Alto Recorder,Soprano Recorder,Tenor Recorder - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1289059

By Paul Burnell. By Paul Burnell. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary. Recorder Ensemble. 17 pages. Paul Burnell #879906. Published by Paul Burnell (A0.1289059).

The download comprises both score and parts.

Three Short Turns, by Paul Burnell, composed 2023 for Recorder Trio - Soprano, Alto and Tenor

Alternate parts are provided:  Alto for Soprano, Bass for Tenor. The Alto part could be played by Tenor.

Duration 3:00 approx.

Programme note:

Three Short Turns was composed simultaneously in versions for a music box, for recorder trio, and for a keyboard instrument such as piano, toy piano, or celesta.
The piece was written after receiving a gift of a music box mechanism that could be 'programmed' by punching holes into a paper strip, in the manner of a player piano paper roll, and played by moving the strip through the mechanism by turning a small handle.  These features informed the range and spacing of the notes, and exploited the technique of interrupting the flow of the piece for pauses, and slowing or speeding tempo, by the way the handle is turned.  The piece was adapted in minor ways in the versions for recorder trio and keyboard.   Three movements were produced because the music box came with three identically-sized blank paper strips.