Bridge wrote his Suite for Strings in 1909-10 and it was published by Goodwin and Tabb in 1920. Composer and publisher had high hopes that the suite would be a popular success, and a Piano-duet version was apparently prepared. The manuscript of this has not survived, nor have any printed copies been traced. The Frank Bridge Trust therefore commissioned Hwee San Tan to make an arrangement, which recieved its first public performance at the City University, London, on October 29th 1991, played by the arranger and Charlene Wells.