Rye Rambles is a tone poem in three continuous sections written in 2019 and based on material from Rye Festival Suite, a work for string orchestra and harp composed for the 40th anniversary Rye Arts Festival in 2011.

While walking through the cobbled streets for which the ancient town of Rye is famous and which, though now thronged with tourists, once echoed to the clatter of horse-drawn carriages, we encounter Morris Dancers whose presence unites past and present.

We find ourselves on nea...