Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews today’s composers exploring the relationship between their immediate environment and the music they write. From BBC Radio 3’s Hear and Now, published on Sunday mornings.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews today’s composers exploring the relationship between their immediate environment and the music they write. From BBC Radio 3’s Hear and Now, published on Sunday mornings.
For the last Composers’ Rooms in the series, Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits sound recordist Chris Watson in his workspace, not an indoors studio but the acoustically rich environment of the Kielder Forest in Northumberland. As they walk through different sonic spaces Chris tells Sara about the art of listening, demonstrates his techniques for capturing birdsong, and talks about sharing his solitary experience with a wider audience.
