Winter 2021, Volume 41, Issue 4 News in Brief Dorothee Oberlinger In conversation with Barbara Law Examinations for the 21st Century? Chris Orton discusses the new ABRSM Recorder Syllabi Make the recorder great again! Olivia Petryszak proposes ways of improving society's perception of the recorder The Bressan Consort Recorder maker Tim Cranmore discusses some Bressan puzzles and how he ended up with a Bressan/Stanesby consort. Melika Fitzhugh This month's Centrespread Composer talks to Michael Graham about herself and her centrespread. Centre Spread: Sicilian-ish by Melika Fitzhugh 35 years of the Recorder Centre in Bremen Margaret Löbner celebrates Alan Davis Remembered by Emily Baines SRP News (expanded) A message of support from Vice-President Sarah Jeffery, reports from the branches via Jean Campbell, an interview with Cornwall SRP's new young musical director Samuel Constable and a tribute to conductors. Music Reviews From Joanna Brown, Andrew Collis, Marg Hall, and Moira Usher. Click here for the music titles. Recent CD Releases Fiona Hook reports on some new releases. Leipzig 1723 Stefan Temmingh discusses his new CD presenting the works of the four front-runners for the position of music director and cantor at Leipzig in 1723: Bach, Fasch, Graupner and Telemann! Gstaad Baroque Academy 2021 Olivia Petryszak & Marko Blanusa tell us about their experiences. On graduating and launching a career during a pandemic! Kate Allsop explains how she did it. Click here for recorder music reviewed in this issue.    ****** All issues of Recorder Magazine carry news and reviews of competitions, courses, recitals and events reviews of recorder sheet music and CDs, & news and information for young players [Recorder Magazine homepage] [Recorder Magazine index] [Recorder MusicMail]     Webmaster Last updated 26/11/2021