
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


For many of us, isolation is disconcerting and challenging, but for wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson, it is something he actively seeks, so he can fully immerse himself in a place and capture its unique sounds in his recordings.
In the third of five illustrated essays, Chris vividly recalls his quest to capture the voices of a black throated diver or, 'musta kuikka', on an isolated lake in Finland having been inspired by a painting of Lake Keitele by Akseli Gallen-Kallela. Surrounded by a vast forest, he experiences a powerful sense and spirit of place as he watches, waits and listens.
Produced by Sarah Blunt for BBC Audio in Bristol.
By BBC Radio 34.2
8282 ratings
For many of us, isolation is disconcerting and challenging, but for wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson, it is something he actively seeks, so he can fully immerse himself in a place and capture its unique sounds in his recordings.
In the third of five illustrated essays, Chris vividly recalls his quest to capture the voices of a black throated diver or, 'musta kuikka', on an isolated lake in Finland having been inspired by a painting of Lake Keitele by Akseli Gallen-Kallela. Surrounded by a vast forest, he experiences a powerful sense and spirit of place as he watches, waits and listens.
Produced by Sarah Blunt for BBC Audio in Bristol.

7,664 Listeners

146 Listeners

1,049 Listeners

5,516 Listeners

1,793 Listeners

295 Listeners

1,761 Listeners

1,047 Listeners

1,921 Listeners

492 Listeners

584 Listeners

69 Listeners

410 Listeners

306 Listeners

759 Listeners

853 Listeners

128 Listeners

78 Listeners

244 Listeners

61 Listeners

52 Listeners

183 Listeners

4,160 Listeners

3,165 Listeners