Hans-Martin Linde’s Music for a Bird is a contemporary recorder work, using Extended technique vocabulary and bird-like sound gestures. Rather than relying only on melody, the piece presents different bird calls through changes in timbre and ways of producing sound.

Louis Andriessen’s ENDE is a contemporary work for recorder, with a direct and concentrated musical language. Its clear sense of rhythm focuses the music on even the smallest unstable changes.

In performance, I focused on rhythmic stability and clarity of sound, keeping the articulation precise so that the tension of the piece can emerge naturally.

Agnes Dorwarth’s Articulator I is a contemporary work for recorder, focusing on changes in articulation and tonguing.
The recorder becomes the primary sound material, with the contrast between one sound and the next placed at the center of the listening experience.

In performance, the differences between articulations need to be handled clearly, allowing the rhythmic drive and layers of timbre to remain stable while leaving room for one’s own interpretation of how the piece speaks.