Recorders Incorporated

"Recorders Incorporated", is made up of talented amateurs and professionals from the UK and The Netherlands, and gave its debut concert on Thursday, January 4th, 8pm, at Benslow Music Trust, in Hitchin.

We performed again on Friday January 4th, 2008, at Halsway Manor, a wonderful venue in Somerset.

The group will be performing again on Sunday January 4th, 2009, at St Peter's Centre, in Ipswich.

This was the 2007 programme:

Andrea Gabrieli (c.1510 - 1586): Sento, sent'un rumor
William Lawes (1602 - 1645): Fantasia a6 in C
Walter Rein (1893 - 1955): Variations on a love song
Antonin Dvorak (1841 - 1904), arr S.Richards: Final movement from American Quartet
Dietrich Schnabel: Feuer und Eis
Matthias Maute: Ten Times Tenor
Guus Haverkate: Sound Crime
Hans Leo Hassler (1564 - 1612): Ach weh des Leiden
Girolamo Cavazzoni (c.1525 - after 1577): Canzon sopra Falt d'Argens
Lyndon Hilling: Midsummer Meadow Suite

The concert was very well received, and you can read a review in the latest edition of the Recorder Magazine.

Here are some extracts from the review:

"I have played recorders for some forty years and, although I have heard many outstanding ensembles, I was not prepared for such a sensational experience."

"Maute's Ten Times Tenor, was extremely exciting with meticulous attention to detail. The spiky unison opening and ending contrasted with the unusual shifting harmonies of the middle section. Concentration and tuning was of paramount importance."

"I was enchanted by the mix and contrast of early and modern music played convincingly and enthusiastically by such talented musicians and led so ably by Eileen Silcocks. It was good news to learn that all members of the orchestra were keen to repeat this exercise, an uplifting and energising experience for performers and audience alike."