midwinter 2020 by Alula Down
2020, in the stillness of midwinter. 3pm and already darkening. Making our way through changes - this year when patterns disrupted.
Yet at dawn this morning the thrush was here - flinging his soul in a commotion of longing onto the dull mist of the solstice morning.
For many - and for many reasons - there is an unlooked for quietness in this year’s midwinter season.
But even in this darkness, as the sun turns back towards the northern skyline, the light is returning - a change of energy when we need it most.
"And so the shortest day came and the year died
And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world
Came people singing, dancing,
To drive the darkness away..."
Tracklist
| 1. | midwinter 2020 | 7:20 |
Credits
Banjo, ukulele, and found sounds - early morning recordings made between 22 November and 21 December 2020.
"Flinging his soul" from The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy, and poetry quote from The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper - with thanks to Sarah for sharing x
This track is an early draft version of one of our Winter Postcards from Godley Moor.
License
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mark waters & kate gathercole. explorations using folk song, collage, improvisation and field recording.