FLYING KITES A Trafford Miscellany
Music by Thomas Pitfield, John Ireland, Martin Ellerby and others
Richard Baker, Narrator
John Turner Recorders
Keith Swallow, piano
Damien Harron, percussion
• Sasha Johnson Manning (b.1963)
Flying Kites, for recorder and piano • Robert Elliott (1932-2002)
Sonatina, Op. 2, for piano Allegro ritmico e sempre articalato / Poco lento ed intimo / Presto alla Toccata • Robin Walker (b.1953)
4 Nursery Rhymes to texts by Thomas Pitfield, for reciter, recorder and piano
The Shipwrecked Sailor/Lilly Pickle/Staring Moon/Cat and Mouse • Thomas Pitfield (1903-1999)
Sonata for xylophone Introduction: Reel / Intermezzo / Toccata • David Beck (b.1941)
A Dunham Pastorale, for recorder and piano
(Preceded by a reading of Dunham Park (Winter Evening) by Thomas Pitfield • Thomas Pitfield (1903-1999)
The Skeleton Bride, for reciter and piano • John Ireland (1879-1962)
The Island Spell, for piano • Martin Ellerby (b.1957)
River Dances, for recorder and piano Prologue: Castle Mill / Dunham Town / Kentworthy’s Mill / Sunbank Wood / Ashley Mill / Pigley Stairs / Ross Mill / The Swan with Two Nicks: Epilogue • Thomas Pitfield (1903-1999)
Rain, for reciter, xylophone and piano • Thomas Pitfield (1903-1999)
Bones for reciter and xylophone • Thomas Pitfield (1903-1999)
Bagatelle No. 3 in F for piano • James Langley (1927-1994)
Five Shakespeare Dances, for recorder Galliard / Sarabande / Strathspey / Siciliano and Double / Jig • John Ireland (1879-1962)
Annabel Lee, for reciter & piano • Christopher Cotton (b.1947)
Rural Rondo, for recorder & piano