Bells Wrung is characterised primarily through its recurring 'A' pedal imitative of a tolling belling. Similar to other pedal-orientated pieces in the Piano repetoire - Ravel's Le Gibet or Chopin's Raindrop Prelude for example - this pervasive tone serves to mediate and unify the often dense chromatic harmonic language all the while providing an obvious audible continuity. The pun in the title…