Song Beneath the Sibden Trees - Paul Armfield | Gift To Nature
Paul says
"In early 2023 I was commissioned by environmental group Gift To Nature to compose a suite of songs about five trees that grow in Sibden Hill, a small but surprisingly diverse copse all but hidden in the middle of a modern housing estate in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. I debuted the songs last May to several small audiences beneath the very trees that inspired them, thereafter, strategically placed QR codes allow visitors to the woods to listen to the songs in situ. My solo recordings of the songs have been available exclusively on the Gift To Nature website since last May, but at the end of last year I asked my friend the Norwegian fiddle-playing songstress Mari Persen to arrange and record strings for the songs, the resultant EP will be released on the 14th June both digitally and on CD. You can purchase the cd from the shop, or download from Bandcamp and it will be available to stream from all the usual platforms."
This wonderful project was featured on my local TV news tonight and I was struck by Paul Armfield’s lovely songs dedicated to particular trees for the project Gift To Nature
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