There aren’t many pieces composed for a recorder quartet and a recorder solo player

Among these there is a lovely piece called concertino, for sopranino recorder and a recorder quaftet, by Eberhard Werdin. There is also a guitar part ad lib.

About the composer:
Eberhard Werdin (October 19, 1911 in Spenge – May 25, 1991 in Weilheim in Oberbayern) was a German composer and writer on music.

He studied in Hanover, Bielefeld and Cologne, and then became a schoolteacher. From 1955 to 1969 he was a lecturer at the conservatory in Düsseldorf, and in 1952 he became a professor at the Municipal Music School in Leverkusen.

Werdin wrote music for the stage, works for school orchestras as well as professional orchestras, choral music and chamber music, including a large number of works for brass instruments. He also wrote on aspects of musical education.

About the music:
The concertino is a very communicative piece, composed in neo-baroque style, rather straight forward to comprehend. The solo part should be performed by a good advanced player, able to lead the ensemble. The third movement includes a cadence, quite demanding technicaly.

Werdin on Youtube
Watch the recorder consort of the Israeli Conservatory of Music, Tel Aviv, perform in concert the 1st and 3rd movement of this delightful concerto.

The ensemble:

Elad Wasserstein (16) – solo in 1st movement.
Yotam Yisraeli (17)
Drora Bruck (…) – ensemble coach, standing in for Lila (13) who is sick on the concert’s evening.
Tomer Even (13)
Roi Maori (13) – solo in 3rd movement.

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