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Beneath The Beacon Song Project

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The full album of the first Beneath The Beacon concert, recorded in the beautiful St Mary's Church, Wreay, featuring all 36 tracks - songs, poems and descriptions of 15 characters from Penrith and North Cumbria

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1.	The Vault 00:21	info	buy track
2.	Samuel Plimsoll - an introduction 01:27	info	buy track
3.	Mark Of A Man 02:43	info	buy track
4.	Lady Anne Clifford - an introduction 01:18	info	buy track
5.	Formidable Female - Lady Anne Clifford 02:21	info	buy track
6.	John Close - an introduction 01:18	info	buy track
7.	In Respectful Memory Of Mr. Yarker 00:25	info	buy track
8.	Mary Chambers - an introduction 01:22	info	buy track
9.	Threads 05:07	info	buy track
10.	Margery Jackson - an introduction 01:17	info	buy track
11.	Margery The Miser 01:02	info	buy track
12.	Margery Jackson 02:48	info	buy track
13.	Croglin Watty 02:15	info	buy track
14.	John Kent - an introduction 01:11	info	buy track
15.	John Kent 03:03	info	buy track
16.	Susanna Blamire - an introduction 01:18	info	buy track
17.	Stocklewath - an extract 01:33	info	buy track
18.	Sarah Losh - an introduction 01:38	info	buy track
19.	Agnus Dei 03:45	info	buy track
20.	Geometry 00:32	info	buy track
21.	Lorna Graves - an introduction 01:04	info	buy track
22.	Soundscape - Lorna Graves 03:13	info	buy track
23.	William Wordsworth - an introduction 01:25	info	buy track
24.	Long Meg 00:57	info	buy track
25.	William Graham - an introduction 01:18	info	buy track
26.	William Graham The Poacher 05:52	info	buy track
27.	Hugh Lowther - an introduction 01:05	info	buy track
28.	Violet 02:29	info	buy track
29.	Yellow 00:47	info	buy track
30.	Peter Crosthwaite - an introduction 01:07	info	buy track
31.	Peter Crosthwaite's Nicknackatorium 01:53	info	buy track
32.	Charlotte Deans - an introduction 01:25	info	buy track
33.	Kick Up Your Heels 03:32	info	buy track
34.	Catherine Marshall - an introduction 01:08	info	buy track
35.	Revolting Woman - Catherine Marshall 03:44	info	buy track
36.	Automatic For The People 00:42	lyrics	buy track
These faces and these eyes These bodies made of art Expressions of surprise These lips, these moving parts These mirrors of us all We see ourselves laid bare We hear their voices call Their breathing in the air Like people that you know Or people that you met Far away and long ago You simply can't forget Stories we can hear Stories told, retold Come closer now, draw near Let's mine artistic gold

about

THE BEACON
is a stone tower on Beacon Hill, overlooking Penrith, Cumbria.

BENEATH THE BEACON brings to life an alphabet of characters
(from ARCHITECT to ZAPATA) from the area, and tells their stories through the view from the Beacon, across time and place.

The Beacon connects them all. Wordsworth (R for ROMANTIC) immortalised it in his writing. Samuel Plimsoll (G for GIVER) claimed the ‘glorious panorama’ as his enduring childhood memory and as an adult returned to campaign for the restoration of the view following intrusive tree planting. The Beacon itself was part of the Yellow Earl (E for EARL)’s vast estate. Percy Topliss (T for TRICKSTER) is buried in the cemetery on Beacon Edge. Other characters may never have planted their feet on the close-cropped grass of the summit, but all saw their trials and triumphs shaped by their experiences living BENEATH THE BEACON.

Over the years the lives of the characters could be seen unfolding from the vantage point above the town. BENEATH THE BEACON gives a home to the ghosts of these remarkable women and men.

Following its premiere at Penrith Arts Festival, we were delighted to stage this 2nd performance at the beautiful St Mary’s Church, Wreay, designed by Beneath The Beacon character Sarah Losh (A for ARCHITECT).

BENEATH THE BEACON is an ongoing programme of events and activities involving mechanical sculpture, story boxes, illustration, words, music, tours and trails and an alphabet of characters.

www.beneaththebeaconinterpretation.com

credits

released January 22, 2021

Dawn Hurton (introductions)
Juliet Fossey (poems)
June Swift (poem, vocal)
Gwen Bainbridge (vocal, uke, washboard, glock, percussion)
Rich Evans (vocal, accordion, cello, glock)
Thomas Corda-Stanley (poem, vocal, guitar, percussion, dbl bass)
Pete Moran (vocal, guitar)
Peter Michael Rowan (poem, vocal, fiddle, mandolin)

Mixed and mastered by Peter Michael Rowan
Design by Gwen, June, Peter R, Martin Reid
Layout by Martin Reid
Artwork by Dawn Hurton

Recorded at St. Mary’s Church, Wreay, Cumbria by Eden Dunn

All works © their respective writers / arrangers
This sound recording ℗ Beneath The Beacon Song Project btb@rblmusic.com

‘Beneath The Beacon’ is an
art, archives and automata project
by Dawn Hurton

see www.beneaththebeaconinterpretation.com

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