The Lyra Recorder Quartet, featuring current and former BYU faculty and staff, will perform in the Madsen Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The quartet, made up of Daron Bradford, Elizabeth Farnsworth, Ralph Lycock and Ray Smith, will perform a variety of pieces, including contemporary pieces and a jazz swing number featuring quartets, trios and duets.
“It’s got some stuff that is just for fun, and it’s got some stuff that is more heavyweight,” Smith said. “It’s a mixture of both.”
Some of the more serious pieces were composed by Ralph Vaughn Williams and Bach. Two of Bach’s pieces that will be performed are “Chorale Prelude” and “Fugue.”
On the lighter side, the quartet will perform an adaptation of the popular “Bugler’s Holiday.” However, instead of a trumpet trio, the adaptation will be performed by three members of the recorder quartet.
The recorder was the primary instrument in the renaissance and baroque periods, Smith said.
Admission to the recital is free
