Sonatina Op 121

*Contemporary Sonata* dedicated to Carl Dolmetsch. An approachable looking composition with beautiful fluid runs.

1. Moderato e semplice (Treble)
2. Andante tranquillo (Treble)
3. Allegro giocoso (Descant)

Composer Edwin York Bowen was born in Crouch Hill, London & made his musical debut when he was 8 as the soloist in a Dussek piano concerto. At the age of 14 he won the Erard Scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music where he studied the piano & composition. As a studnet he won many important prizes for both piano playing & composition & when he left the Academy e had also won the Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. During WW1 he served in HM Scots Guards, eventually transferring to the Regimental Band as a horn & viola player. Subsequently, he returned to the Royal Academy as a Professor of Pianoforte. 

_Trinity London 2017-2020 Treble Recorder Syllabus Grade 7 Group A, Grade 8 Group A and B_

_ABRSM Treble Syllabus 2018-2021 Grade 7 List B_

_LRSM Recorder Repertoire List ABRSM SYLLABUS_

_Associate (ATCL) Recorder Repertoire List Trinity College London SYLLABUS_

_Licentiate (LTCL) Recorder Repertoire List Trinity College London SYLLABUS_

_Score 20 pp. Part 8 pp._