Canarie

Canarie is written for Recorder Trio and is comprised of:

12 Variationen uber hollandisches Tanzlied Thema: Canarie

Variation 1: Scherzhaft/Playful

Variation 2: Wehmutig/Wistful

Variation 3: Unruhig/Restless

Variation 4: Frohlich/Cheerful

Variation 5: FlieBend/Floating

Variation 6: Sehnsuchtig/Longing

Variation 7: Aufgeregt/Excited

Variation 8: Hoffnungsfroh/Hopeful

Variation 9: Traurig/Sad

Variation 10: Feierlich/Solemn

Variation 11: Glucklich/Happy

Variation XII: Jublilierend/Jubilant

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Canarie - 12 Variations on an old Dutch Dance Tune

Composer Soren Sieg says: 'Joachim van den Hove (1567 - 1620) was one of the most famous lutenists of his time. He even taught two Princes of Orange. One of his most famous compositions is Canarie, relating to a dance from the Canary Islands (hence the name), that expresses a 'fiery wooing with a lot of jumps, stamping of the feet and violent movements' as Wikipedia tells us. There are some recordings on Youtube , and all my piano pupils in the late 80s were required to learn it because it suits so well for improvising. Since then, I have wanted to write variations for recorder trio on Canarie. When I began 20 years later, I simply let myself get carried away by the tremendous passion and energy that is in this little piece. Sopranino, treble, tenor, bass, great bass and contrabass are used, as well as multiple tempi and metres, and you hear all the variations that love puts in us'. 

'I have always been a big fan of freedom of interpretation. So I would like to encourage you to experiment with different tempi and articulations throughout the whole piece'. 

Score: 20 pages. 3 parts @ 8 pages ea.