The Lonely Voice

A husband and wife ponder the imminent end of all things.

Music: Joby Talbot, 'Transit of Venus'; Max Richter, On the Nature of Daylight; Ryuichi Sakamoto, 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence' (all performed by the Jess Gillam Ensemble)

Sound FX: Freesound.org & BBC Sound Effects

'We have not faced the almost terrifying challenge of the Plant'.

Music: 'Transplants' by The Vegetable Orchestra

Sound FX: Freesound.org

On the ancient art of cartography.

Music: Irish Gamelan Orchestra, 'Fleischmann in Java'

'Do you have answer?'

Music: György Ligeti, Artikulation

'The debate about God's gender is misdirected. What we call God is actually a married couple'.

Music: Instrumental Jazz School, 'Love & Marriage'; Frank Sinatra, 'Love and Marriage'

'There are three deaths: the first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time'.

Music: Mall Music Muzak: Mall of 1959

Sound FX: Freesound.org

'One morning last July, while wedged into my usual standing place on the train, heading into the city and work, I fell headlong into love'.

Music: Pat Metheny Group, 'Minuano' & 'Have You Heard'; a-ha, 'You Are the One'; The Cardigans, 'Lovefool'; Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny, 'Waltz for Ruth' & 'The Moon Song'; Charlie Haden and Egberto Gismonti, 'Em Familia' & 'Maracatu'; The Police, 'Synchronicity I'; Frank Sinatra, 'Fly Me to the Moon' & 'Where Are You?'

Sound FX: Freesound.org

'My soul was seized by a sensation of divine iridescence, freedom and elevation, and I knew that I was in Paradise'.

Music: John Adams, Shaker Loops (Frankfurt Radio Symphony)

Sound FX: freesound.org

Attempts at storytelling.

Music: Antonin Dvořák, 'Humoresque' (performed by various artists)

Sound FX: Freesound.org

Aliens report on Earth's inhabitants.

Music: '+..' by Ryoji Ikeda

Sound FX: Fressound.org and BBC Sound Effects