'I hear those voices that will not be drowned'
The line inscribed from Britten's opera - I hear those voices that will not be drowned - is an unfortunate one, reminding us that the fisherman Grimes was driven mad by his guilty conscience at having allowed three boy apprentices to die.
Scallop sculpture by British artist, Maggi Hambling ... a 4m high steel tribute to composer Benjamin Britten on Aldeburgh beach, Suffolk
'I hear those voices that will not be drowned'
The line inscribed from Britten's opera - I hear those voices that will not be drowned - is an unfortunate one, reminding us that the fisherman Grimes was driven mad by his guilty conscience at having allowed three boy apprentices to die.
Scallop sculpture by British artist, Maggi Hambling ... a 4m high steel tribute to composer Benjamin Britten on Aldeburgh beach, Suffolk