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ANTHONY PHILLIPS & HARRY WILLIAMSON - The Anthem From Tarka Year: 1988 Album: Tarka Working title: ? Credits: Anthony Phillips, Simon Heyworth Lyrics: No Length: 6:04 Musicians: Anthony Phillips, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Heyworth (and others) Played live: never Cover versions: ?
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Notes: An instrumental work that has an otter as its theme can almost only come from the corner of Ant Phillips at TotW. But one thing at a time: The Brit Henry Williamson wrote the novel Tarka the Otter in 1927. The book describes the life of the otter Tarka. Although the book was not originally conceived for children, it quickly became very popular, especially with young readers. Williamson's son Harry was born in 1950 and is a guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, sound engineer and producer. He founded the music label Ottersongs in 1980, whose name was inspired by his father's work. Eight years later, Williamson teamed up with Ant Phillips to create an orchestral work, also inspired by his father's book. The album Tarka comprises the three pieces Movement I, Movement II and Movement III. Ant and Simon Heyworth also wrote the Anthem from Tarka, adapting a theme from another part of the work. The piece forms the conclusion of the album. The whole thing was released 36 years ago this year. A good reason to dedicate some time to this piece as a representative of the album at TotW!. |