The title Blue Skies, Magpies and Goldfish refers not only to images in the pieces, but also to the overall mood  – playful, optimistic and sunny.

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Track Listing:

Magpie Baby: A Childhood Suite – Nadje Noordhuis
for soprano and alto recorders, harpsichord, voice and cello, with lyrics by Angus Ryan

1. Baby Born
2. Wiggle Wobble
3. Building Blocks
4. Teeter Totter
5. Jiggle and Jostle
6. Li’l Lullaby
7. Running Rampant
8. Memory Mine

Re-Inventions (based on two-part inventions of JS Bach) – Elena Kats Chernin
arranged for recorders and harpsichord

9. Re-invention No. 1 (based on Invention #8 in F major)
10. Re-invention No. 2 (based on Invention #4 in D minor)
11. Re-invention No. 3 (based on Invention #13 in A minor
12. Re-invention No. 4 (based on Invention #1 in C major)
13. Re-invention No. 5 (based on Invention #6 in E major)
14. Re-invention No. 6 (based on Invention #10 in G major)

Ann Carr-Boyd
for soprano and harpsichord, with words by Don Marquis

15. man is so proud (from Trois Leçons)

Anne Boyd
arranged for tenor recorder and spinet

16. Goldfish through summer rain.