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The Spring Revival—A Birdsong Garden
5/5 Gas guns to peewits to witnessing the intimate song of the blackbird like never before.
The Winter Flock—A Birdsong Garden
4/5 Escape amongst the haunting sounds of the owls on a cold winter’s night.
Autumn Passage—A Birdsong Garden
3/5 Chiffchaff’s first words, and the swallows come... and go.
Summer in the Vale—A Birdsong Garden
2/5 The nightingales stand silent as a solar eclipse sweeps through the Vale of Whittingham.
The Great Chorus—A Birdsong Garden
1/5 Redstarts and warblers are the stars in the dawn chorus of May.
Mantra—Culture in Quarantine: Sounds of Silence
5/5 Unlocking the power of the breath with mantra meditation during the global crisis.
Seeds—Culture in Quarantine: Sounds of Silence
4/5 A cellist plants the seeds of her future in the Scottish Highlands.
Human—Culture in Quarantine: Sounds of Silence
3/5 A beatboxer wrestles with the silence of his mind during the global crisis.
Conduit—Culture in Quarantine: Sounds of Silence
2/5 A soprano discovers the colour of her voice in a basement in Birmingham.
Connections—Culture in Quarantine: Sounds of Silence
1/5 Locked down in Dublin, an Irish pianist tunes into the songs of birds around him.