A rare peal of Benjamin Annable's composition of Plain Bob Triples on handbells.
On Sunday I met up with four regional bell ringers (Chris, Jennie, Neville and Anne) at Blank Recording Studios in Newcastle to record Benjamin Annable's composition. Chris (President of Durham & Newcastle Diocesan Association of Church Bellringers) conducted the ringers and arranged the composition into a quarter peal - essentially exactly as described, the first quarter of the full composition adapted to end on 'rounds'. After adjusting the set up for the ringers and allowing them to settle in, the quarter peal was rung and recorded on a light set of bells in the key of F. This lasted approximately 46 minutes and now provides the spine to the new composition and additional recordings of instruments and voices. We then recorded the quarter peal again, but on a heavier set of bells (in key of G), and a section on another heavy set (in a slightly out of tune F, but potentially useful!).
Chris explained that there are very few logged peals of Annable's Plain Bob Triples on handbells, so the occasion has been submitted to BellBoard (https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1226613) a UK peal log.
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