THE TIME OF BELLS, 2

RELEASE DATE: NOVEMBER, 2004

The ringing of European city and village bells has long shaped civil and religious time - daily time, seasonal time, work time, ritual time, social time, collective time, cosmological time. In these six compositions you'll hear how bells sound the time of authority and disruption. You'll hear how hand bells, animal bells, church bells, time chimes, and carillons interact with other time and space-makers, from birds to plaza fountains and cell phones, from walking and running feet to parades and urban traffic, from choirs and bagpipes to brass bands, DJs and amplified sound systems. Most of all you'll hear how bells ring a deep European history of gathering participants and calling in equal measure for prayer, protest, and carnival.