Shards of Hope comprises 5 movements for Recorder Sextet (Descant - Treble - Tenor - Tenor - Bass - Great Bass)

I Allegro Molto

II Adagio

III Vivace

IV Lento

V Allegro

Composer John Hawkes (b. 1942) first obtained a basic knowledge of music notation while in a church choir, but it was not until he was 14, when he heard an orchestra for the first time, that he became interested in composition. This interest has remained ever since, despite his subsequent career in science as a lecturer in Physics at the University of Northumbria in the U.K. Since taking early retirement in 1996, he has devoted his time to composition.

Score: 21 pages. 6 parts @ 5 pages ea. 

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