Inspired by FR2’s concert and teaching at the International Summer Course in Biezenmortel in de Summer of 2021, the Dutch Pipers’ Guild commissioned a CD ‘A 99 years celebration of the international pipers’ guilds‘.
Project players:
We have confirmed the collaboration with three bamboe duild specialist players: Brigit de Klerk and Josje Lodder from the Netherlands and Rose Atkinson from the United Kingdom. Some extremely demanding pieces will be played by the recorder virtuosi Pieter Campo (Belgium) and Bert Honig (The Netherlands). Ulrich Lorscheider is the recording engineer of this project that took place in the chapel of the former abbee Rosario in Bever, Belgium in August 2024.
Project content:
This project contains an opera omnia recording of all four works for pipes by Ralph Vaughan-Williams. Two of those are world première recordings. These four are: Duets (1933), Canzona for three pipes, Quartet (1939) en the lovely Viola Suite wih piano* (1939). You can hear the original version of the Musette from Vaughan Williams’ Viola Suite here:
We have selected Prelude and Fugue BWV 555 by J.S. Bach for the bamboo legacy recording. The Dutch Guild had Henk Badings write many pieces for them. WWe have chosen his festive Quartet for Pleasure 5 for this recording. And it goes without saying that there will be pieces for two pipes on this cd.
This is the final tracklist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Suite for Two Pipes (1933)
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Canzona*
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Suite for [Four] Pipes (1939)
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Viola Suite* (1939)
Henk Badings (1907-1987), Quartet 5
Anonymous (ca. 1360), Estampita Robertsbridge
Francesco Landini (ca. 1325-1397), Fa Metter Bando
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude & Fuga BWV 555
Georg Philipp Telemann (1767-1681), Sonate in G
Stijn Kuppens, Ou beau chastel, Woodstock 4 (2025)
The cd A 99 years celebration of the international pipers’ guilds will be presented on 29th June in Utrecht, in combination with a workshop. You can find all details on the website of the Dutch Pipers’ Guild.
Following the tradition of the Pipers’ Guilds we will be making the instruments ourselves!
