two 'Experimental' capricci

Two more pieces from the 1624 capricci. Capriccio cromatico seems to be influenced by the dramatic harmonic style of Gesualdo. Capriccio di durezze is less surprising but still has its interesting moments. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Handel: Vinto e l'amor

An aria from the opera Otho freely arranged by Paul Clark. SATB.

Josquin / Cavazzoni: Faulte d'Argent

This famous chanson by Josquin was one of the smash hits in the years around 1500. Here it is presented along with the associated canzona by Girolamo Cavazzoni. Arranged by Paul Clark. AATTB and AATB.

Passereau / Cavazzoni: Il est bel e bon

Another pairing of an original chanson with a derived instrumental canzona by Girolamo Cavazzoni. You may not know Passereau but you are quite likely to recognise this popular chanson. Arranged by Paul Clark. AATB.

Two Cuckoo songs

A contrasting pair of songs united by much active 'cuckoo-ing': Giuseppe Caimo's Mentre il cuculo and George Macfarren's When Daisies Pied. One sixteenth century, the other nineteenth. Arranged by Marion Panzetta. SATB.

Gibbons: Two Fancies

Fancy in A re and Fancy in C fa ut Arranged from organ pieces. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Sullivan: Overture to The Gondoliers

Full of well-known tunes. Suitable for performance by large or small ensemble. Moderately easy. Arranged by Petrina Lodge. SATB (with div.).

Grieg: from the Holberg Suite

A well-loved classic. Moderately easy. Arranged by Petrina Lodge. SATB.

Brahms: O Heiland, Reiss Die Himmel Auf

A motet based on a chorale-like theme. Particularly good on large ensemble. Moderately easy. Arranged by Petrina Lodge. SATB.

Paul Clark: Alcaics

A typically witty and enjoyable piece based on an obscure ancient Greek poetic form! Intermediate. Original composition for recorders. SATB.

Handel: La Speranza (from Ottone)

Another piece from the same original source as RA 71. Moderately easy. Freely arranged by Paul Clark. AATB.

Clemens (non Papa): Two Boozy Songs

Clemens (non Papa): Two Boozy Songs (SATB / SAATB) One a call to a good night out, the other a prescription for the morning after! Provided with two sets of parts - one without barlines. Moderately easy. Arranged by Greg Lewin.

Petrina Lodge: Concert Waltz

This is both an attractive concert item and a useful ensemble study. Intermediate. Original composition for recorders. SATB.

Pennick: Second Folk Song Suite

A chance for groups without a bass to enjoy Bruce Pennick's excellent arranging skill. Moderately easy. SSAT.

Carey: Tom, Tom the Piper's Son

A collection of nursery rhymes arranged for grown-ups by James Carey. As well as the title piece, you will find Over the Hills and Far Away, Old King Cole and Pop Goes the Weasel. Moderately easy. SATB

Carey: Step Stately - a suite of English dances.

Step Stately - a suite of English dances. (SATB). Four Playford dances arranged by James Carey. Includes Mr Beveridge's Maggot and Shrewsbury Lasses - tunes which featured in the recent TV Pride and Prejudice. Moderately easy. SATB.

Tallis: Three Pieces

Like as the Doleful Dove, O Ye Tender Babes and Clarifica me pater. Easy. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Petrina Lodge: Cambridge Suite

An original work for recorders. Four characteristic movements: The Colleges, Pink Tracksuits, Punting and Oriental Cyclists. Moderately easy. SATB.

W. A. Mozart: Rondo alla Turca

Arrangement of Mozart's well-known piano sonata movement. A good concert piece. Intermediate. Arranged by Petrina Lodge. SopSAT.

Samuel Scheidt: Chorale Fantasia

A meaty work based on a succession of popular German chorale tunes. Moderately easy. parts. Arranged by Chris Evans. SATB.

Bach: Christ Lag in Todesbanden.

Bach: Christ Lag in Todesbanden. A movement from a cantata for Easter Day. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Buxtehude: Ich dank dir schon

An arrangement of an organ prelude. This piece is written in fugal style but has several contrasting sections - rather like a Venetian canzona. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Christmas Villancicos

Short pieces taken from Villancicos de diuersos Autores (1556). All are attractive -some are quite well-known - notably Riu, Riu, Riu, Chiu la guarda ribera and E La don don. One of the best is the haunting and beautiful Verbum caro factum est. SATB.

Brumel / Pierre LaRue 'Tout les regretz'

Hit singles of their day by contemporaries of Josquin. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Pachelbel: Ricercare

Pachelbel's: Ricercare in C arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Purcell: Selection from Dido and Aeneas

Includes: In Our Deep Vaulted Cell, Triumphing Dance, Come Away Fellow Sailors, etc. Arranged by Petrina Lodge. SATB.

Frescobaldi: Capriccio sopra il cucho

A Spring-time fantasia. Forget Delius or Saint Saens, Frescobaldi crams in more cuckoos than any other leading brand of composer! Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Hall: Diverse Dances

Five jazzy pieces with a Scottish flavour! Attractive and entertaining, challenging yet not too difficult. Snappy Dance, Dreamy Waltz, Bluesy Dance, Wonky Waltz (in 5/4 time!) and Latino Dance. An original composition. SATB.

Heather Wastie: Browning

A modern look at an old tune. The Leaves be green theme is treated in a fairly traditional manner but is given more luscious harmony than was fashionable in bygone days. Intermediate. An original composition. SATB.

Brentwood Bay¢n : Michael Short

The marriage of Brentwood and Bay¢n may seem unlikely, but the result is an attractive and atmospheric piece. Moderately easy (but watch out for the characteristic rhythm in the bass part). SATB.

Carey: Christmas Suite

James Carey's Suite is based on the Christmas story: The Kings from the East, Shepherds in the Fields and Under Bethlehem's Star. The last movement works in two (or more?) European carol tunes. SATB.

Bill Stewart: Four by Four

Four simple movements with a faintly Palm Court flavour which have proved very popular with intermediate adult ensembles. An original composition by Bill Stewart. SATB.

Byrd/Mundy: Anthems

Two beatuiful and well-known pieces. The notes are not difficult and there is plenty of scope for interpretation. Arranged by Alyson Lewin. SATB.

Hall: Rag for Mac - Blues for Barley

Written in a popular style, these two pieces commemorate the composer's lively and colourful pets: Mac the Scottish black cat and Barley the dog. SATB.

Two Portuguese Pieces

Two seventeenth century organ pieces: Coelho's Ave maris stella - a setting of the hymn tune familiar from Monteverdi's Vespers - and Reis's Ten‡Æo sobre o 5ø Kyrie. Easy notes - excellent practice pieces for developing ensemble and tuning. SATB.

Pachelbel: Two Short Fugues

These fugues are taken from a collection of 'Magnificat Fugues' written for organ. They are enjoyable to play and good practice material for those wishing to work up to more substantial fugues. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Bach: Two Fugues

These pieces are taken from the set of eight easy preludes which most organists cut their teeth on. Some scholars question the ascription to Bach but we still enjoyed arranging them! Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Handel: Two Fugues

Taken from 'Six Fugues or Voluntaries' for organ or harpsichord. Intricate pieces which sound just right on recorders. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Willaert: Two Motets

Willaert is one of the most important composers of the mid-16th century. These two motets are taken from the second edition of his 'Liber Primus' (1545). They bridge the gap between Josquin Desprez and Giovanni Gabrieli. Fairly easy. ATTB

Marg Hall: Arthropodia

Five characteristic pieces inspired by insects. Here you will find: Indian Moon Moth, Cricket, Green Birdwing, Spider and Lacewing. SATB

Keith Rogers: Leaves be Still Green

Keith Rogers borrows the 'Browning' theme and the variation techniques of the Tudor composers, with a distinct nod in the direction of Byrd. He reworks them into an interesting contemporary piece which will appeal to the int / adv consort. SATB

Hall: Scottish Dance Suite

A suite of five original Scottish Dances: Mrs Stewart's Strathspey, Winton Waltz, Jerome's Jig, Highland Schottische and Miss Rischies' Reel. SATB

Tomkins: Two Madrigals

A fine pair of madrigals 'O Let Me Live' and 'O Let Me Die'. From an interesting ms. source including composer's own ficta. SATB

Byrd: 'Queenes Alman', Anon: 'King's Morisco'

Two well-known pieces from 'The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book'. We hope you will appreciate the regal pairing! SATB

Byrd: 4 pt Fantasia

Familier from the 1950s Schott edition, our edition follows the same source but, by comparison, the barring is revised and the notation modernised (made closer to the original). We hope that this will make this lovely piece more accessible. SATB

Four Short Tudor Anthems

A good introduction to imitative counterpoint. Tye: 'O Come Ye Servants', Ford: 'Almighty God, who hast me brought', Tallis: 'If ye love me', Mudd: 'Let Thy merciful ears'. SATB

Cricket & Dormouse

Benjamin Cooke's eighteenth century glee 'Epitaph on a Dormouse' and Josquin's lively 'El Grillo' make a charming natural history pair. SATB

Antonio de Cabezon: Diferencias Cavellero

Variations on a cheeky villancico by Gombert. SATB

Giles Farnaby: Four Pieces

Four short, easyish pieces by an early English composer. 'Giles Farnaby's Dreame', 'His Rest', 'His Humour' and 'A Toye'. SATB

Paul Clark: Six Species

First performed by the Edgbaston High School Recorder Group, this piece has much to challenge and amuse the players, be they young or old. SATB.

Ruth Stanfield: Homage to Paganini

An original composition for recorder quartet. Six variations, a fugue and a chorale based on a theme that has inspired many composers. SATB.

Paul Clark: Suite in A with Antiphon

A substantial yet accessible addition to the repertoire. Intermediate - advanced. Original composition for recorders. SATB.

Bamforth: Shetland Suite

Six movements based on folk songs from the Shetland Islands (where else?). Original composition for recorders. SATB.

Bamforth: Quartet 2

This is a serious and substantial work which will repay detailed study. It takes the form of a series of interlinked movements. The writing is very closely worked but always leavened with a fragile hint of humour. SATB.

Gabrieli: 4pt Canzonas

Four fine pieces taken from Alessandro Raverii's 1608 collection: 'Canzoni per sonare con ogni sorta di strumenti ... This is one that no recorder player's library should be without. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Gabrieli: Four More Canzonas

A further volume - this time taken from an early manuscript collection of organ pieces. Arranged by Greg Lewin. SATB.

Jim Carey: Pets

Four entertaining movements based on the antics of our feathered friends: 'Kittens', 'Hamsters', 'Goldfish' and 'Puppies'! SATB

Gluck: Five Pieces from Orfeo

Five short dance movements including the 'Dance of the Blessed Spirits'. SATB

Two Tudor Anthems

Two pieces which offer great harmony and sonority without too many rhythmic difficulties. Byrd's 'Sacerdotes Domini' and Tallis' 'Verily, Verily'. For many years Byrd and Tallis shared the royal monopoly on music printing. SATB

Score and Parts £3.50

Bruce Pennick arr.: I Know Where I'm Going

A beautiful arrangement of the lovely Ulster folk song. Use of the deeper instruments adds an attractive sonority. SATB

Orlando Gibbons: Almighty and Everlasting God

This popular anthem by Gibbons seems to have remained in the choral repertoire since it was first written. SATB

Clemens non Papa: Vox in Rama

A motet commemorating Herod's slaughter of the childfren. Clemens also wrote good Boozy Songs! (see RA86) STTB

Juan Esquivel: Ego sum panis vivus

An exquisite motet, 'I am the Bread of Life', from a little-known Spanish composer who is increasingly being recognised as the finest of his day. SATB

Susato: Two Dances

La Mourisque and La Bataille arranged for recorder ensemble by Alyson Lewin. Playable on a variety of combinations from SSAT to SopSSSAATTB.

Alyson Lewin: Two Spirituals

These attractive arrangements by Alyson Lewin are intended for upper junior / lower secondary groups but may be of interest to intermediate adult groups. 'Down By the Riverside' and 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot'. SSAT.

Alyson Lewin: Off to the Fair

Two 4-part arrangements. Intended for good school groups but will appeal to adults too. 'Scarborough Fair' and 'Linstead Market'. SSAT/B

Alyson Lewin: Oddbods' Foreign Tour

The Oddbods gain a new member and continue their foreign adventures. 'Frere Jacques', 'Waltzing Matilda' and 'The Volga Boatman'. SSA/TT