History of the Recorder

My first and ongoing project is the study and historical performance of music using archeologically informed instruments and techniques. For example, for Medieval music I use recorders modeled after a small 14th century instrument recently unearthed in Tartu, Estonia. The playing requirements and sound of these recorders is quite unique; they seem designed precisely for the music of the time. The same goes for my other instruments as well. Being that much closer to such early people & their culture enlivens the music; it’s a bit of forgotten beauty reborn into the present. Contact.

Concertos & Sonatas

• Vivaldi’s Recorder Concerto in C minor (RV 441). The 2 best recordings are by Franz Brüggen and John Tyson.
• J. S. Bach’s Concerto No. 6 in F major, (BWV 1057). Harpsichord, 2 altos, strings, continuo.
• Vivaldi’s Recorder Sonata in G major, (RV 806).
• Any of the Handel Recorder Sonatas.
• & etc.

Recorder & Flute Simultaneously

In the future I’d like to participate in a concert that includes this combination, on which Hunt, Linde, and Lasoki have written.

• Quantz. Trio Sonata.
• Telemann. Concerto in E minor.
• Telemann. Sonata á 4 in D minor (TWV 43:d1)
• Johann Christoph Schultze (Prowo?). a Trio Sonata, and other works.
• Fasch, Loeillet, Pepusch
• Elldler, johann Samuel. Piéces in G major for 2 recorders, 2 flutes, strings, and basso continuo.
• & some modern composers: Hans-Martin Linde, Piet Ketting.