Fand Catalogue

To Wheelbarrow Town

for piano

John Mitchell

£7.50

 
Have you ever noticed how a certain area or view can have that special personal appeal that can’t quite be readily accounted for in words? Such is a place for myself, just a few miles from where I live in East Kent, where a quiet country lane approaches Wheelbarrow Town. The name itself is rather spurious in that the latter is actually a small hamlet, located just south of the village of Stelling Minnis. How it got its curious name seems to be somewhat shrouded in mystery; all that appears to be known about it is that in the eighteenth century a remote Baptist settlement was established there, and in the nearby burial ground there can still be seen three well preserved tombstones from that period.

I like to think the piano piece I have written contains something of the magical and mystical nature that the location holds for myself, an aspect that is well captured in Richard Hallas’ wonderfully imaginative artwork on the cover.

—John Mitchell, July 2021

Sample pages

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Recorded performance

Performed by the composer: John Mitchell, Piano

Catalogue code: FM234 • Published: 26th July 2021
Entry last updated: 26th July 2021