Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:05:36 +0200 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/ en-EN charlesrobertsanderson@yahoo.co.uk charlesrobertsanderson@yahoo.co.uk https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/ https://img.hearthis.at/4/1/3/_/uploads/4859077/image_user/w1400_h1400_q70_ptrue_v2_----cropped_1727430363314.jpg no no https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/lent-dawn-chorus-soundscape/
sharon sanderson - field recordings (Kelling Heath)
robert sanderson - atmospherics]]>
sharon sanderson - field recordings (Kelling Heath)
robert sanderson - atmospherics]]> 13912174 no no Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:36:19 +0100 2026-02-24T14:36:19+01:00 10:37 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/graffiti-ships-blakeney-point-edit/ These men see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
For at his word the stormy wind ariseth, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep.
Their soul melteth away, because of the trouble.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
So when they they cry unto the Lord in their trouble he delivereth them out of their distress.
For He maketh the storm to cease, so that the waves thereof are still.
Then are they glad because they are at rest; and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.

*

We navigated by stars,
charted our course by constellations,
carried cargo on the German Ocean from Lubek to Lynn
and fished for herring and cod
in the cold north waters.

We lined up with the church towers
as we pulled into port,
and carved our crude ships
on the pillars in the nave -

votive scratchings as we listened to long sermons
for the saints and the hammer-beam angels
to intercede for us,
and grant us safe passage.

And after the harbour has silted up
and after the river has changed its course
and after the town has hollowed out
and long after we have sailed from these shores

our graffiti ships will still be there

safe in the haven
of our souls.

*

sharon sanderson - field recordings & voice
robert sanderson - music, atmospherics & voice]]> These men see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
For at his word the stormy wind ariseth, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep.
Their soul melteth away, because of the trouble.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
So when they they cry unto the Lord in their trouble he delivereth them out of their distress.
For He maketh the storm to cease, so that the waves thereof are still.
Then are they glad because they are at rest; and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.

*

We navigated by stars,
charted our course by constellations,
carried cargo on the German Ocean from Lubek to Lynn
and fished for herring and cod
in the cold north waters.

We lined up with the church towers
as we pulled into port,
and carved our crude ships
on the pillars in the nave -

votive scratchings as we listened to long sermons
for the saints and the hammer-beam angels
to intercede for us,
and grant us safe passage.

And after the harbour has silted up
and after the river has changed its course
and after the town has hollowed out
and long after we have sailed from these shores

our graffiti ships will still be there

safe in the haven
of our souls.

*

sharon sanderson - field recordings & voice
robert sanderson - music, atmospherics & voice]]> 13241486 no no Sun, 30 Nov 2025 01:24:15 +0100 2025-11-30T01:24:15+01:00 9:53 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/berlin/ 13068919 no no Sun, 09 Nov 2025 02:27:11 +0100 2025-11-09T02:27:11+01:00 7:48 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/sutton-hoo-new/
Sharon Sanderson - field recordings
Robert Sanderson - atmospherics

voices -
Professor H.C.Wyld, an academic and linguist, reading an extract from Beowulf
Basil Brown, a local self-taught archaeologist explaining how he discovered the remains of a buried ship at Sutton Hoo]]>
Sharon Sanderson - field recordings
Robert Sanderson - atmospherics

voices -
Professor H.C.Wyld, an academic and linguist, reading an extract from Beowulf
Basil Brown, a local self-taught archaeologist explaining how he discovered the remains of a buried ship at Sutton Hoo]]> 12825662 no no Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:51:31 +0200 2025-10-03T15:51:31+02:00 12:21 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/summer-nocturne-mix/
1. gloaming
2. the nighttime is the best time of the day (finnish tango)
3. through the woods
4. music for bat detector & gramophone
5. the souls of unbaptised children wander the skies
tonight

sharon sanderson - field recordings & bat detectors
robert sanderson - atmospherics & instruments

all tracks by sanderson & sanderson]]>
1. gloaming
2. the nighttime is the best time of the day (finnish tango)
3. through the woods
4. music for bat detector & gramophone
5. the souls of unbaptised children wander the skies
tonight

sharon sanderson - field recordings & bat detectors
robert sanderson - atmospherics & instruments

all tracks by sanderson & sanderson]]> 12386911 no no Wed, 02 Jul 2025 02:00:16 +0200 2025-07-02T02:00:16+02:00 23:18 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/cello-nightingale-2-fscott-wav/
sharon sanderson - field recordings
robert sanderson - ersatz cello

f. scott fitzgerald reading the first verse of ode to a nightingale by john keats
nightingales recorded at westleton heath in suffolk]]>
sharon sanderson - field recordings
robert sanderson - ersatz cello

f. scott fitzgerald reading the first verse of ode to a nightingale by john keats
nightingales recorded at westleton heath in suffolk]]> 12054612 no no Mon, 28 Apr 2025 23:22:57 +0200 2025-04-28T23:22:57+02:00 4:21 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/marsh-scene-early-morning-1/
sharon sanderson - field recordings
robert sanderson - atmospherics]]>
sharon sanderson - field recordings
robert sanderson - atmospherics]]> 11804467 no no Sun, 02 Mar 2025 01:00:27 +0100 2025-03-02T01:00:27+01:00 4:06 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/unearthings-february-remixed/ 11732561 no no Sun, 02 Feb 2025 14:03:07 +0100 2025-02-02T14:03:07+01:00 23:01 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/compline-nocturne/
sharon sanderon - field recordings
robert sanderson - gramophonics & samples]]>
sharon sanderon - field recordings
robert sanderson - gramophonics & samples]]> 11548354 no no Fri, 06 Dec 2024 01:28:13 +0100 2024-12-06T01:28:13+01:00 2:32 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/seahenge-music-remix-6/ Soon the tide will turn, and the shifting sands will cover everything, and everything will be lost…]]> Soon the tide will turn, and the shifting sands will cover everything, and everything will be lost…]]> 11396554 no no Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:28:43 +0200 2024-09-26T14:28:43+02:00 15:18 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/akenside-master-new-mix/
sharon sanderson - field recordings
robert sanderson - singing, guitar & atmospherics]]>
sharon sanderson - field recordings
robert sanderson - singing, guitar & atmospherics]]> 11205338 no no Fri, 28 Jun 2024 22:54:50 +0200 2024-06-28T22:54:50+02:00 4:41 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/the-myth-of-the-nightingales-re-edit/ This track is based on variations of a dance by John Playford, and incorporates samples from the 1943 propaganda film The Demi-Paradise.
The nightingales were recorded on Westleton Heath in Suffolk.

sharon sanderson - field recordings
robert sanderson - acoustic guitar & atmospherics]]> This track is based on variations of a dance by John Playford, and incorporates samples from the 1943 propaganda film The Demi-Paradise.
The nightingales were recorded on Westleton Heath in Suffolk.

sharon sanderson - field recordings
robert sanderson - acoustic guitar & atmospherics]]> 11103360 no no Sun, 19 May 2024 20:17:17 +0200 2024-05-19T20:17:17+02:00 5:51 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/orfordness-with-rainbow-codes-2/
a soundscape based on a derelict nuclear weapon testing site on the Suffolk coast

blue danube

big bertha

brown bunny

blue peacock

blue fox

blue hare

blue steel

blue water

green bamboo

green granite

purple granite

short granite

orange herald

violet club

pixie

knobkerrie

sea slug

red beard

red snow

yellow sun

blue danube

(code names for atomic weapons research projects linked to the Orford Ness testing site)]]>
a soundscape based on a derelict nuclear weapon testing site on the Suffolk coast

blue danube

big bertha

brown bunny

blue peacock

blue fox

blue hare

blue steel

blue water

green bamboo

green granite

purple granite

short granite

orange herald

violet club

pixie

knobkerrie

sea slug

red beard

red snow

yellow sun

blue danube

(code names for atomic weapons research projects linked to the Orford Ness testing site)]]> 11053446 no no Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:18:15 +0200 2024-04-21T00:18:15+02:00 4:27 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/holy-islands-2024-wav/ 11015063 no no Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:50:21 +0200 2024-04-01T00:50:21+02:00 10:43 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/northsealand-cley-4-master/ charted our course by constellations,
carried cargo on the German Ocean from Lubek to Lynn
and fished for herring and cod
in the cold north waters.

We lined up with the church towers
as we pulled into port,
and carved our crude ships
on the pillars in the nave -

votive scratchings as we listened to long sermons
for the saints and the hammer-beam angels
to intercede for us,
and grant us safe passage.

And after the harbour has silted up
and after the river has changed its course
and after the town has hollowed out
and long after we have sailed from these shores

our graffiti ships will still be there

safe in the haven
of our souls.

sharon sanderson - field recordings
robert sanderson - music, atmospherics & voice

Graffiti Ships inspired by the medieval ship graffiti in St. Nicholas’ church at Blakeney, North Norfolk.]]> charted our course by constellations,
carried cargo on the German Ocean from Lubek to Lynn
and fished for herring and cod
in the cold north waters.

We lined up with the church towers
as we pulled into port,
and carved our crude ships
on the pillars in the nave -

votive scratchings as we listened to long sermons
for the saints and the hammer-beam angels
to intercede for us,
and grant us safe passage.

And after the harbour has silted up
and after the river has changed its course
and after the town has hollowed out
and long after we have sailed from these shores

our graffiti ships will still be there

safe in the haven
of our souls.

sharon sanderson - field recordings
robert sanderson - music, atmospherics & voice

Graffiti Ships inspired by the medieval ship graffiti in St. Nicholas’ church at Blakeney, North Norfolk.]]> 10442995 no no Fri, 03 Nov 2023 02:05:01 +0100 2023-11-03T02:05:01+01:00 29:47 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/horny-stags/ 10018386 no no Wed, 06 Sep 2023 22:52:17 +0200 2023-09-06T22:52:17+02:00 3:53 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/nightjarring-bcp-mix/ 9163447 no no Wed, 31 May 2023 01:02:19 +0200 2023-05-31T01:02:19+02:00 4:34 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/kelling-heath-dawn-fragments-mixdown/
sharon sanderson - field recordings
robert sanderson - atmospherics & toy piano]]>
sharon sanderson - field recordings
robert sanderson - atmospherics & toy piano]]> 8572882 no no Mon, 27 Mar 2023 23:40:01 +0200 2023-03-27T23:40:01+02:00 12:32 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/buckenham-comple-poem-two/
Sharon Sanderson - field recordings
Robert Sanderson - samples, atmospherics and voice]]>
Sharon Sanderson - field recordings
Robert Sanderson - samples, atmospherics and voice]]> 7892770 no no Sun, 22 Jan 2023 20:37:46 +0100 2023-01-22T20:37:46+01:00 9:43 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/music-for-bat-detector-gramophone-UBw/ robert sanderson - gramophonics and keyboards]]> robert sanderson - gramophonics and keyboards]]> 7031557 no no Sat, 27 Aug 2022 23:23:49 +0200 2022-08-27T23:23:49+02:00 4:40 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/nightingale-duet-on-westleton-heath/ 6736054 no no Wed, 04 May 2022 01:50:37 +0200 2022-05-04T01:50:37+02:00 21:41 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/pandemic-variations-master-mix/
It was the strangest of times

that long furloughed season
when the days and weeks melted into one-another,
towns and cities went into lockdown,
and entire countries came to a standstill.

We stayed at home, we stayed alert,
we clapped in the streets on Thursday evenings,
we stood six feet apart in supermarket queues,
and evoked the spirit of the blitz
as the body count rose,

and all the while
we did what we were told.
And when it was all over, and things started to return to some kind of normal,
we threw away the face-masks and gloves,
headed back to the restaurants and bars,
we flocked into the shops
and took advantage of all the closing-down sales.

We enjoyed the great outdoors once more,
and descended on the beaches and the wide open spaces,
we herded together to keep ourselves safe
and were no longer concerned with the tracking and tracing.

And the historians of that period all agree
that despite the economic crash,
and despite the second wave,
we were a happy breed
and we all pulled together

and good old-fashioned British common-sense prevailed.

*
On the 75th anniversary of VE Day the Queen gave an address to the nation. Not to be outdone, Mrs. Sanderson also gave an address...

Mrs. Sanderson’s address to the nation:

“As we commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day today and remember the fears, losses, courage and sacrifices that our parents and grandparents experienced during those wartime years let us also remember that these same people were determined to live in a better world when it was all over. To create a country in which everyone had opportunity through the provision of social housing, access to education, support for the arts and creativity, the provision of welfare for those in need and of course the creation of a National Health Service, universally available to all. All of this while they continued to live with rationing and austerity. They made a better world for us their children, for me personally that led to opportunities of which they could have only dreamed. As we now live through our own crisis I hope that we can think and plan for a better world for our children, finally understanding that when we work together we can achieve not only our own dreams but create opportunity and better lives for all”.

A Litany in Time of Plague
Thomas Nashe

Adieu, farewell, earth's bliss;
This world uncertain is;
Fond are life's lustful joys;
Death proves them all but toys;
None from his darts can fly;
I am sick, I must die.
Lord, have mercy on us!

Rich men, trust not in wealth,
Gold cannot buy you health;
Physic himself must fade.
All things to end are made,
The plague full swift goes by;
I am sick, I must die.
Lord, have mercy on us!

Beauty is but a flower
Which wrinkles will devour;
Brightness falls from the air;
Queens have died young and fair;
Dust hath closed Helen's eye.
I am sick, I must die.
Lord, have mercy on us!

Strength stoops unto the grave,
Worms feed on Hector brave;
Swords may not fight with fate,
Earth still holds open her gate.
"Come, come!" the bells do cry.
I am sick, I must die.
Lord, have mercy on us!

Wit with his wantonness
Tasteth death's bitterness;
Hell's executioner
Hath no ears for to hear
What vain art can reply.
I am sick, I must die.
Lord, have mercy on us!

Haste, therefore, each degree,
To welcome destiny;
Heaven is our heritage,
Earth but a player's stage;
Mount we unto the sky.
I am sick, I must die.
Lord, have mercy on us!]]>
It was the strangest of times

that long furloughed season
when the days and weeks melted into one-another,
towns and cities went into lockdown,
and entire countries came to a standstill.

We stayed at home, we stayed alert,
we clapped in the streets on Thursday evenings,
we stood six feet apart in supermarket queues,
and evoked the spirit of the blitz
as the body count rose,

and all the while
we did what we were told.
And when it was all over, and things started to return to some kind of normal,
we threw away the face-masks and gloves,
headed back to the restaurants and bars,
we flocked into the shops
and took advantage of all the closing-down sales.

We enjoyed the great outdoors once more,
and descended on the beaches and the wide open spaces,
we herded together to keep ourselves safe
and were no longer concerned with the tracking and tracing.

And the historians of that period all agree
that despite the economic crash,
and despite the second wave,
we were a happy breed
and we all pulled together

and good old-fashioned British common-sense prevailed.

*
On the 75th anniversary of VE Day the Queen gave an address to the nation. Not to be outdone, Mrs. Sanderson also gave an address...

Mrs. Sanderson’s address to the nation:

“As we commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day today and remember the fears, losses, courage and sacrifices that our parents and grandparents experienced during those wartime years let us also remember that these same people were determined to live in a better world when it was all over. To create a country in which everyone had opportunity through the provision of social housing, access to education, support for the arts and creativity, the provision of welfare for those in need and of course the creation of a National Health Service, universally available to all. All of this while they continued to live with rationing and austerity. They made a better world for us their children, for me personally that led to opportunities of which they could have only dreamed. As we now live through our own crisis I hope that we can think and plan for a better world for our children, finally understanding that when we work together we can achieve not only our own dreams but create opportunity and better lives for all”.

A Litany in Time of Plague
Thomas Nashe

Adieu, farewell, earth's bliss;
This world uncertain is;
Fond are life's lustful joys;
Death proves them all but toys;
None from his darts can fly;
I am sick, I must die.
Lord, have mercy on us!

Rich men, trust not in wealth,
Gold cannot buy you health;
Physic himself must fade.
All things to end are made,
The plague full swift goes by;
I am sick, I must die.
Lord, have mercy on us!

Beauty is but a flower
Which wrinkles will devour;
Brightness falls from the air;
Queens have died young and fair;
Dust hath closed Helen's eye.
I am sick, I must die.
Lord, have mercy on us!

Strength stoops unto the grave,
Worms feed on Hector brave;
Swords may not fight with fate,
Earth still holds open her gate.
"Come, come!" the bells do cry.
I am sick, I must die.
Lord, have mercy on us!

Wit with his wantonness
Tasteth death's bitterness;
Hell's executioner
Hath no ears for to hear
What vain art can reply.
I am sick, I must die.
Lord, have mercy on us!

Haste, therefore, each degree,
To welcome destiny;
Heaven is our heritage,
Earth but a player's stage;
Mount we unto the sky.
I am sick, I must die.
Lord, have mercy on us!]]> 6091280 no no Sat, 17 Jul 2021 19:59:16 +0200 2021-07-17T19:59:16+02:00 14:49 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/east-anglian-pastoral/
Transcription of larksong by Professor Walter Garstang.
Voices -
Mr. William Aldred, an 80 year-old farmhand, recorded in 1936
Professor H. C. Wyld (reading an extract from Beowulf)
Basil Brown, the archaeologist responsible for the discovery of the ship burial at Sutton Hoo
Olivia Masi, reading her poem and talking about the disappearance of corncrakes from the countryside]]>
Transcription of larksong by Professor Walter Garstang.
Voices -
Mr. William Aldred, an 80 year-old farmhand, recorded in 1936
Professor H. C. Wyld (reading an extract from Beowulf)
Basil Brown, the archaeologist responsible for the discovery of the ship burial at Sutton Hoo
Olivia Masi, reading her poem and talking about the disappearance of corncrakes from the countryside]]> 6001902 no no Tue, 15 Jun 2021 19:44:09 +0200 2021-06-15T19:44:09+02:00 25:34 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/cuckoo-barley-bird-owl-unearthings-master/
Readings:-
The Cuckoo - anon
The Cuckoo - a poem by Frederick Locker-Lampson (1857)
An account of the barley bird, by the Rev. Robert Forby (The Vocabulary of East Anglia, 1830)
Sweet Suffolk Owl - anon, possibly by Thomas Vautor, fl.1600-1620)]]>
Readings:-
The Cuckoo - anon
The Cuckoo - a poem by Frederick Locker-Lampson (1857)
An account of the barley bird, by the Rev. Robert Forby (The Vocabulary of East Anglia, 1830)
Sweet Suffolk Owl - anon, possibly by Thomas Vautor, fl.1600-1620)]]> 5921117 no no Mon, 17 May 2021 17:06:09 +0200 2021-05-17T17:06:09+02:00 14:54 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/april-unearthings-mastered/ 5872419 no no Thu, 29 Apr 2021 20:18:59 +0200 2021-04-29T20:18:59+02:00 19:25 https://hearthis.at/sanderson-sanderson-hc/music-for-bat-detector-gramophone/ 5593144 no no Thu, 04 Feb 2021 22:58:19 +0100 2021-02-04T22:58:19+01:00 4:40