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BBC News
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Remembering loved ones through songs and stories
The people behind a new music project say they hope it will help keep memories of loved ones alive after they have to Die For was founded by Hazel Harrison and Phillipa Anders and aims to explore music's connection to memories and are asking people to share a piece of music that connects them with "someone you've lost and the story behind it".Ms Anders said: "Just over four years ago I lost my husband very suddenly, and this project and meeting Hazel has created this incredible way of being able to use music in an incredibly powerful way." Music to Die For is described as a space for people who have been bereaved "to honour their memory, keep their story alive and explore the role music plays in your connection to them".There is a guide to help people submit their stories with four parts:About the musicMaking connectionsFinding meaningMoving forwardThese are then shared on the website and via social project is being supported by a Creative Health Residency by Britten Pears Arts in Harrison said: "As a clinical psychologist I'm really interested in emotion and how we understand and explore our experiences and improve our wellbeing, and music for me is a really key ingredient for that."Music allows us to sit in a particular emotion that we're feeling."We feel this whole messy array of emotions, as humans, and sometimes we just need a piece of music to hold us in that space. "That can be a joyful piece of music, sometimes that can be a deeply emotive or sad piece of music that enables us to connect with that loss and that sad feeling."Also it can help us map our journey - we know grief isn't a linear process, we will move through a range of different experiences that link to yearning and loss."But also to the bittersweet nature of remembering the joyful parts." Ms Anders said: "I've always had a life and career in music, so every single minute of my day was filled with music in some way."After my husband Rob died, for a good number of months I just couldn't listen to music at all. "I couldn't see it live, I couldn't listen to it at home, I just didn't want music. "Then very gradually I started to reintroduce it. "But what has happened now is the music I listen to is almost completely separate from what I was listening to before. "My tastes have really developed and grown, I'm listening to stuff now I wouldn't have listened to before. "I'm going to gigs that I wouldn't have gone to you before, it's opened up a new relationship with music that feels healthy. "There is a saying 'grieve fully and live fully'."It's allowing me to stay connected to Rob, but at the same time It's about the forward path while still connecting to what I had." Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Home of renowned composer given listed status
The former home of a renowned composer and conductor has been protected with Grade II listed status. Imogen Holst lived at 9 Church Walk in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, from 1964 until her death in 1984, and described the bungalow as "the loveliest house in the world". She was the daughter of renowned composer Gustav Holst - known for his seven-movement orchestral suite The Planets. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, with the advice of Historic England, listed the home due to its architectural and historical significance. Holst became Benjamin Britten's musical assistant - who was also from Suffolk - and in 1952 she was invited to help him as he worked on the opera Gloriana marking the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. She later became the artistic director of the Aldeburgh Festival. Her Church Walk home was created by Jim and Betty Cadbury-Brown - designers for the 1951 Festival of Britain's Southbank site. Her rent consisted of just a crate of wine for the couple at Christmas and a supply of Aldeburgh Festival tickets. When thanking the Cadbury-Brown's for the house, she wrote: "My immense and perpetual gratitude for the loveliest house in the world." The property included some of her personal items such as her writing desk as well as her father's oak music cupboard where she stored his manuscripts. The house is owned by Britten Pears Arts and is available as a holiday rental. It is also open to the public every year for Heritage Open Days. Sir Chris Bryant, heritage minister, said the "significance" of the home "extends far beyond its status as an unassuming yet notable example of Jim Cadbury-Brown's architecture". Historic England's chief executive, Duncan Wilson, added that the home told of Holst's "contribution to British music and her connection to the Aldeburgh Festival, which continues to enrich our cultural landscape". Andrew Comben, chief executive of Britten Pears Arts, said: "The Grade II listing of her house will help us to continue to tell her story on a national and international scale." Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Benjamin Britten's birthplace up for sale 'I'm graduating, not retiring,' says charity boss Britten's concert hall gets listed status upgrade Britten Pears Arts Historic England Department for Culture, Media & Sport
BBC News
27-02-2025
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- BBC News
Composer Imogen Holst's Aldeburgh home given listed status
The former home of a renowned composer and conductor has been protected with Grade II listed Holst lived at 9 Church Walk in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, from 1964 until her death in 1984, and described the bungalow as "the loveliest house in the world".She was the daughter of renowned composer Gustav Holst - known for his seven-movement orchestral suite The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, with the advice of Historic England, listed the home due to its architectural and historical significance. Holst became Benjamin Britten's musical assistant - who was also from Suffolk - and in 1952 she was invited to help him as he worked on the opera Gloriana marking the coronation of Queen Elizabeth later became the artistic director of the Aldeburgh Festival. Her Church Walk home was created by Jim and Betty Cadbury-Brown - designers for the 1951 Festival of Britain's Southbank rent consisted of just a crate of wine for the couple at Christmas and a supply of Aldeburgh Festival tickets. When thanking the Cadbury-Brown's for the house, she wrote: "My immense and perpetual gratitude for the loveliest house in the world."The property included some of her personal items such as her writing desk as well as her father's oak music cupboard where she stored his manuscripts. The house is owned by Britten Pears Arts and is available as a holiday rental. It is also open to the public every year for Heritage Open Days. Sir Chris Bryant, heritage minister, said the "significance" of the home "extends far beyond its status as an unassuming yet notable example of Jim Cadbury-Brown's architecture".Historic England's chief executive, Duncan Wilson, added that the home told of Holst's "contribution to British music and her connection to the Aldeburgh Festival, which continues to enrich our cultural landscape".Andrew Comben, chief executive of Britten Pears Arts, said: "The Grade II listing of her house will help us to continue to tell her story on a national and international scale." Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
The Independent
27-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Bungalow which was home to composer Imogen Holst protected with listed status
A bungalow where the composer Imogen Holst once lived has been protected with Grade II listed status. Holst, who died in 1984 aged 76, was the daughter of the renowned composer Gustav Holst, who is best known for his seven-movement orchestral suite The Planets. Imogen Holst was also a composer and for 12 years she worked as an assistant to Benjamin Britten in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. In 1952, she was invited to help Britten as he worked on the opera Gloriana, marking the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Holst accepted and she became Britten's musical assistant, and later the artistic director of the Aldeburgh Festival. She occupied a series of lodgings and rented flats in Aldeburgh until 9 Church Walk became her home. The bungalow, designed by architects Jim and Elizabeth Cadbury-Brown, has been listed at Grade II by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the advice of Historic England. The single-storey modernist home, built from 1962 to 1964, was designed for Holst and constructed on land owned by the Cadbury-Browns. Her rent consisted only of a crate of wine for the Cadbury-Browns at Christmas and a steady supply of Aldeburgh Festival tickets. In thanking them for the house, Holst wrote of her 'IMMENSE and perpetual gratitude for the loveliest house in the world'. 'I think of you both every night of the year and send blessings in your direction for having enabled me to get on with my work in such heavenly quiet and solitude and comfort,' Holst wrote. She lived at 9 Church Walk until her death in 1984. The house features innovative design elements including a soundproofed music room where Holst worked and thoughtfully positioned windows framing views of the parish church. The property, now owned by the cultural charity Britten Pears Arts and available as a holiday rental, has many original features. These include built-in shelving systems, curtains with recessed tracking, and Holst's personal items such as her writing desk and coloured glass panel hung on the window in front of her desk to diffuse the sunlight. The property also houses Gustav Holst's oak music cupboard, where Imogen stored her father's manuscripts. The house is open to the public every year for Heritage Open Days. Heritage minister Sir Chris Bryant said: 'The significance of Imogen Holst's home extends far beyond its status as an unassuming yet notable example of Jim Cadbury-Brown's architecture. 'It was here at 9 Church Walk where some of the greatest musical minds of the 20th century converged, exchanged ideas and laid the foundations of the Aldeburgh Festival – now a cornerstone of British classical music in its 76th year. 'By listing this remarkable building, we preserve not only its architectural merit but also the rich legacy of Holst and her peers, ensuring their contributions continue to inspire generations to come.' Duncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England, said: 'The listing of 9 Church Walk celebrates an architecturally significant modernist home and a significant piece of musical history.'
