October 2015 - Seattle Recorder Society

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Recorder Notes
October 2015
Vol. XLVII, No. 2
Seattle Recorder Society ***** www.seattle-recorder.org
From the Music Director (Vicki Boeckman) Greetings, everyone! I can hardly believe it is October already and that our second playing session is less than a week away! I am looking forward to leading the ensemble again. We have a rather exciting and moving opening program for your listening pleasure. The “Flutes en Bois” ensemble will present a program of German music by Bach, Handel, and Biebl. Details of their program follow below. Keeping with the theme of German music for o ur playing session, I've chosen movements from Suites #5 and #15 from Johann Hermann Schein's Banchetto Musicale (A Musical Banquet) from 1617, a lovely 7-­‐part transcription o f Handel's riveting “Lascia ch'io pianga” from his o pera Rinaldo, and one o f the “Contrapunti” from J.S. Bach's Art of the Fugue. Schein w as one of the earliest composers to introduce the Italian Baroque style into German music. Heralded mostly for his sacred and secular vocal works, the collection of suites in Banchetto Musicale is an outstanding example of Schein's craft at composing instrumental works. The connection between Schein and Bach is that they both worked at Weimar, and they both held the prestigious post as cantor at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, merely a century apart. The connection between Bach and Handel was that they were born in the same year of 1685!
On a not-­‐so-­‐happy note, I must share some sad news. Our dear, eccentric, zany Louise “L” Hotaling suffered a severe stroke on Friday, the 18th of September, and passed away peacefully just after noon on Septem-­‐
ber 30th. The music chosen for this playing session is music that I know she adored, and indeed played and sang at various w orkshops and classes that I've led. I'd like to encourage all of you to share stories and photos that you may have about L in our next newsletter. Last month I handed out a sheet with some general articulation patterns which we will review and strengthen. In addition to this, I would like to focus on building a beautiful tone on top of good foundational (continued below) SRS Meeting Friday, Oct. 9th, 2015 @ 7:30 pm Opening Program “Flutes-­‐en-­‐Bois” Baroque flute players with basso continuo playing Bach, Handel, and Biebl. Playing Session (Vicki Boeckman) German m usic of Schein, Handel, and Bach All recorders and violas de gamba are welcome. The Backroom Gang (Sally Mitchell) Music will be provided. 2
From the Music Director (continued) support. Besides playing beautiful music, it will be an evening of “mindful” tone production and articulation.
All sizes of recorders and viols (and perhaps a bari sax played softly) are welcome. If anyone would like parts ahead of time, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will send .pdf files. For those w ho prefer a smaller group, Sally Mitchell will once again be leading the Backroom Gang. Thank you, and see you on October 9th. Vicki [email protected] About the Opening Program (Molly Warner) “Flutes-­‐en-­‐Bois” will play a short concert for the October 9th SRS meeting. This ensemble of baroque flute players with basso continuo has been directed by Janet See for several years and has performed previously for SRS as well as for residents of retirement homes. Current members include flute players Melinda Abendroth, Terry Barnett, Charles “Coop” Cooper, Miguel Rode, Marty Ronish, and Molly W arner, with Lee Inman (viola d a gamba) and Mary Ann Hagan (harpsichord). The program of German music will include some of the group's favorites: adaptations of soprano arias from J.S. Bach's cantatas BWV 41 (Lass uns, o hochster Gott) and BWV 42 (Am Abend desselbigen Sabbats), arrangements of one Bach chorale, “Es ist Genung” (It is enough), “Laschia ch’io Pianga,” a famous aria from G.F. Handel’s opera Rinaldo, and the well-­‐known “Ave Maria” of Franz Biebl (1906-­‐2001). Important Membership Information! (Betty Swift) The membership roster is going online this fall and w ill be accessible by password on the SRS website. If you’d like to place privacy limitations on your entry, please contact Betty Swift at [email protected] to specify your preferences. SRS w ebsite: www.seattle-­‐recorder.org Deadline for the November SRS “Recorder Notes” Just a heads-­‐up that the deadline for submitting articles, notes, concert announcements, or photos for the next issue of the SRS newsletter is Monday, October 19th. Thank you! Refreshments (October 9th) Cookies Nancy Lewis Ingrid V rooman Fruit Ione Turman Barbara McKnight Veggies Jill Shupe Thank you for volunteering! 2015/2016 SRS Meetings Meetings are usually (but not always—see red dates below) held on the first Friday o f each month, September 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 v iol players, ensemble playing for all levels of recorder players, and a beginning recorder ensemble. A $5 d onation is requested for non-­‐members.
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Ensemble Coaching and Master Class with Aldo Abreu: Saturday and Sunday, December 12-­‐13, 2015 (From Vicki Boeckman) One of the great recorder virtuosos o f o ur time, Aldo Abreu, will be back in the Pacific Northwest to play with the Portland Chamber Orchestra in mid December. He is eager to fit Seattle into his schedule, so w e snagged him to lead a master class, coach ensembles, and teach private lessons. For those of you w ho may be w ondering w hat a master class is, it is simply a fancy name for an “open” lesson. There is a student (the active participant), a teacher, and an audience (the auditors). The beauty o f a master class is that it is a win/win situation for auditors and active participants alike, because everyone is a recipient to the same instruction! Auditors who are not “performing” can learn a tremendous amount by following along with the teaching and learning process o f a lesson without even getting nervous. It is a very informative and fascinating way to absorb information—looking at things through a different lens. Not only that, but we need the auditors to cheer on their fellow players! In order to reduce potential performance anxiety we are asking only ensembles or individuals of the upper intermediate and above level of pro-­‐ ficiency to be the active participants. Anyone may audit, however. Auditors may come and go between “lessons” if they choose, or are w elcome to stay for the entire day. Ensembles may be of any configuration; they need not be limited to only recorder groups. The exact schedule will be posted once we get a count of the number of interested ensembles and individuals. What I can tell you is that Saturday, December 12th, will be at Sand Point Community United Methodist Church on NE 70th St., and Sunday, December 13th, will most likely be in my home studio on NE 96th St. in Seattle. Please see the sign-­‐up sheet on the following page for information on how to participate in this event. Below is a condensed biography of Mr. Abreu. Please read more about him on his website: www.aldoabreu.com Aldo Abreu h as taken the recorder and its repertoire to many prestigious venues throughout the United States, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, and his native Venezuela. Since winning First Prize at the 1992 Concert Artists Guild Competition, Mr. Abreu has been heard in recitals at the Ambassador Auditorium in Los Angeles, the Gardner Museum in Boston, Northwestern University's Pick-­‐Staiger Hall in Chicago, Spivey Concert Hall in Atlanta, the Metropolitan Museum of Arts and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York. Laureate of the Premio Flauto Dolce Competition(Germany) and the Concours Musica Antiqua (Belgium), Mr. Abreu has been featured at the Spoleto Festivals in the United States and Italy, the OK Mozart Festival, the Boston Early Music Festival, the Recorder 2000 Festival in Armidale, Australia, and the Festival Music Society in Indianapolis. Recorder Classes (Laura Faber) Note: New beginners are welcome at any time. Contact Laura to get started. Advanced Beginner/Lower Intermediate Ensemble Mondays – 7:45 to 9:15 pm Advanced Beginner/Lower Intermediate Ensemble Thurs. – 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Intermediate Ensemble Mondays – 6:00 to 7:30 pm Bass Class Saturdays – 10 am to 12 pm * * * Class Descriptions Advanced Beginner/ Lower Intermediate Ensemble (SATB) Comfortable w ith all common fingerings and rhythms Intermediate Ensemble (SATBGB) Playing both F and C instruments, counting halves, reading from parts Bass Class Any player interested in learning more about bass technique may join at any time. People who are interested should contact Laura directly at [email protected] or (206) 619-­‐0671. Sign-­‐up Sheet Ensemble Coaching and Master Class with Aldo Abreu Saturday and Sunday, December 12-­‐13, 2015 Please return this form to [email protected] no later than November 1, 2015. You may also call or email Vicki directly with your preferences. Please write your check to Seattle Recorder Society. ______ I would like to audit the classes ($25 per day). ______ I would like to play for the master class ($65 per person—includes auditing classes on day of performance). Please list the composer, title, and movements of the piece you are preparing. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______ My ensemble w ould like coaching ($125 per ensemble—includes auditing classes on day of performance). Please list the names of your ensemble members and instruments they play (if other than recorder) and the piece(s) you would like to work on. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Contact person: Name:____________________________________________________________________________ Email: ____________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ___________________________________________________________________________ Preference for Saturday or Sunday: ___________________________________________ Aldo will also be offering private lessons on Friday, Dec. 11th, for those not wishing to participate in a master class. Payment for a 1-­‐hour lesson is $100 and will go to Aldo directly. Meeting Notes: September 11th, 2015 (Kathleen Arends) Hanan Bell is our SRS president (or, as he put it, “Chief Vacuum Cleaner Operator”) this year, so he opened the meeting, and announce-­‐
ments w ere made, including these: * Our library of printed music is available free to our members. * Membership dues are now payable online using PayPal or a credit card. Dues have been raised to $40—still less than $5 per meeting! And members of age 18 or younger are free! One may also make a d onation online; our dues are kept low so as not to be a barrier to membership, and they do not cover all our costs. * American Recorder Society membership, also now due, is currently two for the price o f one for new members. * Our SRS Board is looking for volunteers to help w ith publicity/PR and with an overhaul of our web site. Contact a Board member (emails in blue box). I noticed that many people making announcements do more than one volunteer job for SRS: Hanan is president and takes care of the library; Molly does the refreshments and is our liaison with the church; even Yours Truly is both secretary and past-­‐president. The vitality of our society is increased when more people are more involved. If you’d like to help, please contact a Board member. We then took a few minutes to fill out surveys to provide information to the Port Townsend Committee for their use in planning future events. Then, Vicki Boeckman, our new Music Director, gave us an educational evening of recorder articulations—applied to a recreational session of English music. W e began with William Brade, an excellent musician who performed all over Europe in the late Renaissance and early Baroque era. We applied “d”s and flipped “r”s to smoothly articulate a paduana from Brade’s collection. At this point, Sally and her gang departed to the Back Room to enjoy more articulation work and play a Bach chorale. Apparently many former Gang members have “graduated” to the larger group! Congratulations to all, including Sally! And appreciation to those four w ho are continuing or beginning w ork in the small group. The big group’s next diversion was Purcell’s overture to King Arthur, arranged by Director Emeritus Peter Seibert. Purcell worked in London in the late 1500s and early 1 600s and, Vicki told us, loved theater music. By this was meant elaborately staged musical entertainment, including not only singing and dancing, but also trap doors, flying, moving scenery, and fireworks. We used “t”s to articulate the notes, to make them crisp and proud. The second half w as fugal; we had to stay on our toes and not “land” heavily anywhere. This was great fun! Upper voices received some trill fingering tips, and low voices got to play some pedal tones.
Next was more Purcell, a chaconne from The Fairy Queen subtitled “Dance for Chinese Man and Woman.” Quite similar to “La Folia,” it provided more trill opportunities. We took a few minutes at the end or our session to enjoy “Ward’s Brae,” a Scot’s tune set by Andrew Charlton in his Celtic Suite. Personally, I’d like to play all the pieces again. Thank you, Vicki!
SRS Board Members (2015/2016) Music Director: Vicki Boeckman (206-­‐985-­‐9916) [email protected] Music Director Emeritus: Peter Seibert (206-­‐329-­‐2774) [email protected] Officers: President Hanan Bell (206-­‐695-­‐2276) [email protected] President-­‐Elect: Mike Woolf (206-­‐300-­‐6623) [email protected] Past President: : Kathleen Arends (425-­‐649-­‐9869) [email protected] Secretary: Kathleen Arends (425-­‐649-­‐9869) [email protected] Treasurer: Richard Ginnis (206-­‐633-­‐1969) [email protected] * * * * Membership: Betty Swift (206-­‐323-­‐3879) [email protected] Newsletter: Karen Berliner (206-­‐550-­‐3384) [email protected]
Refreshments: Molly Warner (206-­‐523-­‐5192) [email protected] Webmaster: Charles Coldwell (206-­‐328-­‐8238) [email protected] Members-­‐At-­‐Large Ellis Hillinger (206-­‐547-­‐0718) [email protected] Katie Sprugel [email protected] Carolyn Wallace (206-­‐782-­‐6898) [email protected] “Recorder Notes” is published monthly, September through May, for its members by the Seattle Recorder Society. 4554 – 4th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105. $40 Annual Membership Dues. www.seattle-­‐recorder.org 1
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Sat., Oct. 3 @ 8 pm: Seattle Baroque Orchestra presents: “Ebb and Flow—Water Music.” Seattle Baroque’s new music director, Alexander W eimann, leads the o rchestra in the season’s opening concert, a program devoted to the power and majesty of water. TH. EMG. Fri., Oct. 9 @ 7:30 pm: Seattle Recorder Society Meeting. Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, Seattle. www.seattle-­‐recorder.org Sat., Oct. 10 @ 2 pm: Moss Bay Recorder Society Meeting. Shoreline Library, 345 Northeast 175th Street, Shoreline. www.mossbayrecorders.org Sat., Oct. 17 @ 7:30 pm and Sun., Oct. 18 at 3 pm: Gallery Concerts presents: “A Musical Offering of J. S. Bach.” Janet See, Linda Melsted, and Jillon Stoppels Dupree—joined by “Emerging Artist” Juliana Soltis, violoncello, performing the Trio Sonata from Bach’s The Musical Offering and other chamber masterpieces. Queen Anne Christian Church, 1316 3 rd Ave W., Seattle. www.galleryconcerts.com Fri., Oct. 23 @ 7:30 pm: Byron Schenkman presents: “Simple Measures.” Byron Schenkman, piano, with “Cello Divas” performing an arrangement of Bach’s sixth Brandenburg Concerto and the Popper Requiem. Hale's Palladium, 4301 Leary Way Northwest, Seattle. www.byronschenkman.com Fri., Oct. 23 @ 8 pm: Bach Collegium Japan presents: “Vivaldi, Handel, Bach.” The lively music of three Baroque titans is performed by Bach Collegium Japan in its Seattle debut. TH. EMG. Sat., Oct. 24 @ 8 pm: Pacific MusicWorks presents: “Monteverdi 1 610 Vespers.” Stephen Stubbs d irects an international dream team of vocal soloists and instrumentalists including one of the leading Monteverdi singers of our time, English tenor Charles Daniels, and cornetto virtuoso Bruce Dickey. St. James Cathedral, 804 9th Ave, Seattle. www.pacificmusicworks.org Sun, Oct. 25 @ 7:30 pm: Byron Schenkman presents: “Simple Measures.” Byron Schenkman, piano, with “Cello Divas” performing an arrangement of Bach’s sixth Brandenburg Concerto and the Popper Requiem. TH. www.byronschenkman.com Fri., Oct. 30 @ 8 pm: Byron Schenkman & Friends on “Northwest Focus.” Live performance on 98.1 Classical KING FM. www.byronschenkman.com Sun., Nov. 1 @ 2 pm: Vicki Boeckman, recorder, and Jillon Stoppels Dupree, harpsichord and organ, play works by Bach, Telemann, Uccellini, and Buxtehude. The Chapel at St. Mark’s Cathedral, 10th Ave E, Seattle. Sun., Nov. 1 @ 7 pm: Byron Schenkman and Friends present: “Telemann Paris Quartets.” Joshua Romatowski, flute, Ingrid Matthews, violin, Elisabeth Reed, bass viol, and Byron Schenkman, harpsichord. Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle. www.byronschenkman.com Fri., Nov. 6 @ 7:30 pm: Seattle Recorder Society Meeting. Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, Seattle. www.seattle-­‐recorder.org Sat., Nov. 7 @ 8 pm: Seattle Baroque Orchestra presents: “Night Music.” Alexander W eimann conducts the orchestra in this program featuring Boccherini’s “La Musica Notturna delle Strade del Madrid,” Biber’s “Nachtwächter Serenade,” and Mozart’s “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.” TH. EMG. (continued below) EMG (Early Music Guild, 206-325-7066) www.earlymusicguild.org
TPC (Trinity Parish Church, 609 – 8th Avenue, Seattle) www.trinityseattle.org
TH (Town Hall, 1119 – 8th Avenue, Seattle) www.townhallseattle.org
All events are subject to change.
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Tues., Nov. 10 @ 7:30 pm: sound|counterpoint presents: “Sonate auf Concertenart Part II.” sound|counterpoint continues their survey of chamber w orks in the style o f the concerto. Experience virtuosic and colorful works for recorder, oboe, violin, and harpsichord by composers such as Telemann, A. Scarlatti, Fiorenza, Prowo, and Couperin. TPC. EMG. www.soundcounterpoint.org Fri., Nov. 13 @ 7:30 pm: Cappella Romana presents: “Cyprus: Greek East & Latin West.” Alexander Lingas leads an intrepid exploration of Cypriot music in both Byzantine and W estern styles. Blessed Sacrament Church, 5050 8 th Ave NE, Seattle. www.cappellaromana.org Sat., Nov. 14 @ 2 pm: Moss Bay Recorder Society Meeting. Location TBA. www.mossbayrecorders.org Sat., Nov. 14 @ 7:30 pm and Sun., Nov. 15 @ 3 pm: Gallery Concerts presents: “The Artistry of Stephen Stubbs.” 2015 Grammy Award winner Stephen Stubbs makes a rare appearance as a solo lutenist with esteemed early harpist Maxine Eilander in a program of Baroque musical gems. Queen Anne Christian Church, 1316 3 rd Ave W., Seattle. www.galleryconcerts.com Sun., Nov. 15 @ 2 pm: Salmon Run Concerts presents: “Sonate auf Concertenart P art II.” sound|counterpoint continues their survey of chamber w orks in the style of the concerto. Experience virtuosic and colorful works for recorder, oboe, violin, and harpsichord by composers such as Telemann, A. Scarlatti, Fiorenza, Prowo, and Couperin. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 415 S 18th St, Mt. Vernon, WA. Sun., Nov. 15 @ 3 pm: Sine Nomine presents: “Let Me Not Stray: Tallis and Tudors.” Highlights o f this program include “Suscipe queso Domine,” “O nata lux,” and “Lamentations of Jeremiah,” as w ell as additional pieces by Taverner and White. TPC. EMG. Sun., Nov. 22 @ 7:30 pm: New Baroque Orchestra presents their fall concert. Christine Wilkinson Beckman conducts the group in Vivaldi, Torelli, Cavalli, and Uccellini. TPC. EMG. Sat., Nov. 28 @ 7:30 pm: Byrd Ensemble presents: “Tudor Christmas.” Byron Schenkman is guest harpsichordist for this program of English carols and motets. St. Mark’s Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave E, Seattle. www.byrdensemble.com EMG (Early Music Guild, 206-325-7066) www.earlymusicguild.org
TPC (Trinity Parish Church, 609 – 8th Avenue, Seattle) www.trinityseattle.org
TH (Town Hall, 1119 – 8th Avenue, Seattle) www.townhallseattle.org
All events are subject to change.