Denzil Stephens writes - EDEN SOUTHWEST refers to the EDEN project for Cornwall with biomes covering a host of horticultural features from all over the world.
The music for this work is purely designed as a test piece for lower section bands with lively tunes to start and finish up with, and in the middle section, a chance for melodic phrases from various sections of the band. The Eb basses commence the middle section with a unison melodic phrase soon developed by other instruments. There are duet phrases between solo cornets, horns, baritones, and to finish this section, between flugel horn and tenor horn.
