On September 10, the Hamptons Festival of Music will perform Bond’s Bridges for orchestra in Wainscott, NY. “Drawn from the folk music of China and America, Bridges is organized around five actual bridges from around the world,” says Bond.

Railroad Trestle uses the motoric rhythm of a train and the sound of a fiddle and banjo playing country music. Stone Bridge is based on a traditional Chinese song called Moli Hua or Jasmine Flower. Golden Gate Bridge recalls the folk music of the 1960's and 70's in California, particularly a song by Joan Baez. Brooklyn Bridge brings together a second meaning of the word "bridge" in that it refers to the "B" or "bridge" section of a be-bop standard, Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm." The work's finale, Mackinac Bridge, is based on the folk song "The Water is Wide" and is named after one of the longest suspension bridges in the Western Hemisphere.