Refreshing Music In a Sea of Quilts

Indra and I attended the annual Recorder Concert at the Tree of Life Lutheran Church in Annandale.

When we entered the sanctuary, we beheld a sea of quilts! A quilt raffle was in progress and all of the pews were draped with beautifully colorful quilts!

 Indra in the distance

Indra close up

 Christine very close up

Dr. Friedler, the President of the Northern Virginia Society, 

very far away (second musician from the left)

The recorder concert was, as usual, relaxing and refreshing and interesting. I am always amazed at the variety of recorders. They range in size from very small (6 inches in length) to very large (the size of a tree trunk). I will list some of the repertoire.

Sinfonia grave - Salamone Rossi (1607)
Sonatella - Antonio Bertali (1605-1669)
See, Amid the Winter's Snow - Will Ayton (2014) - perhaps my favorite
Fantasia on a shape-note hymn - Eric Haas (b. 1956)

And I as Well as Thou - Michael East (1580-1648) - performed by Edward Friedler, Diane Mularz, and Deborah Roudebush

Celtic Fancies: Cold and Raw, Ward's Brae - Andrew Charlton (1928-1997)
They danced by the light of the moon - Joseph Wilcox (2018)
A Child's Medley - Richard Glenn (1945-2011) (This work contained 14 children's songs. It was great fun trying to recognize them. I heard 9 or 10 of them!) 

The reception afterwards had a surprising array of delicious goodies.

And the the wonderful women who make jewelry to sell to raise money for the children in the Village of Hope in Haiti were there. Indra and I couldn't resist and bought some lovely earrings. 

My earrings