rogram: Molly Warner pro-

vides the description of the

February program:

“The program for February

will be a collaborative presen-

tation between Seattle Early Dance and the

Big Byrds ensemble as their dance band.

Anna Mansbridge and her group of six

dancers will perform a variety

of Renaissance dances, both stately and en-

ergetic. The music will be late 16th and ear-

ly 17th century tunes by Cesare Negri, Ora-

zio Vecci, Michael Praetorius, and Fabritio

Caroso; arranged for Seattle Early Dance by

Charles Coldwell. The tunes have been fur-

ther arranged by Kathleen Arends for the

instruments in our group (recorders, Renais-

sance flute, vielle, viola da gamba, concerti-

na and percussion.” The membership of

each group includes: Seattle Early Dance:

Anna Mansbridge (Artistic Director), Peter

Durham, Katie Gibbons, Emma Lux, Toivo

Rovainen, Kari Torkkola, and Vaula Tork-

kola. Big Byrds: Kathleen Arends, Tommy

Arends, Anne Dennis, Jim Pilon, Gerrity

Shupe, Jill Shupe and Molly Warner.

Those arriving early for the meeting can

help set up the audience chairs in a large

oval, encircling the room. The performance

will be inside the enclosure. For those as

yet unfamiliar with Seattle Early Dance,

you’re in for a treat!

The playing session will also be led by

Vicki Boeckman, who writes: “Greetings

everyone! I look forward to leading the Feb-

ruary playing session with you and have

chosen music that celebrates the anniver-

saries of the births of several seemingly dis-

parate composers. The 450th anniversary

year of the master of English melody, John

Dowland, the 200th anniversary year of the

great German composer Richard Wagner,

Recorder Notes

S E A T T L E R E C O R D E R S O C I E T Y February 2013

Vol. XLIV, No. 5

Classes 2

Concerts & Events Calendar

2

Meeting Notes 3

Music Trivia 4

Refreshments 3

Treasurer’s Report 5

Inside this issue:

...from the Music Director Peter Seibert

SRS MEETING

Friday, Feb. 1, 2013

(7:30pm)

(Join us for refreshments

following the meeting)

Program:

Seattle Early Dance

and

Big Byrds

Playing:

Music of Wagner, Dowland & Britten Vicki Boeckman,

conducting* (Soprano to Contrabass)

Beginning Ensemble

Sally Mitchell, directing*

*Music provided

and the 100th anniversary year of the inimi-

table Benjamin Britten.

We'll start with Wagner's Pilgrim's Cho-

rus from Tannhäuser in a lovely 4-part set-

ting, then segue into some of the most beau-

tiful and beloved 4- and 5-part songs, Pavans

and Galliards from two of John Dowland's

collections; A Pilgrim's Solace and Lachri-

mae or Seven Teares from 1604. After that

we'll all go on a skiing trip together and

whiz down the Piste with Benjamin Britten's

Alpine Suite!”

Port Townsend Early Music Workshop:

July 7-13, 2013. You can now register

online!€

SRS Board—Reminder:

Upcoming meetings are on

Mondays, Jan. 28 & Mar. 25

(7:30pm) at the Seibert’s

house.

John Dowland (1563-1626)

FebrUary 2013

(FRI) 2/1/13 (7:30pm): Seattle Recorder Society Meeting @ Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, 10005 32nd NE, Seattle

(FRI) 2/1/13 (7:30pm): Ave: Women’s Renaissance Choir: Rebekah Gilmore, conductor @ Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave., Seattle;

donations welcome; (206-325-7066).

(SAT) 2/2/13 (8:00pm) (pre-concert lecture (7:00pm): Early Music Guild: “Seattle Baroque Orchestra: Bach Cantatas”; guest solo-

ists—Clara Rottsolk, soprano, Jennifer Lane, alto, Rufus Müller, tenor, and David Stutz, bass @ Town Hall, 1119 —8th Ave, Seattle;

$40/$35/$25/$15; (206-325-7066); www.earlymusicguild.org

(TUE) 2/5/13 (7:30pm): Early Music Guild: First Tuesdays series: Tekla Cunningham, violin and Emma McGrath @ Trinity Parish Church,

609 8th Ave, Seattle; $25/$20/$10; www.earlymusicguild.org

(SAT) 2/9/13 (2:00pm): Moss Bay Recorder Society Meeting; : “Music of Love from Renaissance Italy” led by Sally Mitchell @ Red-

mond Library, 15990 N.E. 85th, Redmond; Sally Mitchell @ 206-328-3381; http://mossbayrecorders.org

(SAT) 2/9/13 (5:00pm): Vicki Boeckman’s Recorder Students in Recital; works by J.S. Bach, Hans Martin Linde, Jacob van Eyck

Hans Ulrich Staeps, Francisco Guerrero Philipe Rugier & others @ Music Center of the Northwest

901 N 96th St., Seattle; (free); contact: Vicki Boeckman; 206-985-9916; www.vickiboeckman.com

(SUN) 2/10/13 (1:00pm): Early Music Guild: Early Music Discovery Series: Dmitri Carter and Friends: French Baroque Tales in Music

and Puppetry @ Town Hall Downstairs, 1119—8th Ave, Seattle; $10; (206-325-7066); www.earlymusicguild.org

(FRI) 2/15/13 (7:30pm): Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Corelli & Handel’s Soprano; Corelli's 300th anniversary; vocal works by

Handel - cantata Lucrezia, German arias & others; Linda Tsatsanis, soprano, Jan Weinhold, harpsichord (Luebeck, Germany), Jeffre y

Cohan, baroque flute @ Christ Episcopal Church, 4548 Brooklyn Ave. N.E., Seattle; www.salishseafestival.org

(SAT) 2/16/13 (8:00pm) (pre-concert lecture (7:00pm): Early Music Guild International Series: The King's Singers: “Renaissance Con-

quests in Love and War ”; madrigals and other vocal works from Italy, England, and France @ Town Hall, 1119 —8th Ave, Seattle;

$40/$35/$25/$15; (206-325-7066); www.earlymusicguild.org

(FRI) 2/22/13 (8:00pm): Pacific MusicWorks presents: Wayward Sisters/Seattle Dance Project; music by Rossi, Mazzochi and others.

Shannon Mercer, Catherine Webster and Erin Calata, sopranos; Anna Mansbridge, choreographer @ Langston Hughes Performing Arts

Center, 104 17th Avenue South, Seattle; $40/$20; www.pacificmusicworks.org

(SAT) 2/23/13 (7:30pm): Wood’N’Flutes: Vicki Boeckman, Gertie Johnsson & Pia Brinch Jensen, recorders @ St. Paul's Episcopal,

Bellingham. Contact: Vicki Boeckman; vickiboeckman@comcast.net

(SAT) 2/23/13 (8:00pm): Pacific MusicWorks presents: Wayward Sisters/Seattle Dance Project (see 2/22/13 for details)

(SUN) 2/24/13 (2:00pm): Wood’N’Flutes @ St. Placid Priory, Lacey (see 2/23/13 for details)

(TUE) 2/26/13 (7:00pm): Wood’N’Flutes @ Peninsula College, Port Angeles (see 2/23/13 for details)

MARCH 2013

(FRI) 3/1/13 (7:30pm): Seattle Recorder Society Meeting @ Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, 10005 32nd NE, Seattle

(SAT) 3/2/13 (8:00pm): Medieval Women’s Choir: “From Santiago to Canterbury: Pilgrimages for the Ages”; with David Stutz, bari-

tone, Margriet Tindemans, artistic director @ St. James Cathedral, 804 9th Ave., Seattle; $25/$22; http://medievalwomenschoir .org

(SUN) 3/3/13 (7:00pm): Cornish College of the Arts: “La Voce di Gabriele”: works by Fantini and Frescobaldi; Kris Kwapis, baroque

trumpet, and Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord @ Poncho Hall, 710 E. Roy St., Seattle; http://www.cornish.edu

(TUE) 3/5/13 (7:30pm): Early Music Guild: First Tuesdays series: Vicki Boeckman & Friends @ Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave,

Seattle; $25/$20/$10; www.earlymusicguild.org

(SAT) 3/9/13 (2:00pm): Moss Bay Recorder Society Meeting led by Lorelette Knowles @ (location TBA); Sally Mitchell; 206 -328-

3381; http://mossbayrecorders.org

(SAT) 3/16/13 (7:30pm): Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Broken Consort Quartet; music of the Renaissance & 17th-century; Jeffrey

Cohan, flute, Courtney Kuroda, violin, Steven Creswell, viola, Kyobi Hinami, harpsichord @ Christ Episcopal Church, 4548 Bro oklyn Ave.

N.E., Seattle; www.salishseafestival.org

(SAT) 3/16/13 (7:30pm): Gallery Concerts: Ensemble Electra: BELLA MUSICA!: music by Italian composers—arias and chamber music;

soprano Catherine Webster, soprano, Linda Melsted and Tekla Cunningham, violin & Jillon Stoppels Dupree, harpsichord @ Queen Anne

Christian Church, 1316 3rd Ave. W., Seattle; $28/$24/$12/Ages 14 & under free w/ paying adult; www.GalleryConcerts.org

(SUN) 3/17/13 (3:00pm): Gallery Concerts: BELLA MUSICA!: (see 3/16/13 listing for details)

(SUN) 3/17/13 (1:00pm): Early Music Guild: Early Music Discovery Series: Mini-Masterworks: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Seattle Historical Arts for Kids @ Town Hall Downstairs, 1119—8th Ave, Seattle; $10; (206-325-7066); www.earlymusicguild.org

(CONTINUED ON PAGE 4)

Concerts & Events Calendar Recorder Notes Vol. XLIV, No. 5 Page 2

Meeting Notes: Jan. 4, 2013 Molly Warner

Recorder Notes Vol. XLIV, No. 5 Page 3

Music Trivia

What is the name of the

English Renaissance

composer, singer, and

lutenist who is best known

today for his melancholy

songs?

(see page 4 for answer)

**Refreshments** February 2013 Meeting

Cookies: Chulan Chiong

Ross Hunt

Veggies: Nancy Lewis

Fruit: Kathleen Arends

Thank You to our members

who bring treats and to our

Refreshments Coordinator

Evelyn Lester!

The first meeting of 2013 opened with a pro-

gram by the Salish Sea Players, a trio of pro-

fessional musicians who have formed an or-

ganization dedicated to playing baroque music

to those normally unable to come to concerts.

Linda Melsted and Olga Hauptmann, violin-

ists, and Fred Hauptmann, harpsichordist, play

concerts in retirement residences, assisted

living facilities and memory care homes, on a

pay-what-you-can basis. This activity has been

a dream of Linda’s for some time. She is a

Seattle native, and when she returned to Seat-

tle a couple of years ago from many years

based in Toronto, she joined her old friends,

the Hauptmanns, in this endeavor. “Some of

the residents have never heard music like this,

and for others, it has been a very long time.

We often see such emotion on their faces,”

Linda said.

The Salish Sea Players played two wonderful

pieces for us, quite different in nature. “This

trio sonata was written by J.G. Goldberg, a

student of Bach,” Fred explained. “Until about

15 years ago it was attributed to Bach himself.

Goldberg died at the tender age of 26.” The

piece was in four movements. “The first is

voluptuous free polyphony, the second is a

fugue, the third is canonic, and the piece ends

with a lively gigue.” This was indeed a won-

derful piece, which many of us recognized. At

the end, the violinists changed bows. “These

baroque bows are shorter than modern violin

bows, and are balanced differently,” Linda

told us. “Mine is an original 18th century bow.

They are well suited to 18th century articula-

tion, with stronger down-bows than up-bows.

We are switching to these others

(reproductions) that are shorter still, that were

typical for the 17th century.” The group then

played Aria Sopra la Bergamasca by Marco

Uccellini (whose last name means ’little

bird’), published in 1642. “This begins with an

Italian folk song with a characteristic bass

line, followed by some wild variations,” Fred

warned us. Indeed, this was a very energetic

piece, especially a couple of the last varia-

tions! Afterward, we had a chance to ask ques-

tions about their instruments. Fred’s harpsi-

chord was made in Heidelberg, Germany, in

1958 by Ranier Schütze; it had recently under-

gone an overhaul by David Calhoun. Olga’s

violin was made in 1793 by Widhom Leopold,

and has never been altered (some baroque

violins were later altered to bear the force of

tighter modern metal strings). Linda played an

instrument made in Italy in 1670 by Nicolo

Amati – it was nearly three and a half centu-

ries old! What sweet tones emanated from

these two historic violins!

This was a lovely concert, and we wish

the Salish Sea Players well in their efforts

to bring such wonderful music to the

elderly living in congregate housing .The

group is constantly fund-raising, as the

pay-what-you-can donations from the

various facilities do not usually cover

their costs. If you would like to make a

contribution to their cause, you may do so

through the Early Music Guild (they are a

professional affiliate of the EMG), with a

note designating the Salish Sea Players.

Following the concert, we broke into two

groups for playing. The Beginning En-

semble, ten players in all, were led by

Sally Mitchell. First they practiced two

pieces by Vasques that they had been

working on. The they turned to sight-

reading some Villancicos. They took

turns being the ”Rehearsal Czar”. Each

“Czar” reviewed the piece and told the

group what to watch for. Then the “Czar”

counted off the piece. If any rehearsal

was needed, the “Czar” did the rehears-

ing. This was a wonderful approach to

learn sight-reading!

Peter Seibert led the large ensemble in

music by Johann Hermann Schein (1586-

1630), a composer who spent all of his

life in Germany, but who was well versed

in the new Italian styles. Schein com-

posed both sacred and secular music, and

died of multiple ailments at the tender age

of 44. There is an engraved picture of

Schein on Wikipedia that portrays him

with frizzy hair that stood up like a

clown’s. His most famous publication

was ‘Banchetto Musicale’ (‘The Musical

Banquet’) of 1617, a series of instrumen-

tal dance suites for five instruments.

Schein was the first one to arrange whole

suites that were to be played together, not

just a collection of pre-existing tunes.

Peter had arranged some of the music in

Suite #8 for recorder orchestra

(augmented this time around by a viol and

a baritone sax). We played through sever-

al movements—Paduana, Gagliarda,

Courente, Allemanda e Tripla—then set-

tled down to pick them apart and work on

phrasing and breathing. There were cross-

rhythms in the (cont’d on page 4)

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S E A T T L E R E C O R D E R S O C I E T Y

2012-13 Meetings

Meetings are usually held on the first Friday of each month, October to May, at 7:30 p.m., Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, 10005 32nd N.E., Seattle. Meetings include a short performance or lecture of interest to recorder and viol players, ensemble play-ing for all levels of recorder players, and a coached viol consort. A $5.00 donation is

requested for non-members.

October 5, 2012

November 2, 2012

December 7, 2012

January 4, 2013

February 1, 2013

March 1, 2013

April 5, 2013

May 3, 2013

Answer: John Dowland (1563-1626)

(cont’d from page 3) Gagliarda, 6-4 and 3-2. We spoke our parts to get the hang of how they all held together. The Courente was character-

ized by duple-triple time. After some guided rehearsal, we played these movements again – and how much richer they appeared than the

first time we read through them! Thank you once again, Peter, for your sensible arranging and your efficient rehearsing and conducting!€

CONCERT & EVENTS CALENDAR (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3)

(SUN) 3/24/13 (3:00pm): Sine Nomine: “Major Masterworks of Early Music”: works by Tallis, Gabrieli; collaboration with The Cascadian

Chorale & C’nardally Waytes, cornetto and sackbut ensemble @ Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave., Seattle; (206 -325-7066).

(SUN) 3/29/13 (7:30pm): Early Music Guild: Early Music Fridays series: Cornish College of the Arts: Cornish Artist Diploma in Early

Music—Student Vocal Recital; José Luis Munoz, countertenor; baroque vocal music with Chris Briden, viola da gamba, Patrick Morgan, harpsichord, and Cornish Early Music faculty member Stephen Stubbs, lute and guitar @ Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church (Chapel),

315 3rd Ave. S, Kirkland ; $20/$15/$10.

RECORDER CLASSES—WINTER SESSION—2013

(TUESDAYS) (on-going): (12:45pm-2:15pm) or (7:30pm-9:00pm): Advanced Beginners Ensemble—Recorder: (open to public) To register and for more information, contact: Laura Faber; beginbaroque@gmail.com (location: Seattle)

(THURSDAYS) (on-going): (1:00pm-2:00pm): Bass—Recorder: (open to public) To register and for more information, con-tact: Laura Faber; beginbaroque@gmail.com (location: Seattle)

WORKSHOPS

Mar. 15—18, 2013: Columbia Gorge Early Music Retreat: Corbett, OR: http://portlandrecordersociety.org

Apr. 13, 2013: Moss Bay Meet (Recorders) (all day): http://mossbayrecorders.org

Apr. 27—29, 2013: Winds & Waves Recorder Workshop: Otis, OR: www.coastrecorder.org

Jul. 7—13, 2013: Port Townsend Early Music Workshop; Tacoma, WA: www.seattle -recorder.org

TREASURER'S REPORT SRS

SRS P&L_11-12 Statement of Activity

2011-12

9/1/11 -8/31/12

Cash, beginning 35,363

Income

Memberships 3,000

Donations 2,337

Employer matching funds 700

Recorder notes subscriptions 100

Visitors 132

Interest income 1,845

Newletter ad 5

Merchandise sales 70

Recorder class 240

ARS dues collected 1,305

ARS dues remitted (1,305)

Total 8,429

Expenditures

Music director 600

Conductors 1,450

Consort leaders 525

Opening programs 900

Insurance 278

Church honorarium 1,000

Music production 800

Recorder class fees 240

Recorder class costs

Photocopying 190

Office expenses

Postage 217

Printing 440

Advertising 415

State of Wa fee 10

Bank charges and fees 6

Miscellaneous

SRS Website

Total 7,071

Excess of income over expenditures 1,358

Less application of membership received in advance (25)

Plus dues received in advance 70

Payment of Port Townsend expenses (239)

Change in cash 1,164

Cash, ending 36,527

Treasurer’s Report for 2011-12 Page 5 Recorder Notes Vol. XLIV, No. 5