Pastorale Blues And Homage by Peter Dickinson. Arranged for Recorder (tenor and descant) and Piano for John Turner.1. A James Joyce Pastorale (1955)2. A Robert Burns Blues (1967)3. Homage to Poulenc (1963)The Pastorale comes from a song a student work setting the first poem of James Joyce’s early cycle Chamber Music – ‘Strings in the earth and air’; the second piece is another song to Burns’ ‘My love is like a red red rose’ which was frequently performed by Meriel and Peter Dickinson in their recitals (recorded on Albany TROY 369); Homage to Poulenc started as a piano duet No. 1 of Five Forgeries (recorded by the composer and John Flinders on Naxos 8.572287). It is dedicated to Lennox Berkeley because he and Poulenc were good friends.The first performance of Pastorale Blues and Homage was given by John Turner and the composer at St Peter’s Church Westleton on 4 October 2012 in that year’s William Alwyn Festival. Their recording has been released on Heritage HTGCD 254.

Turlough O?Carolan (1670 1738) is considered the prototype of the travelling Irish harpist supplying his continually changing audience with new tunes and poignant stories. His melodies which are steeped in Irish tradition have made him immortal. They have also had a lasting influence on the development of Irish music. Many of his tunes have provided a basis for thousands of later melodies. This edition for descant or treble recorder and piano presents among others the following pieces: ?James Betagh Jig? ?Carolan?s Cup? ?Carolan?s Farewell to Music? ?Kitty Magennis? ?Hewlett? ?Mr. O?Connor? ?Fanny Power?. The arrangements include an optional part for a secondflute.

Arranged and adapted by Andrea Cappellari. Easy duets. Each book included complete scores and solo part.