STARKE, Michael J. (1955- ); USA In The Manner Of... [Free audio] Concerto Grosso in C - 1.Allegro, 2.Grave, 3.Allegro [5:30 · 5.0M] [Free audio] Prelude & Fugue in C- (nach Tristan) [2:20 · 2.1M] [Free audio] Concerto for Viola & String Orchestra [8:59 · 8.2M] [Free audio] Trio Sonata for Two Guitars and BC [6:13 · 5.7M] [Free audio] Sinfonie No.3 in C for 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & b.c. [7:49 · 7.2M] [Free audio] Concerto for two violins and orch. in A- [13:51 · 12.7M] [MIDI] 1612 Overture [4:00] [MIDI] A Carman's Whistle [2:51] [MIDI] A Christmas Sonata for Brass [3:32] [MIDI] Canzone No.1 [1:15] [MIDI] Choral Movement [1:04] [MIDI] Concerto Grosso for Recorder, Oboe, Bassoon, Strings and Continuo [5:25 · 48k] [MIDI] Concerto for Two Alto Recorders and Strings [5:18 · 32k] [MIDI] Good Night Herr Bach [1:47] [MIDI] Hail to the Child [1:08] [MIDI] Intrada from The Suite for Too Many Recorders [2:18] [MIDI] Jesus, Remember Me [1:39] [MIDI] 'La Folia' Variations [2:36] [MIDI] Musick for the King's Sackbutts [2:19] [MIDI] Pastoral Movement [1:37] [MIDI] Psalm 102 - Hear My Prayer, Oh Lord [2:38] [MIDI] Sinfonie in F [3:13] [MIDI] Sinfonie No.4 In G [5:09 · 67k] [MIDI] Solo for Alto Recorder [5:08] [MIDI] Suite For Beginning Orchestra [4:23] [MIDI] The Lord My Shepherd Is [1:22] [MIDI] Trio Sonata No.1 [4:24 · 33k] [MIDI] Trio Sonata for Recorder and Tr. Viol [7:17] [MIDI] Trio Sonata for Violin, Viola and Cont. [5:49] [MIDI] Two In One Upon a Ground [1:10] [MIDI] What Poor Astronomers [1:36] [MIDI] Take, O Take Those Lips Away [1:13] Piano Concerto No.1 [MIDI] 1st mov [3:29]; 2nd mov [0:57]; 3rd mov [4:03]. Brass ensemble [MIDI] Canzona: Ars Nova [2:14]; The Girl With the Pearl Ear Rings [2:34]; Battaglia per Sonar [2:15] Eight little fugues [MIDI] No.1 [1:01]; No.2 [1:08]; No.3 [0:48]; No.4 [1:01]; No.5 [0:41]; No.6 [1:11]; No.7 [1:09]; No.8 [1:05]. Three Quartets [MIDI] No.1 [4:41 · 32k]; No.2 [5:34 · 32k]; No.3 [6:11]. Recorder Trio [MIDI] No.1 [3:47]; No.2 [4:04]. Concerto for Recorder [MIDI] 1.Allegro [4:20]; 2.Affetuoso [1:47]; 3.Vivace [3:26]. Concerto for Sopranino Recorder in F [MIDI] 1.Allegro [3:21]; 2.Adagio [2:27]; 3.Allegro [3:17]. [MIDI] Concerto for 4 Alto Recorders Alone [4:34] [MIDI] Sonata No.1 for 3 Alto Recorders [4:02] Sonata for Recorder and Harpsichord [MIDI] No.1 [2:50]; No.2 [4:07]; No.3 in F [3:26 · 31k]; No.4 in D- [8:26 · 46k]; No.5 in Bb [5:41] [MIDI] Trio Sonata for flute, recorder and BC in C [5:24] Sonata a 6 [MIDI] No.1 [1:59]; No.2 [1:56]. Sonata For Strings and Continuo [MIDI] 1.Allegro con fuoco [4:27 · 32k]; 2.Adagio [1:53] [MIDI] Sinfonie in D- [3:08] [MIDI] Sinfonie No.3 In C+ [4:22] [MIDI] Concerto for two violins and orch. in A- [13:45 · 103k] [MIDI] Concerto a 4 in D- [10:48 · 79k]

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Michael J. Starke

Michael is a native of Long Beach, California. A largely self-taught composer and period instrument player for the past 30 years, Michael in the early 1990s found he could use a computer and notation software to better produce scores and quickly prepare individual parts. A byproduct of this process was the digital music information that could be exported from the program and shared on the Internet with many people all over the world. From that experience come the files that you see on this page.

He has been writing mostly for recorder ensembles for the many groups he has played in over the years. While assigned with the U.S. Air Force to Japan, he composed choral music for church services broadcast over Armed Forces Radio in Japan and performed in several city music festivals in Japan.

Recently he has provided music for an educational computer game, a National Geographic production and a school ballet project. Michael has also composed music for numerous Web Pages.

Michael lives with his wife Amy, a newspaper food writer, and cares for his two sons in Portland, Oregon, works part-time as a pharmacy technician, and enjoys playing in his weekly recorder group meetings.

Michael J. Starke
email: mikestarke@comcast.net