Missing those early summer sounds as birds established their territories and relationships with a chorus of chattering, piping, trilling and cawing. What a racket...but a beautiful one! 
The memory drifts away although the birds are as busy as ever.....

Dawn Chorus

Dog Treats

Landmines

Upward Wind

"Phoenix Rising" was written to explore the nature and possibilities of the Helder Evo tenor recorder by Mollenhauer.  The Helder instruments, currently available in alto and tenor sizes, are recent designs from the 1990s, updated just a few years ago with the latest "Evo" models.  They are specifically designed for contemporary music and to balance better with other "modern" woodwinds, featuring a more consistent tone across an extended pitch range and greater sonic flexibility than recorders patterned closely after historical models.  This piece is an attempt to see what the first few months with the instrument might inspire!  

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image attribution:  Friedrich Justin Bertuch, 1806, public domain, found here:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix-Fabelwesen.jpg
file:  Phoenix Rising (home) v2.0

Phoenix Rising

Ivonnig Berjenn ha markiz Vilaodren

Al Laouelan

Maivonig

Nachtanz (T. Susato)

This air is in the "Irish Minstrel" published in 1825 in Edimburgh, and was set to songs twice ("The Dirge of Carolan" and "The Holly and Ivy Girl")

The Fair Maid of Wicklow

Beagle Music Labs = Simon Zaleski

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I am a classically-trained keyboardist, baroque multi-instrumentalist, and composer based in the USA, making classical, soundtrack, and electronic music.  I especially enjoy synthwave (outrun, retrowave, and chillwave included), and am available for hire to write music for video games and other projects.

Woodwind-powered experimental music (jazz/blues/ambient/funk/fusion/free improv....)[MOST TRACKS ARE DOWNLOADABLE] Wind instruments: tenor/alto/soprano saxes; Eb/Bb clarinets; flute/bamboo flutes; recorders; oboe; melodica (+ guitar+other various noisemakers) recorded on a Zoom MRS 1266 / R24.
Beats and other sounds: GarageBand.

New tracks tagged #Tenor Recorder