Small Ensemble Alto Recorder,Baritone Recorder,Soprano Recorder,Tenor Recorder - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.734343 Composed by Henry Baker (1852) and Mary C.D. Hamilton (1915). Arranged by Dennis Ruello. Christian,Contemporary,Holiday,Patriotic,Sacred. Score and parts. 9 pages. Chicory Music #2998475. Published by Chicory Music (A0.734343). Lyrics of Lord, Guard and Guide, also known as theUnited States Air Force Hymn. The text is derived from a prayer by poet Mary C.D. Hamilton. She also used the same text in A Hymn for Aviators, a musical setting by English composer Henry Baker (1852). Hamilton wrote her prayer in 1915 during World War I with the transcript first appearing in the American Student Hymnal of 1928 set to Mozart’s Dona Nobis Pacem. Years later during World War II, the initial verse of the prayer was adapted for use in The Navy Hymn as a tribute to naval aviators. This quartet (Intermediate level) arrangement is for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass recorders. Performance time: approx. 2 minutes 5 seconds.

Recorder - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.587867 Composed by Various. Arranged by David McKeown. Easter,Sacred. Recorder Ensemble. 64 pages. David McKeown #5033867. Published by David McKeown (A0.587867).  16 Favourite Easter Hymns for Descant/Soprano Recorder Quartet is a beautiful collection of well-known traditional Easter hymns. They are arranged in four parts for four Descant or Soprano Recorders. Separate parts are included with the score in one single pdf file. You can watch and listen to two of these hymns (the Saxophone Quartet version), via the youtube link above. 16 Favourite Easter Hymns for Descant/Soprano Recorder Quartet are simply arranged in easy keys and are fun to play for musicians with a year or two’s experience and above. Teachers and students alike will find 16 Favourite Easter Hymns for Descant/Soprano Recorder Quartet useful for building ensemble, reading and rhythmic skills.The hymns are in alphabetical order and are as follows…·     All Creatures of Our God and King, (Lasst Uns Erfreuen)·     All Hail the Power of Jesus Name, (Coronation)·     Before the Throne of God Above, (Before the Throne)·     Blessed Assurance, (Blessed Assurance)·     Christ the Lord is Risen Today, (Easter Hymn)·     Crown Him with Many Crowns, (Diademata)·     The Day of Resurrection, (Ellacombe)·     Just as I Am, (Woodworth)·     I Know that My Redeemer Lives, (Bradford)·     It is Well with My Soul, (Ville du Havre)·     A Mighty Fortress is Our God, (Ein Feste Burg)·     Nothing But the Blood of Jesus, (What Can Wash Away My Sin)·     There is a Green Hill Far Away, (The Green Hill)·     Thine Be the Glory, (Judas Maccabeus)·     Were You There? (Were You There?)·     When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, (Hamburg) There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203 

Recorder - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.590389 Composed by Various. Arranged by David McKeown. Holiday,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Recorder Ensemble. 60 pages. David McKeown #6209653. Published by David McKeown (A0.590389). 15 Favourite Hymns for Thanksgiving and Harvest for Recorder Quartet is a beautiful collection of well-known traditional Thanksgiving and Harvest hymns. They are arranged in four parts for four Descant or Soprano Recorders. Separate parts are included with the score in one single pdf file.15 Favourite Hymns for Thanksgiving and Harvest for Recorder Quartet are simply arranged in easy keys and are fun to play for musicians with a year or two’s experience and above. Teachers and students alike will find 15 Favourite Hymns for Thanksgiving and Harvest for Recorder Quartet useful for building ensemble, reading and rhythmic skills.The hymns are in alphabetical order and are as follows…·     All Things Bright and Beautiful, (The 29thMay)·     Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing, (Nettleton)·     Come, Ye Thankful People Come, (St George’s, Windsor)·     Count Your Blessings, (Blessings)·     For All the Blessings of the Year, (Oldbridge)·     For the Beauty of the Earth, (Dix)·     Now Thank We All Our God, (Nun Danket)·     O Store Gud, (Trad. Swedish)·     Rejoice Today with One Accord, (Ein Feste Burg)·     Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow, (Old Hundredth)·     Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven, (Laude Anima)·     Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, (Lobe den Herren)·     We Gather Together, (Kremser)·     We Plough the Fields and Scatter, (Wir Pflügen)·     When Morning Gilds the Skies, (Laudes Domini) There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203

Recorder - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.590398 Composed by Various. Arranged by David McKeown. Praise & Worship,Sacred. Recorder Ensemble. 59 pages. David McKeown #6210123. Published by David McKeown (A0.590398). 16 Favourite Hymns for Recorder Quartet (Vol 1.) is a collection of commonly performed traditional hymns. They are arranged for four Descant or Soprano Recorders. The file contains the score plus the separate parts.The hymns are arranged in accessible keys and range for the instruments and are suitable for players at an early intermediate stage, after a year or two’s playing.The hymns are in alphabetical order and are as follows·    Abide with Me, (Eventide)·    All People that on Earth do Dwell, (Old 100th)·    All Things Bright and Beautiful, (Bright and Beautiful)·    Amazing Grace, (Old Britain)·    Be Thou My Vision, (Slane)·    Christ the Lord is Risen Today, (Crosby)·    The Church’s One Foundation, (Aurelia)·    City of God, (Richmond)·    Crown Him with Many Crowns, (Diademata)·    The Day Thou Gavest, (St Clement)·    Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, (Repton)·    Eternal Father Strong to Save, (Melita)·    The God of Love My Shepherd Is, (University)·    O God, Our Help in Ages Past, (St Anne)·    Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah, (Cwm Rhondda)·    Praise My Soul the King of Heaven, (Laude Anima)Volume 2 contains another 16 hymns arranged in the same way and is available via my home page at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203

Small Ensemble Alto Recorder,Soprano Recorder,Tenor Recorder - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.579838 Composed by Thomas Ravenscroft. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. Baroque,Christmas,Easter,Sacred. Score and parts. 13 pages. David Warin Solomons #3420753. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.579838). The original tune by Thomas Ravenscroft is altered slightly at the end in the hymn that is sung these days.

Small Ensemble Alto Recorder,Soprano Recorder,Tenor Recorder - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.579425 Composed by George Bennard. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Christian,Easter,Sacred. Score and parts. 6 pages. David Warin Solomons #3052889. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.579425). I know that there are some fairly ornate instrumental quartet versions of George Bennard's hymn The Old Rugged Cross.

Alto Recorder,Bass Recorder,Soprano Recorder,Tenor Recorder - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1137832 Composed by Christian Petzold, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Martin Luther. Arranged by Ander. Baroque,Easter,Renaissance,Sacred,Wedding. Recorder Ensemble. 44 pages. Woods Only, Arrangements #738086. Published by Woods Only, Arrangements (A0.1137832). This album contains 5 of Johann Sebastian Bach's most famous and versatile pieces for recorder quartet, all very well suited for the beginners who want to get to know the baroque repertoire. They are also suitable for performances at events such as: weddings, Christian and church ceremonies, Easter, and academic recitals or concerts. They can be used in music institutions and by teachers as repertoire material and study methods, either for performance or instrumental technique. This collection includes a totally free bonus for you to enjoy: Martin Luther's A Mighty Fortress is Our God, a Renaissance sacred song for choir, which has been adapted for this set. 1: Air on the G String - The original piece is part of Johann Sebastian Bach's Suite No. 3 for orchestra, in D Major, BWV 1068, written for Prince Leopold of Anhalt. The so-called Air on the G String dates from one of these latter employments. In the service of the Prince of Cöthen, Bach composed not only the famous Brandenburg Concertos, but also several orchestral suites, from the third of which comes the Air on the G String. This curious title derives from a later arrangement of this piece for violin solo, in which the melody is played entirely on the lower, higher string of the instrument. 2: Arioso - The Cantata 156 (BWV 156) was written for the third Sunday after Epiphany in 1729, and was first performed on January 23 of that year. The text is by Picander, one of Bach's favorite librettists. Of the four cantatas written by Bach for the feast, it was the last and only one scored for solo voice. This is a choral cantata, employing a choral melody in several movements. Cantata 156, in fact, employs two different choral melodies and texts in the second and sixth movements. A cantata is a sung symphony consisting of several parts, one of which is the Arioso, which is the initial instrumental part. 3: Jesu, joy of man's desiring - This is one of Bach's most beautiful cantatas, made famous by the Jesus the Joy of Men chorus. It was originally composed for Advent 1716 in Weimar. Years later, already in Leipzig, Advent was tempus clausum, there was no music in the churches. Bach then reworked it for the Feast of Mary's Visitation. It is the final chorale of the cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben. Although it is the 32nd cantata composed by Bach, of those that have survived, it was given BWV 147 in the complete catalog of his works. 4: O Jesulein süss, o Jesulein mild - The Jesulein süß, the Jesulein mild is an original traditional German choral melody for voice and continuous bass arranged by Johann Sebastian Bach around 1735. With lyrics by Valentin Thilo, O Jesulein süss is a sacred melody adapted and catalogued as BWV 493. The first translation is by Dirk van Hogendorp, who made it more of a song for the time of suffering. 5: Minuet in G major - This famous piece has traditionally been attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, as it appears in the Notebook for Anna Magdalena , a notebook that Bach gave to his wife Anna Magdalena in 1725 and which was to be filled with the favorite selections of Bach family members. However, recent research has concluded that this minuet, sometimes referred to as BWV Anhang 114. was probably composed by Christian Petzold, a German composer and organist contemporary with Bach. Bonus: A Mighty Fortress is Our God, by Martin Luther - Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott is a hymn written by Martin Luther probably before 1529. The melody was also considered his work for a long time, but it was created at least with the collaboration of Johann Walter. The song is of great symbolic power for Protestantism, where it is also known as Deus noster refugium et virtus. Considered one of the most important hymns in the history of Christianity, it was considered by the Christian poet Johann Heirich Heine (1797-1856) to be the Marseillaise of the Reformation, in an allusion to the French national anthem.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.903300 By Keith Terrett. By Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Keith Terrett. Baroque,Classical,Praise & Worship. 15 pages. Keith Terrett #509473. Published by Keith Terrett (A0.903300). A transcription of J.S. Bach's Duet from Cantata Number BWW 140.6 transribed for Recorder Quartet consisting of two Alto's, Tenor & Bass Recorder. The sixth movement, Mein Freund ist mein! (My Friend is mine!), is another duet for soprano and bass with obbligato oboe. This duet, like the third movement, is a love duet between the soprano Soul and the bass Jesus.Gardiner notes that Bach uses the means of contemporary operatic love-duets in his use of chains of suspensions and parallel thirds and sixths. Dürr describes it as giving expression to the joy of the united pair, showing a relaxed mood in artistic intensity. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme ('Awake, calls the voice to us'),[1] BWV 140, also known as Sleepers Wake, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, regarded as one of his most mature and popular sacred cantatas. He composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig for the 27th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 25 November 1731. Bach composed this cantata to complete his second annual cycle of chorale cantatas, begun in 1724. The cantata is based on the hymn in three stanzas Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (1599) by Philipp Nicolai, which covers the prescribed reading for the Sunday, the parable of the Ten Virgins. The text and tune of the three stanzas of the hymn appears unchanged in three of seven movements (1, 4 and 7). An unknown author supplied additional poetry for the inner movements as sequences of recitative and duet, based on the love poetry of the Song of Songs. Bach structured the cantata in seven movements, setting the first stanza as a chorale fantasia, the second stanza in the central movement in the style of a chorale prelude, and the third stanza as a four-part chorale. He set the new texts as dramatic recitatives and love-duets, similar to contemporary opera. Bach scored the work for three vocal soloists (soprano, tenor and bass), a four-part choir and a Baroque instrumental ensemble consisting of a horn (to reinforce the soprano), two oboes, taille, violino piccolo, strings and basso continuo including bassoon. Bach used the central movement of the cantata as the basis for the first of his Schübler Chorales, BWV 645. Bach scholar Alfred Dürr notes that the cantata is an expression of Christian mysticism in art, while William G. Whittaker calls it a cantata without weaknesses, without a dull bar, technically, emotionally and spiritually of the highest order, its sheer perfection and its boundless imagination rouse one's wonder time and time again.

Recorder Quartet Recorder - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1140791 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Ander. Classical,Instructional,March,Opera,Romantic Period. Recorder Ensemble. 12 pages. Woods Only, Arrangements #741046. Published by Woods Only, Arrangements (A0.1140791). This arrangement adapted for recorder quartet was written keeping the characteristics of the original work, that is, inspiring and significant to the already known choral symphony by Beethoven, indicated to be performed by young music students, who want to enter the symphonic music, moreover, it can also be used by professional musicians, for recitals, repertoire, academic presentations and didactic material. As much as it is a funeral march, it is well suited for any musical performance occasion. The transcription is faithful to the structure, with only one change in key, so that it is comfortable for all instruments in the formation, thus maintaining the essence of the striking melody, as well as using it for ensemble practice among musicians of different traditions. Beethoven's Ninth Symphony Op. 125 incorporates part of the poem An die Freude (To Joy), a hymn written by Friedrich Schiller, with the text sung by soloists and a choir in its last movement. It was the first example of a major composer using the human voice as prominently as the instruments in a symphony, thus creating a far-reaching work that set the tone for the symphonic form that was to be adopted by Romantic composers. This is the last complete symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. The choral symphony, better known as the Ninth Symphony or The Ninth, is one of the best known works in the Western repertoire, considered both an icon and predecessor of Romantic music, and one of Beethoven's great masterpieces, where it was first performed on May 7, 1824, the same year it was completed, at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna, Austria. The conductor was Michael Umlauf, the theater's music director, and Beethoven - dissuaded from conducting by the advanced stage of his deafness - was given a special place on the stage next to the conductor. It was later rearranged by Herbert von Karajan to become the anthem of the European Union in 1972, the national anthem of Rhodesia from 1974 until 1979, Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia, used the tune Ode to Joy..

Small Ensemble Alto Recorder,Soprano Recorder,Tenor Recorder - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.580419 Composed by Joseph Barnby. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Christian,Easter,Sacred. Score and parts. 13 pages. David Warin Solomons #4616043. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.580419). This instrumental arrangement of Joseph Barnby's Easter hymn begins with the original and, as the top melody is taken over by other instruments there are various countermelodies, and eventually a twittering of birds.