A Nightingale Sang (and the world listened)

Nighttime on Still Waters

This week marked the anniversary of what has been considered by many to be one of the most important cultural events of the twentieth century. Tonight, we try to recapture that moment and explore why its power to move still remains today.

Journal entry:

18th May, Thursday,
“Is there anything more beautiful
Than the softness
Of April and May light
While the clouds scramble
For height
Amid a sky of towering blue?”

Episode Information:
In this episode I read from:
Charlie Connelly (2020) Last Train to Hilversum: A Journey in the search of the magic of radio published by Bloomsbury Press.
Seán Street (2012) The Poetry of Radio: The colour of sound published by Routledge.

The nightingale song was recorded by ‘reinsaba’. You can access the full recording at Freesound.

With special thanks to our lock-wheelersfor supporting this podcast.
Laurie and Liz
Phil Pickin
Orange Cookie
Donna Kelly
Mary Keane.
Arabella Holzapfel.
Rory and MJ.
Narrowboat Precious Jet.
Linda Reynolds Burkins.
Richard Noble.
Carol Ferguson.
Tracie Thomas
Mike and Tricia Stowe
Madeleine Smith

General Details

In the intro and the outro, Saint-Saen's The Swan is performed by Karr and Bernstein (1961) and available on CC at archive.org.
Two-stroke narrowboat engine recorded by 'James2nd' on the River Weaver, Cheshire. Uploaded to Freesound.org on 23rd June 2018. Creative Commons Licence.

Piano and keyboard interludes composed and performed by Helen Ingram.

All other audio recorded on site.

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