Slow Radio
BBC Radio 3
Catégories: Sciences et Médecine
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In 2017, audio producer Phil Smith travelled to Ukraine to attend his friend's wedding. There, somewhere between the cities of Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv and Odessa, he fell in love with the soundworld of the sleeper train: its steady hypnotic rhythms, the melody of hurtling through time and space, the calls of distant tannoy speakers drifting across platforms in the dead of night, the chorus of snores from sleeping passengers. Revisiting these recordings, seven years later, this Slow Radio journey offers echoes of a country in calmer times, when such trains were not a means of logistics transportation or symbol of desperate escape (as witnessed in the February of 2022) but conduits of restful imagining.
From the opening establishing shot - the sound of whistles and shunting engines, off in the distance - we are moved along in a river of wheeled luggage through the cathedral acoustics of a station building to take our seat in the carriage of the overnight train. The scenes are unhurried as bunks are unfolded and brief snatches of conversation overheard. We set off - a gentle accelerando of wheels and rails - and time stretches: there are no voices now, just the music of the train's motion through the night.
Produced by Phil Smith A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
Épisodes précédents
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137 - Sleeper Train Sun, 25 Feb 2024
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136 - Sounds of the Earth - husky howls and oystercatchers Tue, 09 Jan 2024
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135 - The Clock Mon, 01 Jan 2024
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134 - Berlin's Hidden Soundscape Sun, 05 Nov 2023
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133 - Sounds of the Earth - from the Himalayas to Dehli Fri, 13 Oct 2023
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132 - A Journey through Ramallah Sun, 01 Oct 2023
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131 - Sounds of an ascent on foot to the summit of the imposing North Grigna mountain in Italy. Sun, 24 Sep 2023
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130 - Sounds of the Earth - Rooks, Bats and Toads Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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129 - The Hum of the Hive Tue, 29 Aug 2023
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128 - Sounds of the Earth - The BBC Wild Isles mix Fri, 11 Aug 2023
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127 - Transmitter Sun, 25 Jun 2023
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126 - Sounds of the Earth - the Blackbird, the Nightingale and the new-born Lamb Tue, 16 May 2023
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125 - The sounds of the BBC’s Wild Isles Thu, 13 Apr 2023
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124 - Sounds of the Earth - Brazilian Rainforest and Banjo Frogs Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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123 - Inside the Temple Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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122 - Sounds of the Earth - Seychelles and Barbados Mon, 06 Mar 2023
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121 - The Glacier in Retreat Sun, 26 Feb 2023
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120 - A Sunday walk through Harlem Wed, 22 Feb 2023
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119 - Sounds of the Earth - Scottish Highlands, Faroe Islands Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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118 - A Journey across the Steppes Mon, 30 Jan 2023
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117 - The Reindeer Sat, 24 Dec 2022
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116 - Sounds of the Earth - Sanderlings on Shetland, Birds in Buenos Aires Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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115 - Sounds of the Earth - water falling, curlews calling Wed, 30 Nov 2022
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114 - Sounds of the Earth - City sparrows, wallowing elephants Tue, 08 Nov 2022
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113 - Sounds of the Earth - Cows, Rain and a Wren Tue, 04 Oct 2022
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112 - Fair Winds Thu, 01 Sep 2022
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111 - Sounds of the Earth - May Fri, 22 Jul 2022
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110 - A Day in the Life of Honey the Dog Sun, 03 Jul 2022
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109 - Very High Frequency Between Gravesend and Greenhithe Sun, 29 May 2022
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108 - Sounds of the Earth - April Wed, 25 May 2022
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107 - Slow Motion Sounds Sun, 24 Apr 2022
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106 - Sounds of the Earth - March Tue, 19 Apr 2022
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105 - Coventry's Riley Square Sun, 27 Mar 2022
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104 - Sounds of the Earth - February Wed, 16 Mar 2022
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103 - Northumberland's Electric Coast Fri, 25 Feb 2022
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102 - Sounds of the Earth - January Sun, 30 Jan 2022
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100 - Nick Luscombe's Japan Winter Thu, 06 Jan 2022
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99 - A Sonic Journey across the Universe Sun, 02 Jan 2022
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98 - Venice Between the Bells Mon, 20 Dec 2021
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97 - Sounds of the Earth - November Mon, 29 Nov 2021
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96 - Sounds of the Earth - October Fri, 05 Nov 2021
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95 - Sounds of the Earth - September Mon, 11 Oct 2021
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94 - Homeward Sun, 03 Oct 2021
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93 - The Dunwich Dynamo Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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92 - Sounds of the Earth - August Wed, 01 Sep 2021
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91 - A Night on Lundy Sun, 29 Aug 2021
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90 - Sounds of the Earth - July Fri, 06 Aug 2021
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89 - The Funfair Mon, 28 Jun 2021
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88 - Sounds of the Earth - June Fri, 25 Jun 2021
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87 - Sounds of the Earth - May Thu, 27 May 2021