Wednesday 29th April • 8.30pm – 12am • Live on Youtube

Hosted by Sam Lee, this audio broadcast will take you on a journey into the woods of Sussex to hear the unforgettable song of the nightingale.
Your support makes this possible. Donate here to support the Nest Collective and this live Singing with Nightingales broadcast.

Part 1 – Live video broadcast with Sam Lee

Sam Lee welcomes you to the forest to join him in a journey into the life and times of the nightingale. Through stories, songs and lore of this bird, told from around the fire, Sam will be introducing you to the magical and ancient role this bird has had in art and culture for thousands of years across the northern hemisphere.

8:30pm to 9:40pm

Part 2 – Live audio broadcast of Singing With Nightingales

Featuring Sam Lee, the nightingales, and special guest Matthew Barley.

10pm to 12am

Singing With Nightingales: Live at Home series

29th April to 9th May

Over the past few weeks, we have been working to reimagine our unique Singing With Nightingales series for these extraordinary times. After some serious technical exploration and re-devising, we are excited to be launching our ‘from the forest’ digital offering of Singing with Nightingales: Live at Home.

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, we 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, we will be bringing the essence of the woodland events directly into the comfort of your home with two live video broadcasts presented by Sam Lee. 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.

Please click here for more details on the range of broadcasts for both the general public and a special series for ticket holders and our generous donors.

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, we will be running a series of seven video broadcasts hosted by Sam Lee. We 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.

Donate here to support the Nest Collective and these Singing with Nightingales broadcasts, and to receive an invite to the invitation-only video events:

Thank you!