AIES Prelude on "Colne" GR 1 (Stephen Bulla)

Grade Level 1

Year: 2026

Composer: Stephen Bulla

Program Notes:

Colne is a market town in Lancashire, England. It was home to Francis Duckworth, the author of this serene melody. The hymn itself creates an atmosphere of tranquility, worship, and is often associated with this text, penned by John Oxenham in 1917:

'Mid all the traffic of the ways,

Turmoils without, within,

Make in my heart a quiet place

And come and dwell therein.