The King Küng Quartet has presented opening programs for the SRS in years past, and we welcome them this time to start the year 2010. The name of the group came from the predominance of Küng recorders in the group, although they also use some instruments by other makers. David Lawrence, David Solet, Bill Stickney and Molly Warner are the regular members of the quartet, which began as an ensemble in 2005, and they will be joined by Vicki Boeckman for one of their selections. Molly writes, “The program is eclectic, with old and new pieces interspersed - Palestrina, Glen Shannon (Jazzy Prelude & Fugue), Dufay, Maurice Whitney (Carnival) and Michael East - these are pieces we like and that we have never performed for SRS.”
Our playing session will be devoted to Prologue music from Armide, regarded by some as Jean-Baptiste Lully’s masterpiece. Written for the court of Louis XIV, this opera tragedy is characteristic of the opulence of baroque style of the French court. There are numerous movements in this prologue with titles like ouverture, entrée, menuet and rondeau, and each is typical of its genre in the French baroque style. The arrangement that I have provided is for all players: experienced and elementary recorder players as well as members of the viol family. Our recorder coach, Sally Mitchell, will be on hand to assist elementary level recorder players. The pitch for the evening will be A=440.
Come celebrate the New Year with the Seattle Recorder Society, and feel free to introduce your musical friends to the SRS!
The February meeting will be in the capable hands of Margriet Tindemans.
Recorder Orchestra: The Recorder Orchestra of Puget Sound starts rehearsals on March 17 and will rehearse on four consecutive Wednesday evenings. The performance will be at the April 9th meeting of the SRS. Among the works on the repertory for this year are the Suite on English Folksongs (in the style of Holst) and some arrangements borrowed from the LA Recorder Orchestra. Registration forms will be available at the January meeting.
SRS Board meets at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, January 25 at the Seibert house.
Peter Seibert, conducting
Lully, Armide selections
For recorders SATB, GB, CB
and viols Tr, T, B
Pitch: A=440
