The Age Old and Amazing Sound of the Recorder with Rainer Beckmann

We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic you'd like us to cover, or just let us know you're tuning in.Remember that Recorder? or Tonette as Jonette remembers from her youth.  Most of us recall it as that squeaky instrument we so quickly set aside,  never knowing the rich history and beauty of its being and sound.  In this episode we invite you to rediscover its age old charm through the words and performance  of a true master of its craft Rainer Beckmann.  Take an enlightening  journey through a  soundscape of enchantment and whimsical beauty with four separate works of music, featuring our guest, Rainer Beckmann.  He plays recorder with a large variety of early music ensembles in the Philadelphia tri-state area. He is a member of New World Recorders and Vox Renaissance Consort. As featured soloist and guest musician, he has appeared with Tempesta di Mare, Piffaro, Mélomanie, Brandywine Baroque, Camerata Ama Deus, Philadelphia Bach Collegium, The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, and others. Before moving to the United States, he performed in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Italy, Israel, and Brazil. Rainer is the music director of the Philadelphia Recorder Society. He is a graduate of the Utrecht Conservatory of Music (Netherlands), where he studied recorder with Heiko ter Schegget, Baldrick Deerenberg, and Marion Verbruggen.1.New World Recorders performs Henry Purcell's  Chaconne 3 parts upon a Ground, Z.731. Recorded live in concert in Philadelphia PA on October 7, 2018.2.New World Recorders performs Cipriano da Rore's Ancor che col partire, with divisions by Héloïse Degrugillier. Recorded live in concert in New York, NY on November 4, 2018. 3.New World Recorders performs Contrapunctus I from J. S. Bach's Art of the Fugue. Recorded live in concert in Philadelphia PA on April 14, 2018. New World Recorders Gwyn Roberts, soprano • Priscilla Herreid, alto • Héloïse Degrugillier, tenor • Rainer Beckmann, bass4.Philadelphia's Tempesta di Mare performs J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, with soloists Emlyn Ngai, violin, and Gwyn Roberts and Rainer Beckmann, recorders. Rev. Chris Eden is the pastor of Otterbein United Methodist Church and Jason  Burgess is the Media Specialist for OUMC.  These two are happy to present to the congregation and beyond, something to engage the ears and hearts, as well as, mind, body, and spirit.  To learn how you can get involved or support the mission, visit our website at www.OtterbeinLancaster.org Members of the Otterbein United Methodist Church if you have a story you would like to share please contact via the website contact page  https://www.otterbeinlancaster.org/contact-us/Let’s build hope together!