C'mon, we're gonna take you on a trip…
We enjoyed two beautiful afternoons playing The Auricula Suite concert amongst the flowers at Beacon Garth, Ivor Innes’ lovely Edwardian Arts and Crafts House in Hessle, East Yorkshire with fabulous garden by Tim Barnett. Rich & Lou Duffy-Howard Visit our home page The Auricula Suite
It’s auricula flowers galore in the garden. In the limelight today are Dales Red, Taffeta, Lazy River, Eden Greenfinch, Sumo, Rowena, Powder Puff, Old Gold, Helen Ruane, Clouded Yellow and the little double, Trouble.
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It’s baking hot in the garden today – the sunniest day of the year, the hottest early May bank holiday on record, and the auricula flowers are beautiful. In the limelight today are Dales Red, Taffeta, Lazy River, Eden Greenfinch, Sumo, Rowena, Powder Puff, Old Gold, Helen Ruane, Clouded Yellow and the little double, Trouble.
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The Auricula Suite: It all started because we are musicians with a garden full of Primula auricula flowers.
The Auricula Suite an album of songs tells a re-imagined story of a historical journey to a new land. Inspired by folk tales of the alpine flower – the Primula auricula – and its 16th century journey to England with the Huguenot refugees, it is a tale of love and loss, persecution and a new beginning.
This is a bonus track from the album, spoken word…
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New cultivar from specialist auricula growers Drointon Nurseries, Primula auricula Loudhailer…
We are always excited to get the new catalogue from Drointon Nurseries, but this year we are sooooooo thrilled because Richard’s gorgeous photograph of Drointon Nurseries’ fabulous new cultivar, Primula auricula Loudhailer is on the cover. How wonderful!
Primula auricula Loudhailer is grown by Drointon Nurseries and named after our music name, Loudhailer. Thank you Robin and Annabel!
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Rich & Lou Duffy-Howard – The Auricula Suite
Thanks to Andy Newlove for a great first day recording The Auricula Suite.