The Suffolk Premier of this new feature length documentary will be shown at Aldeburgh Cinema on Sunday 5th May 2019 at 4pm. 

Previously shown at Diss Corn Hall in February the film tells the story of the life, music and tragic death of George Butterworth, the English composer, Morris dancer and folk song collector who was killed in 1916 at Pozières, France during the Battle of the Somme aged just 31. In the chaos of war Butterworth was buried where he fell and his remains were never subsequently identified.

Following the performance there will be a Q & A session with the director Stewart Hajdukiewicz, Anthony Murphy (Butterworth's biographer) and Katie Howson (of this parish) who contributed to the film.

                        A clip from the film and a picture of George Butterworth, backrow with arms on hips as a member of the Cecil Sharp dancing troupe

A trailer for the film is available at www.georgebutterworth.co.uk

Tickets are available from Aldeburgh Cinema Box Office; https://aldeburghcinema.co.uk or phone 01728 454884

ALL MY LIFE'S BURIED HERE tells the story of George Butterworth's life and music from his earliest childhood to his final hours in the violent confusion of the trenches.

For the first time in a documentary film, here is the compelling story of the English composer, George Butterworth who met a tragic end on The Somme in 1916. He left behind a handful of still popular works such as 'The Banks of Green Willow' and 'Rhapsody, A Shropshire Lad', and an impressive collection of traditional songs and dances.

It follows Butterworth on his forays collecting folk songs to discover what he found when he went out into rural England and how this informed his own music. We discover why Butterworth once described himself as a 'professional morris dancer', and explore what led him to destroy so many of his own compositions before he died.

Tracing his journey to its tragic conclusion the film follows Butterworth into the trenches of northern France where his participation in increasingly desperate battles on The Somme ultimately cost him his life.

The film includes an interview with the late Professor Alun Howkins, historian, south Norfolk resident and former Trustee of Diss Corn Hall.

For a link to an earlier article about Butterworth on Mardles.org with photos of him as a Morris dancer with Cecil Sharp’s demonstration team follow the link;

https://mardles.org/index.php/magazine/morris-on/71-morris-man-and-composer-died-on-the-somme-august-1916