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W I N T E R 2 0 Published by the American Recorder Society, Vol. LIII, No. 5 • www.americanrecorder.org winter 2012 SOPRANINO TO SUBBA SS A WELL-TUNED CON S ORT www.moeck.com Anzeige_Orgel_A4.indd 1 11.11.2008 19:21:44 Uhr Lost in Time Press New works and arrangements for recorder ensemble Compositions by Frances Blaker Paul Ashford Hendrik de Regt and others Inquiries: Corlu Collier PMB 309 2226 N Coast Hwy Newport, Oregon 97365 www.lostintimepress.com [email protected] Dream-Edition – for the demands of a soloist Enjoy the recorder Mollenhauer & Adriana Breukink Enjoy the recorder Dream Recorders for the demands of a soloist New: due to their characteristic wide bore and full round sound Dream-Edition recorders are also suitable for demanding solo recorder repertoire. These hand-finished instru- ments in European plumwood with maple decorative rings combine a colourful rich sound with a stable tone. Baroque fingering and double holes provide surprising agility. TE-4118 Tenor recorder with ergonomic- ally designed keys: • Attractive shell-shaped keys • Robust mechanism • Fingering changes made TE-4318 easy by a roll mechanism fitted to double keys • Well-balanced sound a1 = 442 Hz Soprano and alto in luxurious leather bag, tenor in a hard case TE-4428 www.mollenhauer.com Soprano Alto Tenor (with double key) TE-4118 Plumwood with maple TE-4318 Plumwood with maple TE-4428 Plumwood with maple decorative rings decorative rings decorative rings Editor’s ______Note ______ ______ ______ ______ Volume LIII, Number 5 Winter 2012 n The Violinist’s Thumb, Sam Kean exam- Features ines (in a witty way) our genetic code . In Around the World with the Recorder . 8 oneI section, he relates two patterns without An expanded Tidings feature on obvious connection: music and encoding of DNA strands “It. turns out that universal the recorder around the world music does exist, only it’s closer than we ever Porque Llorax for Recorder Day! . 15 4 imagined, in our DNA ”. He describes DNA By Will Ayton sequences as music-like, with repeating motives and themes (later considering sepa- What We Have Learned About the Recorder rately how it governs traits like perfect pitch in the Last 50 Years . 18 or Paganini’s limber thumbs of the title) . Based on a lecture given at the ARS Festival Perhaps this demonstrates that, no mat- ter our geography or culture, music is in our By David Lasocki DNA—surely the case with the writers who Departments have shared their inspiring world stories 8 Jen Hoyer in South Africa, Nina (page 8): Advertiser Index and Classifieds . 32 Stern traveling to Kenya, Renata Pereira of Brazil and Mehrdad Teymoori in Iran . Chapters & Consorts . 31 ARS One advantage of attending the Music Reviews . 29 Festival last summer was being there in per- Christmas writings, and a journey to Germany son .While admittedly an article is not the same as sitting in a packed room, hearing On the Cutting Edge . 28 David Lasocki participants’ comments, Still time to celebrate John Cage’s birthday shares his musings on what we’ve learned 18 about the recorder in the 50 years since President’s Message . 3 Edgar Hunt’s landmark book (page 18) . ARS President Laura Sanborn Kuhlman asks Don’t forget to play the piece that each ARS member to let us know what you expect! Will Ayton has shared with ARS members Recorder Day! and Play-the-Recorder for Tidings . 4 Month (page 15)—and don’t miss the Focus on Business Members; Early Music America review of his Christmas Letters (page 29) . Gail Nickless hires Ann Felter; recorders in Make Music New York; www.youtube.com/user/americanrecordermag organization anniversaries: Suzuki Association of the 31 www.facebook.com/americanrecordermag Americas is 40, Society of Recorder Players is 75 www.facebook.com/AmerRec Technique Tip from David Coffin (page 30) Gail Nickless, Editor ON THE COVER: Santacroce, Girolamo Contributing Editors Tom Bickley, Compact Disc Reviews • Frances Blaker, Beginners & Technique (1480/85-1556). Saint Thomas Becket enthroned with musical Timothy Broege, 20th/21st-Century Performance • Carolyn Peskin, Q & A angels and Saint John the Sue Groskreutz, Book & Music Reviews • Mary Halverson Waldo, Education Baptist [not shown] and Saint Advisory Board Francis of Assisi. S. Silvestro, Martha Bixler • Valerie Horst • David Lasocki • Bob Marvin Venice, Italy Thomas Prescott • Catherine Turocy• Kenneth Wollitz ©2012 ArtResource, NY www.AmericanRecorder.org Copyright©2012 American Recorder Society, Inc. 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