As a painter reproduces the works of nature with various colors, the instrument can imitate the expression of the human voice through tone coloring.
(S. Ganassi: Schule des kunstvollen Flötenspiels, 1535)
Early Music - Recorder Solo
Georg Ph. Telemann Fantasia in h, Nr. 3
(1681-1767) for alto recorder
Song of the Sephardim La Rosa Infloresce
(ca. 1400)
Anonymus Belicha
(Estampie, 14. Jh.) for alto recorder in g
Giovanni Bassano Ricercata quarta
(1550-1670) for bassett recorder in g
Jakob van Eyck Engels Nachtegaeltje
(1590-1627) for soprano recorder
Anonymus Une jeune Fillette
(frz. Chanson, Ende 16. Jh.) improvised Diminution on “Une jeune Fillette”
Mario Lavista Ofrenda (1986)
(*1943) for tenor recorder
Carl Ph. E. Bach Sonata in a-moll, Wq. 132
(1714-1788) Poco Adagio - Allegro - Allegro
for Voice-Flute
This programme has been presented in two forms: one “pure” instrumental, the other with a dancer (Andra Perrin/ modern dance improvisation). The combination with speaker or another medium, for instance video, would also be conceivable.
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