My final of two GDP recitals at the Peabody Conservatory was Wednesday, April 9th 2008.  I thought I would include my program here to give you an idea of the kind of literature I like to perform.

Bryce Peltier, GPD Recorder Recital

Peabody Institute

Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 6:30 p.m.

Leith Symington Griswold Hall

Assisted by

Ted Davis – Harpsichord and Organ

John Armato – Renaissance lute and Theorbo

Sara Woodward – Soprano voice

Richard Fitzgerald – Harpsichord

Debby Malavenda – Violin

Andrew Broadwater – Violin

Zane Baker – Cello

Andrew Arceci – Bass Viol and Violone

Ancor che col partire                                                                                  Giovanni Battista Spadi

diminution on a madrigal by Cipriano de Rore                                                                 (15??-16??)

from Passaggi ascendenti et descendenti (1609)

Canzon Terza                                                                            Bartolomeo de Selma y Salaverde

from Canzoni Fantasie et Correnti (1638)                                                                 (ca. 1580-1638)

Arion                                                                                                                          André Campra

from Cantates Françoises, Livre premier (1708)                                                            (1660-1744)

1. Lentement  2. Recitatif  3. Ariette  4. Recitatif

5. Vivement  6. Recitatif  7. Lentement  8. Recitatif

Sonata V in F major                                                                                   Johann Sebastian Bach

adapted from organ sonata No. 5 in C major, BWV 529                                                 (1685-1750)

1. Allegro  2. Largo  3. Allegro

Sonata III in G minor                                                                                               William Babell

from book 1, Opus posthumous (1725)                                                                      (ca. 1690-1723)

1. Adagio  2. Vivace  3. Largo  4. Presto

Concerto in G minor “La Notte” RV 104                                                              Antonio Vivaldi

                                                                                                                                          (1678-1741)

1. La Notte (Nightfall) – Largo

2. Fantasmi (The ghost) – Presto/Largo/Andante/Presto

3. Il Sonno (Sleep) – Largo

4. Sorge l’Aurora (The dawn comes up) – Allegro

Bryce is a student of Gwyn Roberts

This recital is offered in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Graduate Performance Diploma

1. • Committed to playing at a high level
   

2. • Seeks interesting interpretations of period music
   

3. • Love of baroque music (1600-1750) and exploring it
   

4. • Baroque ensemble at Peabody - studied cantatas of the early 18th century from France and Germany. 
   

I have always enjoyed freelancing in the music world and had some great experiences in various genres and time periods.  During my time with Gwyn Roberts at Peabody, I studied the music of the renaissance and baroque periods.  I gained a solid understanding of articulation, the musical approach to dance forms, ornamentation, and learned a broad repertoire in which the recorder is utilized.

Proficiencies

1. • Recorders with renaissance fingerings in C, F, and G
   

2. • Baroque recorders in C, F, and D (voice & sixth flute)
   

3. • Reads all C clefs and knows alternate transposition methods

Bryce's instrumentarium

        Transitional (early baroque)

        1. Ganassi soprano - von Huene

            single body at a=440

        2. Ganassi soprano - Sorel

            two bodies - a=440, a=415

        3. G alto - Kanji and Sorel

            three bodies - a=415, a=440, a=466

        Baroque (all a=415)

        1. Soprano after Terton - von Huene

        2. Alto after J. Denner - von Huene

        3. Alto after Stanesby Jr. - von Huene

        4. Voice flute in D - von Huene

       

        Baroque a=440

       1. Alto after Rippert - von Huene

       2. Modern alto designed by von Huene