Sonata No.6 in D minor for recorder and continuo           	G.F. Handel
	Largo					(1685-1759)
	Vivace
	Presto
	Adagio
	Alla breve
	Andante
	A tempo di menuet
			Lynn, Levin, L. Crawford

Handel Recorder Sonata in D minor

Colin Jardine is an Early Music performer on Recorder and Baroque Flute.
His first instruments, as a youth, included trumpet, trombone, e flat horn and piano.  
He undertook a broad range of studies and masterclasses in Germany, Holland, Italy and the UK with (amongst others)Andrea Haufele,  Gabi Bultman, Walter van Hauwe and Kees Boeke. On the Baroque flute, he took several years of tuition in London from the flautist  G. Browne. He also took private lessons and took part in several masterclasses with and Rachel Brown. (Prof. at the Royal College of Music - London)
He originally started as a representative for Hans Schimmel - Amsterdam in 1988, but then opened and successfully managed his own  'Early Music Shop' in Berlin/ Germany from 1991 - 2005.
There, over a period of years, he regularly organised Masterclasses with such world-leading soloists as Dan Laurin, Han Tol, Marijke Miessen and many others.
As a musician, he has performed at international festivals in Europe and as far as Asia (Japan), performing with Prof. Mino Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Fukuzawa and Prof. Yoshiko Kojima at the prestigious Toho Gakuen Music College in Tokyo. Also on the Island of Fukuoka - in southern Japan.
In 1995 he had the honour to be nominated as an adjudicator for the 'National Youth Music competition' "Jugend Musiziert" in Berlin-Germany.
Over the years he has been invited to give talks on the subject of historical Woodwind Instruments at universities and conservatories in the UK, Germany, Holland, Austria, France, Italy, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
He founded the Ensemble "Concerto Berlin - EFAM "   in 1994, and went on to make several CD recordings with them.
He has been invited to perform as a soloist for several other baroque orchestras in Europe, performing J.S. Bach and Antonio Vivaldi concerti for the recorder. He has organised several concerts with Concerto Berlin - EFAM to help raise money for the homeless living in Berlin Germany.
As an enthusiastic music teacher, he welcomes adult students of any level and anybody interested in learning music.
After living in Germany for 28 years he returned to the UK in 2006 and studied Historical Flute production under Mathew Dart from 2007 - 2013 at the Metropolitan University in London, where he successfully made historical replicas of models such G.A. Rottenburgh (ca. 1760). He currently lives in London - West Wimbledon - UK

Professor of Recorder & Baroque Flute, Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Handel Recorder Sonata in D minor

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