This is the first time that an English band has rung at this all Italy meeting. How and why was this? Over the last 22 years, I have regularly visited Italy, making some very...
English ringers to display their art on a Veronese mobile frame.
On 30 October 2009, about 50 English bell-ringers coming from London, Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and other counties of Great Britain visited Roncobello (Bergamo-Italy) and met some representatives of the local Bell Ringer School...
The Art of Bell-Ringing in Bergamo Valleys The sound of bells has always impressed classical and opera composers. Pietro Mascagni opens his ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ with the echo of two bells that celebrate Easter. Italian...
Suffolk master ringer Stephen Pettman tells his impressions about Scuola Campanaria di Roncobello’s concert in Grundisburgh. Last year on one of my regular tips to Northern Italy, we were treated to a display of...
