A RIVER'S SONG

Composer Liam Taylor-West has worked with the Bedminster community to create a new piece of music that celebrates the River Malago.

Learn more about the project

Change your location along the River Malago to hear different parts of the music:

If you are near the river by Bedminster Station, on your phone, the website will follow your GPS location
If you are away from the river, you can click points on the screen to change location
If you are on a computer, you can type numbers 1-9 to focus on those tracks

1. BRUSHING
(Cleaning earth from words carved into Deborah Jones' Malago Spring Artwork)

2. THE WONDERING
words and music by Teri Bramah

3. DARK AND LIGHT
words by Jayne Connell / music by John Joseph

4. I BELONG TO THE SEA
words and music by Gerry Rowe

5. WHERE THE MALAGO GOES
words and music by Helen Adshead / verse 3 words by Finbar Cullen

6 BUDDLEIA
words and music by William Cullum "The Town Gardens"

7. MOONLIGHT ON THE MALAGO / PATSY ALEXANDER'S
composed by Hiroko Uno Thompson / arranged by Russ Davidson

8. AS THE RIVER PULLS AWAY
words and music by Onora Alexander

9. LINE OF CONNECTION
(The Malago flowing into the Interceptor at Manor Woods Valley)