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Music is provided in score and parts, with an optional soprano part that doubles the Alto for use in chapter meetings with soprano-only players. The continuo line is meant for contrabass recorders, but can be played on regular bass. All have been transposed to more friendly recorder keys and adjusted to fit the recorder. I also simplified all ornaments and wrote them out in longhand, to avoid lengthy discussions during presentation.

In this movement, Modéré, at the divisi starting at m.85, the plain chords can often be a shorthand for violins to play arpeggios, usually up and down once for each written chord (therefore, twice as fast starting at m.91!), also known as “bariolage”. For the recorders version, it is hoped that at a chapter meeting there might be enough tenors to have all the notes covered; but if not, simple arpeggiations or choosing one of the notes to your taste will suffice. That section in the violin part is just fancy chordal support with the ground bass, for the duet between the flute (alto) and viola da gamba (bass 1).