A Gallery of Cats, Concertino for Recorder & String Orchestra (or piano)

The Contemporary Recorder. Series Editor John Turner.

*A Contemporary Concertino.* This composition requires the soloist to change recorders frequently - a great work to demonstrate dexterity and variety. Includes brief notes about the composer and his work.

*A Gallery of Cats*
1. Alla Giga (Descant)
2. Alla Pavana (Treble)
3. Corante (Descant)
4. Lamentoso (Tenor)
5. Ostinato (Desscant)
6. Alla Valse (Descant / Sopranino)
7. Rigadoon (Sopranino / Treble

Philip Spratley (born 1942) is an English composer and writer on Essex folksong. He has worked as a school music teacher and church organist. Spratley was born in Newark in Nottinghamshire and grew up in the village of Balderton. He won a scholarship to the Royal Manchester College of Music,  where he studied composition. He went on to work as a teacher, choirmaster and organist, including 19 years as director of music at Bourne Abbey. On retirement, Spratley moved tp Deeping  St James in Lincolnshire and concentrated on composition, including the revision of many of his earlier works.^[

_Score 24 pp. Part 11 pp._