The Recorder Magazine Spring 2025

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Jacob van Eycks whole life, finally!
Thiemo Wind has managed to reconstruct van Eyck’s first 30 years!

The Flageolet, a forgotten instrument
Phillipe Bolton explores the history and development of the flageolet in France and in England.

Olive Music Editions
How Jos Haring and Kees Boeke set up the publishing house to produce accurate editions in the Ars Subtilior style.

Folio – Lessons from the Master
Tabea Debus talks about her new album bringing Bach’s lessons to life.

A concerto for an Eagle
Piers Adams and Howard Moody discuss Piers’s premiere performance of Howard’s Concerto for Eagle Recorder this June.

Centrespread Composer Riko Suzuki
Interviewed by Michael Graham

Centrespread: Missing by Riko Suzuki

The Royal Wind Music
Marko Blanusa, Mara Martnez Ayerza and Hester Groenleerdiscuss their recent UK performanceand the joys of playing in consort.

A new sample library of recorders
Emily OBrien has been setting up a library of authentic recorder samples for composers to get a realistic idea of how a piece will sound.

Genesis of a symphony
Stephen Watkins explains the background of his Taiwan Symphony

UKAI a new solo album
Susanne Frhlich introduces her new album which mixes Japanese traditional and European contemporary music.

Kings and Servants of Art the Teahouse Baroque Network
Marguerite Hutchinson describes the Baroque chamber music gatherings hosted by Prince Dr Donatus Von Hohenzollern at his manor house near Guildford.

ERTA News
Chris Orton reports on ERTA events, including a visit to the Australasian Recorder Festival 2025.

SRP News
Jim Grant bids farewell as Chair, Philip Thorby has set up a working group for new ideas, Christine Gibbons looks back at the Cambridge branch, Ann Childs recalls events at Warwick, and Jean Campbell rounds up news from the branches with reports on workshops, playing days and concerts. Peter Shaw is remembered.

Music Reviews
From Grace Barton, Joanna Brown, Ursula Burchette, Pamela Flanagan, Moira Usher, Terry Smurthwaite. Click here for the music titles.

Book Review: Lasocki English Waits and the Recorder in the 16th & 17th Centuries
Emily Baines discusses David Lasocki’s new book.

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All issues of Recorder Magazine carry

• news and reviews of competitions, courses, recitals and events
  
• reviews of recorder sheet music and CDs,
  & news and information for young players