Concerto: Birthday Concerto

The Contemporary Recorder. Series Editor John Turner.

*Contemporary Concerto.* Uses all sizes of recorder. Includes composer biography.

1. Prelude (Moderato)
2. Intermezzo (Andante)
3. Tarantella (Prestissimo Giocoso)

Peter Hope (born 2 November 1930) is a British composer and arranger. He is particularly noted for his light music compositions, such as the Ring of Kerry Suite, which won an Ivor Novello award, and for his arrangements, such as "Mexican Hat Dance". He has also written a Recorder Concerto and arranged music for the 2003 Spanish Royal Wedding. He is sometimes credited as William Gardner.

_Score 37 pp. Part 15 pp._