Skellig Winter
The music a 19th-century Irish lighthouse keeper's daughter taught herself on her father's harp during the seven-month winter at Skellig Michael.
8 tracks·38 min·for relax
1
The Relief Boat Doesnt Come
First storm of November.
8:12
2
The Tune From Her Mothers Singing
Half-remembered, no notation.
3:04
3
The Second Tune She Makes Up
Hers, not anyone else's.
5:38
4
Her Father Sounds the Fog Horn at Eight
Twice every evening.
4:42
5
The Cliff Light
From her window she can see the lamp turning.
2:30
6
March the Bird Comes Back
First puffin on the cliffs.
2:05
7
She Plays for Her Father on His Birthday
He sits in the kitchen and listens.
8:50
8
The Relief Boat Comes in May
She watches it from the window.
3:55
