1977 Music

At night the garden was full of voices

Chamber ensemble (2-7 players)

For 4 recorders

About the work

This short piece was commissioned for recorder consort by Price Milburn Music at Steve Rosenberg’s request. Steve was a virtuoso recorder player who was active in the revival of the instrument in Auckland in the 1970s. He published a number of books of recorder music and At night the garden was full of voices was included in the second of these.

I was living in London when I wrote this work and finished it on 1 August.

Instrumentation

At night the garden was full of voices can be played by SSAA recorders or TTBB recorders.

Score and recording

This work was published by Price Milburn Music.

Recorder Book 2 — publication

Hear and watch a recording from 2017 during a ‘composer portrait’ concert.

At night the garden was full of voices — video