A few weeks ago, we headed off to Aldeburgh in Suffolk for the Aldeburgh music festival. We headed off far too late due to 'jet lag' from a massive all-nighter of work two days prior, so we had little time to enjoy the briny air in Aldeburgh by the time we had set up our tents and gone to pick up CBC's brother.
Nonetheless, we still managed to have a gentle meander along the beach, enjoy an ice-cream and inhale some of that sea air.
Of course, I theme-dressed! My Jaeger Boutique sailor dress is one of my most beloved dresses and I teamed it with my nautical hat bought in Split, Croatia, last summer. I only wish I'd had time to paddle. It was deliciously warm, but the towels were at the campsite and I didn't fancy sand in my shoes!
It is just SO picturesque there. Of course, because it is so pretty, it is hideously expensive to buy houses there. You do feel you are in some olden time time-warp here, except when you see all those London shops like Jack Wills, Joules, Crew Clothing and the such-like. Everything is pretty, clean and you can expect to pay a million pounds for even a modest a sea-view flat here!
When I come to Aldeburgh, of course my mind is filled with the soundscape of Benjamin Britten's opera, Peter Grimes, which I was privileged to play a few years ago. It was one of the truly most exciting musical pieces I have ever performed. I have been listening to 2 of the four sea interludes with my year 2's as our topic is seaside and we have been comparing the atmosphere and features of the two sea interludes, "Dawn" and "The Storm" and composed our own interludes for a contrasting song about the sea this week, thus this place and music has remained in my mind.
Listen to Dawn - it is so peaceful
Have you ever visited Aldeburgh? Have you ever listened to Benjamin Britten's music?
He is one of the greatest British composers who ever lived and is counted up there amongst the Great composers of all time.
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