Ariel, 4 sketches for solo piccolo.

Ariel was inspired by  the first entrance of Ariel, an airy Spirit, in The Tempest by William Shakespeare, Addressing Propero he says:  "All hail, great Master!  Grave sir, hail!  I come to answer thy best pleasure;  be't to fly, to swim, to dive into the fire, to ride on the curl'd clouds..."