Van Eyck's 'Daphne': the greatest hit of the 17th century? | Team Recorder

[@petebard]

I remember when I first learned this. It blew my mind!!! I used to do white kayaking and that sometimes involved camping for a weekend. I had a soprano recorder with me and some hand written tunes including Daphne. I was walking through the campground and I heard a flute so I went to the tent it was coming from. (There were at leas fifty tents at the lowest level of the camp ground.) I stood outside and the flute player turned out to be a pretty newlywed whose husband was a kayaker. Amazingly, her name was Daphne. Of course I gave her my carefully hand written version. (I think I had the basic tune and my favorite easy variation) her mind was blown. I never saw her again, which is not unusual at a kayak race we’re there were hundreds of racers. I kayaked for several years and I currently play fiddle and cello. I probably have twenty recorders in both wood and plastic. I’m also eighty-five these days so I take life a bit easy these days.

[@autumnhomer9786]

🎀Thank you for sharing your experience.🎀

[@t.vanoosterhout233]

That "playing in the Janskerkhof for passers-by" always tickles my imagination... whenever I walk by the Janskerkhof, you know, next to the Janskerk in Utrecht.

[@Resgerr]

I was looking for recorders on KZbin can't remember hiw long ago in the 90s I did my Associateship of the Victoria College of Music on the Descant/Soprano and Treble/alto recorders. I now own thanks to you a tenor, Sopranino and the Garklein/piccolo. These recorders are fun!

[@carudatta]

I'm a huge Van Eyck nerd, yes m'lady. And you've done it again, you've made my practice sessions (what I call my Van Eyck workout) thirty six times more interesting. Sarah is one of the good and the great, let no one tell me different.

[@faramund9865]

Version one and two sound really great together.

[@Jim-iw1yd]

Excellent video. Don't think I'd mind Van Eyck rising from the grave and bopping me on the head. Once I got over the fright it be great to ask him to play a tune or two never mind have a wee chat. I think there might be a tiny secment of video missing Sarah at the 14min 21 sec part up to the 14min 35sec part.? Great video, very informative and entertaining.

[@CBTCFT]

I am now a budding Van Eyck nerd....it's contagious!

[@thesqueedler]

Wow thanks for all the background and playing tips! I like to warm up with Van Eyck and just played it this evening. I'll be sure to look into these books and recordings.

[@beabegine7800]

Net jouw boek online gekocht. Kan niet wachten tot die in mijn brievenbus ligt. Dankzij jouw videos ben ik op mijn 66jaar met blokfluit begonnen!!!!

[@Team_Recorder]

Geweldig!! Ik hoop dat je er heel veel plezier mee hebt! 😊

[@CBTCFT]

Van Eyck would definitely approve of your mix & match versions. Imagine if he could know you were making this video & that his music is being enjoyed in the 21st century!...I think he would be delighted!

[@ursulamckean4187]

I love the whole of the first version because I think it reflects the words of the song

[@jonprudhomme7694]

Been playing recorder for almost 8 years now, played various bits of van Eyck for at least 6. Played Daphne for the first time today.

[@Team_Recorder]

It’s lovely isn’t it!

[@jonprudhomme7694]

@@Team_Recorder It really is. I especially like the falling arpeggios at the end of the A and C sections.

[@borisweer2233]

I am dutch myself and your pronunciation is absolutely amazing

[@Team_Recorder]

Dank je!

[@andrepaint3254]

Gostei dessa música em flauta doce ! 😊😊😊

[@fabriciolima4285]

The first part without the modos (which in portuguese mean "modes") is so beautiful! I myself love a sound like this 😊 I play the chromatic harmonica, and well... Because of the lack of dedicated material and "easier" so to say pieces I tend to learn a lot of recorder and flute music - and sometimes violin if it doesn't use the bottom notes the harmonica lacks. There was a time I tried to learn the recorder on a soprano, and that's when I found your channel, been a subscriber ever since! I tend to prefer the sound of the tenor recorder, which in Brazil is not as cheap as the soprano or alto 😢 Anyways, thanks for the great content as always, and for this lovely piece, maaaaybe I'll give it a try on modos 2 and 3 after I learn it 😅

[@nanookalexkaye77]

You make my recorder life much better

[@kharmaviv]

I love this so much! Thank you for this wonderfully in-depth video. ❤️ 🎶 😃

[@marksadler4104]

Wow... Van Eyck could be classed as a 17th century jazz musician!

[@chevalier2022]

Lovely, Sarah: and so informative. Thank you!

[@elizabethmcnally3037]

❤ you are a mesmerizing teacher/lecturer, and funny too, Sarah Jeffrey’s.

[@giorgiolamborghini813]

Before watching the video I wanted to ask you a question about articulations in Van Eyck but at the end of the video I got the answer. The question was how to articulate groups of biscrome, whether legato or detached, for example in the piece Daphne 5th variation in the second volume. When I studied it, my teacher forced me to play them staccato with the double tongue stroke, which I felt was too hard and I would have preferred legato or a softer staccato like ddl-ddl, which is impossible for the phonetics of us Italians, so I organised myself to use a staccato like dg-dg which is a little softer than tk-tk but which is still a little hard for me. Thank you very much for this video and more!

[@bernhardschaal8478]

Ich habe gestern 24.7.24 das Heft geliefert bekommen. Danke für deine Widmung. Heute habe ich Stephan Blezinger eine ganassi bestellt.

[@Team_Recorder]

Oh wonderful!

[@sabrinalauenstein]

I love your videos and I am so in Love with Daphne. Yesterday I bought my first wooden tenor recorder and tested it by playing * guess what? * Daphne 🤣❤️ greetings from Germany 🤗

[@Team_Recorder]

Oh lovely!

[@lynnrixson3013]

Fabulous! Thank you 😊

[@MrPedalpaddle]

I hope you’ll release a version of your music book for Alto

[@Team_Recorder]

It’s in the works!

[@Hwyadylaw]

Combining two of my interests: recorders and British broadside ballads

[@erinstark5450]

I love your book!

[@ElenaYusupova8]

Sarah, that's really amazing, thanks a lot! I love Daphna and struggle to play it. Do you add tonguing in that fast passage starting from 8:04?

[@stephielulu9096]

4 years ago, when I got my first alto, the first thing I played was Daphne, it was in my head because you play it all the time & I love it! Didn't know the notes, but I got it right the first time 😊 was a little impressed as I hadn't played the recorder for 30 odd years (I'm not being a smart-arse 😉x)

[@kinezmaterz2083]

Thank you such a good video

[@victotronics]

Someone called the Derde Daphne "chain variations". It's a very interesting structure that I'm not sure I've seen anywhere else. And, eh, you don't remark much on it here. First: A1 A2 (same B,C) Then: A2 A3 (and B,C), And A3 A4.

[@nanookalexkaye77]

Can you mix different bodies, heads and feet of varied woods on the same model instrument with different effect, or are they too hand tuned to do so- Would it make any difference and if so, how?

[@ThePePik]

Is There note missing ? I hear something else then on notes on simple version. You played B there after A ? 2:04 - 2:05 ? Seams notes do not match sound.🎶Love this episode anyway ❤

[@manuelgonzales6483]

What's your take on the Sopranino and garklein? 💪

[@hisham_hm]

it's 2023 and our dearest Sarah is asking herself if it's okay to do a remix, bless her heart

[@bloemundude]

Daphne Modo 5 confirms what I've always suspected. Renaissance Dutchmen had four hands and five lungs each. That would also explain all the phlegm in the language pronunciations.

[@jonathanheatley3508]

ha ha

[@myronagilmorejr]

Can I play this on the Yamaha YRS-24 B recorder, or do I need to buy a better recorder

[@gabrielajetzerkacl793]

Great video, very interesting 👏!!! I am a bit confused about the fingerings : do you play the g-alto as if it were a soprano?

[@Team_Recorder]

I do!

[@gabrielajetzerkacl793]

@@Team_Recorder 😅what a relief, I have a new g-alto

[@renatewinkler8576]

So beautiful!! Have you also planned a book for treble recorder?

[@Team_Recorder]

Yes!

[@renatewinkler8576]

Yes...yes...yes I can't wait. Greetings from Salzburg (Mozart) in Australia

[@infour44]

Hmm wonder if it’s playable on my low d whistle?

[@helenandrichard]

Hi. I've been trying the recorder for about a year now, I have a ''dream'' in red and gold, you know the one, but I can't get it to come ''naturally'' if you see what I mean. I teach guitar, also play harmonica, Ukulele and keyboards etc but can't get the recorder to ''become a part of me'' like the other things I play. I know this is a bit vague, but any suggestions please?

[@telemachus53]

Did you or are going to publish a version for Treble?

[@henryph__am]

Is it just me or freedom is blacked out at 14:22

[@thesqueedler]

Ithought it was a KZbin app bug. So it's not just you, there's a gap of several seconds.

[@oliverlamb8892]

Van Eyck rose from the grave to censor something Sarah said that was unacceptable to him.

[@shawnrivera3557]

Sarah Jeffrey are there any advanced books for soprano tenor recorders. Seems all pieces are for novice players??

[@sonisonrobi713]

Hi can you tell me the notes the intro sorry I cannot read sheet music I'm just a beginner

[@heidibenn]

But why doesn’t the new book include ALTOS?? So sad😢

[@eplumer]

Thanks for the tip on where to breath 😊

[@debthompson4498]

I was trying to play along to get the rhythm correct (since I am not very good at reading music), but it seems the music shown (not the original by Van Eyck--I couldn't make that one out) is in a different key than what you are playing? Or is the recorder at a different pitch? Confused.

[@faramund9865]

I am confused too. Listened to Windmill Hut as I know that melody starts with D. But what she's playing doesn't start with a D. She is playing on an alto but even then I don't think it should sound any different, maybe I'm wrong. From what I can tell she's playing what would be a D on a soprano flute, but that's obviously not a D on alto.

[@Team_Recorder]

You are correct, I’m playing on an alto in G, so the music sounds a fourth lower than what’s written on the page. Sorry!

[@f.d.9478]

👍❗👍 НИЧЕГО НЕПОНЯТНО, НО ОЧЕНЬ ИНТЕРЕСНО ❗ ПРИВЕТ ИЗ КИЕВА 😄

[@faramund9865]

Something slightly related, I wish the Thysius lutebook was openly published on the webs.

[@mediumbernaschriever]

Why not in alto recorder?

[@sturusk3620]

Any plans for a treble version?

[@Team_Recorder]

Yes! Wil just take some time 😌

[@sturusk3620]

@Team_Recorder brilliant, thank you.

[@merseyviking]

He liked it so much because it has The Lick at the end. Adam Neeley would be happy.

[@asouyoul]

Your hardcore fans are now confused with part B, missing the Bach medley! 😅😂😊

[@Team_Recorder]

Hahaaaaa I should have segued into the partita somewhere 😂

[@mumsie27]

Aaaaaaah your new book is SOLD OUT in the Team Recorder shop 😢 Is there a waiting list somewhere?

[@Team_Recorder]

@@mumsie27 It sold out super fast! But don’t worry - I’ll order a new batch in and they should be up on my webshop again soon. Feel free to drop me and email at [e-mail] and I’ll make sure one is reserved for you!

[@ursulamckean4187]

And did you know Umberto Eco's essay "How not to talk abour soccer" (translation: William Weaver) where he has a laugh comparing foorball and recorder nerds using Van Eyck and Telemann? It's very funny

[@francebegin5395]

Oh interesting!!! I must find that essay!

[@nilesloughlin6845]

Wow, van Eyke almost predated The Lick by a couple centuries.

[@landsgevaer]

Your 17th century Frisian pronunciation of "De Friesche lust-hof" may be lacking, but the writer was dutch and your dutch is tip top! 👍 Btw: that blokfluit poster on the left getting in and out of focus all the time is quite .. ehm .. distracting. I cannot unsee it once I've noticed.

[@TheGalacticGrizzly]

Van Eyk, the prog rocker of the 17th century 😅