I was playing through some lute transcriptions of French chansons when I realized I could do this to some of my own vocal works. Chanson 1 is based on a choral work I wrote, freely transcribed for recorder quartet. I’ve been playing recorders since youth, and for nine years of music school, I played harpsichord and recorders in early music ensembles. I don’t have a favorite recorder, but I usually ended up playing Bass in the ensembles.

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