This piece of music, composed by Elgar, was commissioned in 1923 to commemorate the opening of the Loughborough Carillon and War Memorial. The original manuscript was rediscovered in February 2012.
This recording, made in April 2012, was played by Caroline Sharpe as the launch of the "Ignite: Cargoes" project.


Memorial Chimes

This trail of bells and chimes, composed from Loughborough shops and  businesses sitting on the Olympic Torch relay route. The journey is a map from the War Memorial/Carillon, to the end of the route.

Loughborough bell trail

Taylor's Bell Foundry are one of the biggest foundries in Europe. They have been producing bells, using the same techniques, in the same foundry, since 1839.
This sound of the furnace remains a continuum of their process, during that time. 

Taylors Furnace

Recorded with a hydrophone in the locks and weirs around Watermead park Leicester.
For the Cargoes Project, this soundtrack was played at various workshops and people created sound drawings from listening to this sound, please see the blog for images of the drawings

Watermead sounds hydrophone

Recorded on a walk along the canal in the village of Foxton, Leicestershire.  From this recording sound drawings have bee produced from diverse groups from the foxton Beavers youngest 6 to the old Folk at the Braunstone Art Club, Leicester, eldest 82, their work can be viewed on the blog

Canal walk foxton village

These sounds are recorded on a walk around the locks and weirs at the Watermead Park in Leicester, they are recorded above ground.  these have been played to various groups who have used them as a base to their sound drawings.

Watermead sounds

I was supposed to be running workshops at Watermead park for the transit of venus, but for certain circumstances couldn't attend so I thought it best to create a piece of music with my band 'Gimlet-Eyed Mariners's' to celebrate the 'transit of venus' a totally improvised piece, played on computers, homemade instruments, keyboard and ipad this piece needs time, so lie down and close your eyes and let the music transport you to the outer reaches of space. Let the transit commence.
michael

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