Garden of Bronze was composed as an entry in the Federation Bells Composition Competition 2015. This is a MIDI rendering of Garden of Bronze, using the Ableton sampler downloadable from the Federation Bells website: http://federationbells.com.au/about-the-bells/design-of-the-bells
I look forward to an eventual first visit to the Federation Bells in Melbourne.  Composed from afar, in Sydney, the images of the upturned bronze bells, each on a pole, to me resemble a flower garden.  I imagine strolling through such a garden, and as such, the evolving groove of the work moves gradually through the different groups of bells.

Garden Of Bronze

For viola, cello and double bass.

Recorded in live performance at Secrets through a Soundglass
24th February 2018.

With thanks to Sean Botha @hsbotha for his tireless work in curating, commissioning and researching this work and others in the Secrets through a Soundglass project.

Peggy Polias