![]() ![]() The story is truer than true, recalling the real-life moment British cello virtuoso Beatrice Harrison took her dignified instrument to her garden, and a songbird joined in. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out. “At first she couldn’t believe it, so she started playing a sonata, and the nightingale accompanied her.” The album features the films original music composed by James Everett. One night she was playing a scale and a nightingale joined in. “In the summer evenings she used to practise in the garden. “There’s a wonderful cellist called Beatrice Harrison,” Peggy says. There’s a wonderful scene in which young archaeologist Peggy (Lily James), tells Rory (Johnny Flynn) of the time a cellist inadvertently played a duet with the nightingales inhabiting her garden. Is the story of the cellist and the nightingale real? Read more: Soprano sings jaw-dropping Handel aria from church pulpit > We’re also treated to some wonderful Handel at the garden party scene near the end, when a fanfare moment from the English composer’s Music for the Royal Fireworks is played out by a brass band, in celebration of the historic local findings. Sweeping strings and sounds from the natural world speak beautifully to the film’s British setting, with melancholy moments on the piano painting a picture of nostalgia for pre-war times and moments of wonder and discovery amplified by driving timpani lines. It embraces moments of silence and does not dominate, rather providing a melodious support for the film’s outstanding acting and script, and breathtaking Suffolk landscapes. This movie started out well enough, with amazing performances by Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan, but unfortunately it gets bogged down by the introduction of various characters and unnecessary and excessive focus on their relationships. ![]() Gregory’s music for The Dig is soft and subtle. ![]()
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