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Singing With Nightingales - live at Home

The Nest Collective have been working to reimagine their unique Singing With Nightingales series for these extraordinary times. They are now are excited to be launching their ‘from the forest’ digital offering of Singing with Nightingales: Live at Home.

These broadcasts will be taking place from 29th April to 9th May, with a special premier broadcast on Earth Day, 22nd April:

Singing With Nightingales: Earth Day
Hosted by Sam, this audio broadcast, live on Youtube, will take you on a journey into the woods of Sussex to hear the unforgettable song of the nightingale.

He will then be linking up with special guest musicians in their own homes for real-time improvised duets and poetic offerings with the nightingales, bringing the magic of music and nature to you during these housebound times.

Head to the website at 10pm on Wednesday 22nd April for the live broadcast.

29th and 30th April; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th May - 10pm to midnight

For nine nights across the period 29th April to 9th May, after darkness falls and the night song begins, Sam Lee will be live streaming audio of the nightingale singing in their territory.

To capture the full Singing With Nightingales experience, Sam will be linking up with a special guest musician each night playing from their own homes, for real-time improvised duets with the nightingales, to bring the magic of music and nature to you during these housebound times.

These audio broadcasts will be freely available to everyone, and we ask that those enjoying the broadcasts consider making a donation to support the Nest Collective and our artists involved with the project.

Additionally, On 29th April and 6th May, from 8.30pm to 9.40pm, Sam will be bringing the essence of the woodland events directly into the comfort of your home with two live video broadcasts. These broadcasts will weave together an introduction to the music, natural history, story-telling and the songs of the nightingale, prior to the audio relay of the actual birds themselves.

For donors & ticket holders - 30th April, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 8th, 9th May - 8:30pm to 9:40pm
By way of a thank you to all original ticket holders, The Nest Collective will be running a series of seven video broadcasts hosted by Sam Lee.

They are offering this series in the spirit of Beatrice Harrison’s pioneering 1924 BBC broadcasts of cello duets with the nightingale – the original inspiration for Singing with Nightingales. This will be a unique, sonically and visually rich nightly series, detailing the extraordinary world of the nightingale in greater detail than ever. Each of these chapters will bring you the audience as close to the nightingale and nature as is possible.

These video broadcasts will be available to Singing With Nightingales ticket holders, and to generous donors to the Nest Collective during this time.

thenestcollective.co.uk

Singing with Nightingales