RINGING ISLE, THE - Parts & Score, New & Recent Titles
Availability Available Published 19th June 2014
Cat No.JM70678 Price
£59.99 Composer: Jonathan Dove Arranger: Philip Littlemore Category: New & Recent Titles
Handel called Britain ‘the ringing isle’ because when he moved to London, he heard bells ringing everywhere: great bells in church towers, and handbells in some of the first private houses he visited. The sound of people ‘ringing the changes’ is a peculiarly British sound of celebration. Within The Ringing Isle, Dove incorporates some traditional change-ringing patterns, from ‘Grandsire Doubles’, ‘Oxford Treble Bob Minor’ and his own version of ‘Plain Bob Major’.
