{"id":4824,"date":"2013-02-01T13:37:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T12:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=4824"},"modified":"2013-02-01T13:44:37","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T12:44:37","slug":"ever-wondered-what-britten-would-have-heard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2013\/02\/01\/ever-wondered-what-britten-would-have-heard\/","title":{"rendered":"Ever wondered what Britten would have heard ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered what composer Benjamin Britten might have been listening to, as he took his post-prandial &#8216;composing walks&#8217; around Aldeburgh in the afternoon, now you can find out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2013\/02\/Benjamin_Britten-Karsh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-4825\" alt=\"Britten\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2013\/02\/Benjamin_Britten-Karsh-225x300.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2013\/02\/Benjamin_Britten-Karsh-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2013\/02\/Benjamin_Britten-Karsh-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2013\/02\/Benjamin_Britten-Karsh.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>Famed wildlife sound-recordist Chris Watson has spent a year following in the composer&#8217;s footsteps, armed with a microphone &#8211; a clip of his findings is available to listen to, in his <a title=\"Read article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/music\/2013\/jan\/30\/benjamin-britten-composing-walks\" target=\"_blank\">article in<\/a> <em>The Guardian<\/em> earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>From birdsong to pealing church-bells, it&#8217;s an evocative exploration of the soundworld surrounding Britten&#8217;s daily walks through the Suffolk countryside &#8211; and all from the comfort of your own armchair.<\/p>\n<p>Listen for yourself <a title=\"Read article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/music\/2013\/jan\/30\/benjamin-britten-composing-walks\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2013\/02\/01\/ever-wondered-what-britten-would-have-heard\/&amp;t=Ever wondered what Britten would have heard ?' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Ever wondered what Britten would have heard ?%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2013\/02\/01\/ever-wondered-what-britten-would-have-heard\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2013\/02\/01\/ever-wondered-what-britten-would-have-heard\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2013\/02\/01\/ever-wondered-what-britten-would-have-heard\/&amp;title=Ever wondered what Britten would have heard ?' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2013\/02\/01\/ever-wondered-what-britten-would-have-heard\/&amp;title=Ever wondered what Britten would have heard ?' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered what composer Benjamin Britten might have been listening to, as he took his post-prandial &#8216;composing walks&#8217; around Aldeburgh in the afternoon, now you can find out. Famed wildlife sound-recordist Chris Watson has spent a year following in the composer&#8217;s footsteps, armed with a microphone &#8211; a clip of his findings is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2013\/02\/01\/ever-wondered-what-britten-would-have-heard\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ever wondered what Britten would have heard ?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":620,"featured_media":4825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[909],"tags":[26821,15501,26822],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4824"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4831,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4824\/revisions\/4831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}