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Air and Two Eclogues

arranged for Tenor Recorder and Piano

Peter Thompson

These three pastorals were written as a direct response to Donald Bousted’s call (in the ‘Lockdown Spring’ of 2020) for new pieces for ukulele and recorder. I was struck, when I heard recordings of these instruments, singly and combined, by a certain ‘innocence’ of sound which seemed to return one to a far distant time (to ancient Greek or Roman days) when such simple piping and strumming was commonplace amongst the shepherd folk of the hills and meadows, as well as in the more sophisticated environment of the villas. Hence my use of the titles Air and Eclogues (the latter being used for pastoral verse by Virgil and other Roman poets). I have now arranged these pieces for recorder and piano.

—Peter Thompson, January 2022

A recording of this work may be found on the Barry Tone’s Fantastic Adventure CD.

Sample pages

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		Composer	Title	Forces	Total duration
		Peter Thompson	Air and Two Eclogues arranged for Tenor Recorder and Piano	Tenor recorder, Piano	5 mins
	#	Composer	Movement	Forces	Duration
	1	Peter Thompson	Air	Tenor recorder, Piano	2¼ mins
	2		Eclogue I		1½ mins
	3		Eclogue II		1¼ mins

Recorded performance

Performed in the original version by Celia Ireland, Tenor Recorder and Donald Bousted, Baritone Ukulele (from Barry Tone’s Fantastic Adventure)

Videos

Celia Ireland, Tenor Recorder; Donald Bousted, Baritone Ukulele

These videos are based on exactly the same audio recordings as are presented earlier on this page; they merely add imagery to the existing sound.

Catalogue code: FM241 • Published: 18th January 2022
Entry last updated: 22nd April 2025