In August 2009, Johanna and I took what we didn't know then would be our last holiday with our sister-in-law, Hannah. We knew that Hannah had cancer and that it was most likely going to take her from us and that moment was something we could feel draw ever closer. We all went to a place loved by our family for many years, Southwold in Suffolk. It was clear that Hannah was in pain. We were walking back from the ocean, for Southwold lies on the sea, through a part of Southwold called 'the north green'. I was overwhelmed by what I could feel being taken from us, every step we took represented a small death. I knew then that I would miss her. During that walk with Hannah through the north green I felt there the beginnings of the music you hear on this record as the main 'north green down' theme and knew I had to keep going with this tribute to her. I sent the basic piano and guitar pieces I had recorded at home to Emanuele. I had previously bought his records and felt in him a sympathetic soul who would feel the weight of this music and make it more fitting for the purpose I had in mind, namely a suite of hymnal pieces for Hannah.
Hannah was a beautiful, selfless and nurturing woman. This record is for her.
(Chris Hooson, September 2010)
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the north green down part I
leegte
a hymn to haruki murakami
le viti del mondo
the north green down part II
the north green down part III
a worn out life (with cello)
away from this silence
the north green down part IV
they could feel the end of all things
nobody is ever safe
a loveless moment
no greater pain
the north green down part V
the north green down part VI
a worn out life
wat we kwijt zijn
the north green down part VII
因參加Dakota Suite的混音計劃“The Night Just Keeps Coming In”而結緣,Dakota Suite主腦 Chris Hooson再度邀請意大利音樂家Emanuele Errante合作,為他剛去世的弟媳獻上這張感人至深的後古典傑作《The North Green Down》。
Chris先以吉他、鋼琴創作了一系列圍繞他去世弟媳的主題,加上Emanuele細緻感人的環境聲響鋪陳,兩人將喪失親人的傷痛與對生命無常的省思以音樂抒發出深沉而溫柔的情感力量,而大提琴大師David Darling的演繹毫無疑問讓音樂的層次更添深度,長達80分鐘的音樂滿載令人動容的憂傷與無奈,卻通過音樂之美將情感得以昇華。(nosna)
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