BUNGA SAYANG, on handbells by MOB (Singapore) 2018

BUNGA SAYANG (My Lovely Flower)
Composed by Baba Dick Lee
Arranged for handbells by Baba Damien Lim.
* Please pardon the sound quality. Too much sound signal input into the venue's sound board and the balance sent out to the video camera was peaking. We will do this again, in 2020
Music on handbells by MINISTRY OF BELLZ (SINGAPORE), recorded on 27 January 2018 @ Drama Center (MOB-11: SHOWTIME)
(Disclaimer!!!) *** (For the opening 5 bars & ending bar): SET YOUR SPEAKERS / HEADPHONES TO 70%, THERE IS THE INDONESIAN GONG AGONG EFFECT PLAYED BY THE BASS BELL PLATES + SUPER BASS CHIMES + BASS KULINTANG, THAT COULD RATTLE YOUR SPEAKERS!!! ** It was a lovely volume at the venue, not that loud and heavy when played LIVE at the venue. Not sure why this recording picked up so much.***
This work is commissioned as the handbell work to represent Singapore & the Handbell Ringers of Singapore (HRSG) Guild at the 18th International Handbell Symposium in Cairns, Australia (6 - 11 August 2018).
This song, written for handbells, telling the story of Singapore, from its humble beginnings, as a sleepy, swampy, seaside kampong (village), when the British arrived in 1819. Progress took place and they brought trade to Singapore. Immigrants started to come to make Singapore their home. Only to be interrupted by the WW2 in 1942-1945. After the war, progress took speed and Singapore developed exponentially under the foresighted leadership of PM Lee Kuan Yew. The faster paced 2nd half of the music describes development in the areas of trade, education, Defence, Health, environment, housing and foreign relations. And upon establishing multi- international relations with various countries, and Singapore soon became a first world nation, where its people live in harmony, regardless of language, race or religion. Singapore today, is a city-state-country, a nation described often as a melting pot of cultures, where people live together in peace and in harmony. True to the description of BUNGA SAYANG = MY LOVELY FLOWER. Singapore has bloomed.
Music arranged with permission from UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP (2017).
Handbell music will be published by MINISTRY OF BELLZ (PUBLISHING HOUSE) from mid-April 2018.
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[@tanwaratkanha4322]

Delightful performance ❤

[@meiangie]

Beautiful!