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
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Phoenix Rising

Ivonnig Berjenn ha markiz Vilaodren (Breton folk tune)

Al Laouelan (Breton folk tune)

Maivonig (Breton folk tune)

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 (Irish folk tune)

Air (Thomas Morley)

Amhran na Tra Baine (Song of the White Strand)

Mrs White's Nothing (John Dowland)

Irish song tune collected by George Petrie 

Do You Remember That Night (Irish folk tune)

Fear an Bhata (The Man with the Stick) (Scottish or Irish tune)

This air was noted by Haendel in 1742, the year he went in Dublin

The Poor Irish Boy (Irish folk tune)

About the Song: "Windborn" is a 9-minute Progressive Folk-Rock epic that reimagines the recorder as a lead rock instrument. This debut single by Underground Recorder Garden blends the 19th-century poetry of Christina Rossetti with a symphonic arrangement of the famous Irish Reel "The Bucks of Oranmore."

Recorded on a Tenor Recorder to capture the "wind" and weight of the storm.

Lyrics: (Poem: "Who Has Seen the Wind?" by Christina Rossetti, 1872)

Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you: 
But when the leaves hang trembling,
The wind is passing through.

Who has seen the wind? 
Neither you nor I: 
But when the trees bow down their heads, 
The wind is passing by.

Credits: Produced, Arranged & Performed by: Sarig Sela 
Composition: Sarig Sela 
Lyrics: Christina Rossetti 
Traditional Tune: "The Bucks of Oranmore" (Irish Reel) 
Mixed & Mastered by: Sarig Sela

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Windborn

Fingal's Cave (Scottish folk tune)

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.

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