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Hiraeth

from sound poems by Alula Down

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The piece is sampled from the opening of ‘Hiraeth for Solo Harp’ (1950) by Grace Williams, played live by Cerys Rees. Two separate recordings of 'Hiraeth'- both taken direct from the PA - were overlaid and phased to create a simple repeating phrase as a bed for stories and sounds from the cafe and community.

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Sandy: "I can remember way back - I was born in 1941 - and I can remember walking, holding onto mummy’s pram, and passing a wood - and the smell of the bluebells. And sometimes I can smell that and it takes me right back to just a particular spot - and I can see it now - and the smell of the bluebells - and then dandelions as well which is .. Wonderful …"

Community: “Off to see the world… There's such a lot of world…”

Sandy: "And I remember one time when there was a lot of air raids going on and neighbours came in because we had a tin table in the sitting room and we all went in there at night. And I can remember seeing the moon, and we were quietly waiting, and you knew that if the sound still kept going it wasn't going to land near you, but when it stopped you knew it was about to come … And I remember asking my mother 'is that a doodle bug?' - because it didn't quite register I think .. I don't know, I must have been pretty young .. so …

It's just a memory isn't it. It's not a frightening one - but if I hear a siren now I'm not keen on it, end of story. I mean I don't know how people nowadays cope with all that's going on…"

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from sound poems, released February 2, 2024
St Briavels Music Memory Cafe on 15.02.23:
Sandy's memories of her early childhood home.
Fragments of the MMC community singing Moon River.
Cerys Rees (harp)
Nikkila Thomas (voice).

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