ReCovery
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RECOVERY IS AN AUDIO PROJECT based on poems i wrote whilst recovering from spinal surgery. I was COMISSIONED TO develop the piece FOR BBC SOUNDS AS PART OF THE NEW CREATIVES PROGRAM.
The work is a collaboration WITH MUSICIAN CHRISTIAN DOYLE experimenting with SOUNDS, MUSIC AND MONOLOGUE. 'RECOVERY' SPOKEN WORD AND MUSIC INTERTWINE TO TAKE YOU ON THE STRANGE ROLLERCOASTER OF EMOTIONS, OBSERVATIONS AND QUESTIONS THAT ECHOED THROUGH MY MIND WHILE LYING IN A HOSPITAL BED. CONTEMPLATING EVERYTHING FROM PAIN AND PILLS TO FAMILY, THE NHS, RACE, CONSTIPATION, MENTAL HEALTH, CHRONIC ILLNESS, HEALING AND HOPE. “A beautifully narrated piece, I loved hearing about the people behind the pain and the characters on the ward.” Huw stephens |
First aired 5th July
BBC 6 music:
Listen from 44:38
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000xqjg
New Creatives is supported by Arts Council England and BBC Arts.
Sophie Gresswell – Writer/Narrator
Christian Doyle - Composer