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Released for free in 2020 as one of our weekly #freebiefriday giveaways. Thanks to Judith Hooper (Henderson) and Nick Hooper for facilitating this week's offering! We hope you enjoy this fantastic record. To buy the full album, including a special arrangement of 'Farewell Aragog' from Nick's soundtrack for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
- The Wordandnote Team
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Pete’s Trees is the first full-length CD of fiddle and guitar duo Henderson:Hooper (Judith Henderson, fiddle, and Nick Hooper, guitar). It traces their journey as a duo, and includes a dozen tunes that they have written – and one composed by their daughter Rose whilst humming into a tent pole. There are also traditional or ‘anon’ tunes they picked up along the way, and tunes composed by fiddlers Pete Cooper, Bruce MacGregor, and Emma Peters.

The inspiration for their own tunes is diverse – a non-verbal message from Nick to Judith (Let Me Down Gently); a reflection of the movements of our baby daughter (Peppercombe Lullaby); Nick’s being misidentified by a fellow walker on the Scilly Isles (The Weymouth Postman); the light falling on the floor in their home (The Pool); a script about a young boy caught up in the second world war holocaust (Milkweed); and newly added (Farewell Aragog) from Nick’s score for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The collection of recordings centres on Pete’s Trees, which Judith wrote in the Ruskin Mill valley near Nailsworth during an English Acoustic Collective summer school, whilst wondering where the trees might be that were planted in that area after the war by her neighbour’s father, Pete Pritchard, together with Laurie Lee’s uncle and cousin. The cover and sleeve note photographs and line drawings are by Pete’s grand-daughter, Jebet Mengech, and the design is by Peter Beatty.

The Peppercombe Three: Lullaby, Jig And Reel

Wordandnote Publishing is owned by Nicholas Hooper (Nick Hooper) and Judith Hooper.

Nicholas Hooper is a composer, guitarist and author, best known for his original scores to the fifth and sixth Harry Potter films. Judith Hooper (Henderson) channels her creativity through music, composing, writing and lecturing.