The Ringing Isle

亨德爾稱英國為'鈴聲之島'，因為當他搬到倫敦時，他聽到到處都有鐘聲響起：教堂塔樓上的大鐘，以及他拜訪的一些私人住宅中的手鈴。人們 "敲響變化 "的聲音是英國特有的歡慶之音，這似乎是一首讚美英國音樂生活的樂曲的良好起點。在《鈴聲之島》中，多夫融入了一些傳統的變奏曲式，包括 "Grandire Doubles"、"Oxford Treble Bob Minor "和他自己版本的 "Plain Bob Major"。亨德爾的這句話也讓人聯想到一個神奇的島嶼，因此多夫設想了從遠洋航行接近英國時的情景"

作曲家: Dove, Jonathan
樂器: Wind Band
出版社: Faber Music
原文簡介:
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, and it seems a good starting point for a piece celebrating British musical life. 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’. Handel’s phrase also conjures up an image of a magical island, and so this is how Dove envisaged how it must have been to approach Britain from an ocean voyage.