Angelus

*Contemporary Piece.* Lyrics provided and can be sung by a high voice (Soprano or Tenor) to the words that inspired the work.

1. Andante tranquillo e espressivo

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Composer Colin Hand died on 6 August 2015 at the age of 86. He showed an early interest in music and played the viola in his school orchestra, however he initially was a biochemist. Later he studied the organ with Dr Melville Cook and received a MusB from Trinity College, Dublin & spent fifteen years as a lecturer in further education and fifteen years part-time as an examiner for Trinity College, London. His compositions include choral (a substantial amount of church music), orchestral and chamber music and songs, including some fine settings of Walter de la Mare and Thomas Hardy. He carried out substantial research for a PhD on the Tudor composer John Taverner, and his book John Taverner, his Life and Music was published by Eulenburg in 1978.  

Many recorder players will be familiar with and have enjoyed playing his music. The Fenland Suite and Hallam Suite, both for recorder quartet, are justly popular ensemble pieces, but solo works such as Sonata piccola, Petite suite champêtre and Plaint have also become established works in the recorder repertoire.

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Score 5 pages. 2 parts @ 2 pages ea.