Penelope Trappes – A Seagull Learns To Sleep Alone
‘A Seagull Learns To Sleep Alone’ by Penelope Trappes
Recorded during a two-week residency for Britten Pears Arts at the house where the composer, teacher and musicologist Imogen Holst lived in Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
Visualiser by Agnes Haus
“The title refers to a line taken from ‘Japanese Poetry: The Uta (1919)’ from Imogen’s library, which I resonated with. I was truly alone for the first time in 18 years - since the birth of my daughter - during the two weeks creating Heavenly Spheres. Learning to be fully present and solitary was initially quite difficult until I embraced the silence thoroughly immersing myself in the creative research and process.” - Penelope
from Heavenly Spheres - releasing on 14 APRIL 2023
Pre-order:
1. The Bitterness of Parting
2. Away From Tidal Waves
3. Voices that Will Not Be Drowned
4. Heavenly Sphere
5. A Seagull Learns To Sleep Alone
6. Entangled
7. The Lapse of Months and Days
8. Pearl
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