CHRISTOPHER HOBBS / GAVIN BRYARS / JOHN ADAMS - Ensemble Pieces LPAran and McCrimmon Will Never Return date from the period 1970 72, and were written for the Promenade Theatre Orchestra, a group started by White, consisting of 4 performers; White, Hobbs, Hugh Shrapnel and Alec Hill. Aranwas written at a time when the PTO was beginning to combine the sounds of reed organs and toy pianos, the original instruments of the group, with some newly acquired percussion instruments. The note to note procedure of the piece was