{"product_id":"derevaun-seraun","title":"Derevaun Seraun","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2014 I was invited to perform at a residency commemorating the re-opening of Manchester Central Library. I wrote a piece in five movements for voice, piano and string trio and called it Derevaun Seraun. Each movement is written about a different piece of literature, exploring the value I see in each work and the impression it has made on me, and there is nothing more to it than that. The pleasure of books – of good verse and stories and ideas – is a very simple thing, and I felt that some lofty unifying theme for the entire piece would be a betrayal of that belief. I think that when a work resonates with you it is an instinctive response to something. You can be taught to understand a challenging book, but not to feel affection for it; I think a lot of conversation around art, especially around literature, sometimes forgets this. In my experience, the art I like the most, irrespective of its 'difficulty', is the art I can advocate most directly and plainly, and about which I can say: “I read this piece and now I do not read or think in the same way that I did before”, or: “This is a story that I could not explain to someone; I do not understand it word-for-word, yet I feel like innately I understand the whole, and that the whole spoke to me”. This is a piece about five books that I like and why I like them\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moshi Moshi","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50449647370571,"sku":"1014756","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/58f34323-3bb1-43f9-8e5b-fe91c0fb86fb_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727105493","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/derevaun-seraun","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}