Rose Garden Suite

This work by Fiona Loader placed equal 3rd in the Orpheus Music Composition Competition 2020. It is attributed - written for "The Judgement of Paris".

Written for the arrangement of Descant - Treble - Tenor - Bass.

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The Recorder Magazine Autumn 2022

Sheet Music Reviews

Fiona Loader - Rose Garden Suite. SATB recorders. Orpheus Music OMP317

At first glance these look to have a strong Baroque influence with fantasia like semi quaver outbursts and occasional inverted mordent signs.The cadential trill figurations n Brisk Walk at dawn are written out in full as if tongued, but might benefit from slurred articulation. Siesta Under a Palm Tree has a tango like bass line underpinning the homophonic upper parts, The gradually quickening rhythms, featuring some sequential figures, lead to a melismatic page where good timing is essential to ensure the demisemiquavers flow from one voice to another seamlessly. The frequently changing key and time signatures will require practice. Stroll Through a Rose Garden is a Theme with Variations of changing mood and voicing. The move from the opening Allegro con brio chorale-like theme to the Adagio e espressivo of Variation 2, via Variation 1, is well managed with a thinning of texture and ritenuto. A key signature of four flats for Variation 2 won't be to everyone's liking, but well worth the effort to develop clean fingering coordination and fluid semiquaver scales. An appealing addition to the quartet repertoire and one I look forward to programming. Review written by Adam J Dopadlik

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_Score 12 pp. Parts 6 pp. Downloadable PDF file_