nightingales fascinate professor david ruffin bag a musician and philosopher who has concerned himself with the relationship between humanity in 1000 for most of his professional life he's here in berlin because he likes to jam with nightingales of which there are many in the city at this time of year it join me in a minute but 1st let's hear a short clip from his documentary. the biggest thing is to not play this listen this in most of the time. space to take in something you've never heard before. and this is the accompanying book to go with the documentary film you short just

a short clip of david rothenberg is here with me in the studio so 1st of all i have to ask you david why didn't i think those flocked to this city they're meant to flock to buckley square if people know the song but they really do flocked above it in recent years berlin is full of nightingales and it's the 2nd biggest city in europe it's rather astonishing. and i think it has to do with the fact that there's a lot of greenery in this city and a lot of unkempt greenery in the parks the kind of shaggy kind of brush next to the ground and this is where they live rather like. whereas in more elegantly tree and manicured parks the nightingales would have nowhere to go but in berlin they fit in with the shagging is i mean we must despise the myth that they are melodious it's not is actually they're not very melodic. but they sing in the

dark you know nightingales now why is it that they sing in the night in question in a way scientists say they're not really sure why except they get the opportunity to communicate without any conflicting bird sounds it's all kinds of human partying sounds and trains noise but they have the natural acoustic spectrum all to themselves where they can fill the night the night air with these along credibly drawn out songs they can sing for hours and hours at a time why do they need to do that other birds make do with a song it's just a few notes like do or says you but the nightingale is just beginning when it will be you know for sure now you're you're a musician you're clarinetist and a jazz musician so you know you've improvise and we did see a little bit of improvise ation there but we'd like to do a 1st on television if we may we have gall nightingale sounds and if you would pick

up your clarinet if you were ready you ready to i'm ready for this we're going to have a bit of improvised patients. you wonderful wonderful stuff like you start much while you get your breath let's just here begin here here here a very short clip with again from the documentary just a few seconds of when there are more musicians playing with you with a knife again we could see.

you. do you think i mean maybe is too big a question but is this where music ridgen it comes from from nature did prehistoric man hear these sounds and sort of try and build menstruate to it imitate it is that the way you think it is of course i mean humanity evolved in the context of these musicians from other species who've been making music literally for millions of years wrong. you know this is the oldest most classical music you know and there must be something right about it as the birds do it for millions of years and do you believe you are communicating with the night and go well i believe that the nightingales are making music and i'm making music with them like trying to reach beyond what our species can do alone and make the kind of music that takes 2 species to create now nightingales the only music partners you have now let's have

an example with whales this is extra i find this extraordinary the list your. airmen. 6 that was a really nice chance for a chance thing by the way david we've run out of the car but thank you very much for being with us and so once during this entire case for inviting steve loring at

large to chill out it's a connection between the 2 everyone should go out and hear these nightingales for themselves if they're here in berlin otherwise just where everyone listen to whatever creatures are singing around your face is thanks for inviting me. the greek. some of the best preserved archaeological sites of the ancient world this is maybe because it's largely been uninhabited for thousands of years except the occasional archaeologist and day trippers visiting the sacred places now greece is contemporary arts organization known as commission the british sculptor antony gormley to have the 1st ever sit aside the existing ancient. greek mythology was the birthplace of the date and. now sketches of ancient ruins and sculptures stand. face an expression by anthony gormley this cold side and it's being developed across the island so we

have 29 sculptures. commissioned specially made to. correspond with the history of specific sites. on the. first time since 5000 years ago but an artist takes up with a new narrative on the island. who won the prestigious premium imperialist in 2013 is known for among other things he's an outdoor sculpture they encouraged us to focus on the surroundings rather than distracting from them the project has been a special one well it's extraordinary privilege but also responsibility to be the 1st artist. living being on this island for over 2000. but at the same time. what an extraordinary place. to think

about the human project in general. and in a way. for me. this isn't an exhibition called a conversation about. bad attitude towards the project is what convinced authorities at the local department of antiquities was the right person to entrust with the commission. as a world famous song where the visitors come to the island and it's like time travel . was through this artistic creation of antony gormley the visitors a new way of reading the past. is of an exchange reaching across the millennia between the modern and the ancient visitors have until the end of october to take part in the conversation. now when the

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heads the british royal family especially loves the striking hat creation. and it's the flowers that often grab the most attention but even small flowers can have a big impact daisy's a very popular at the moment. i think we're the only ones in the world who have the right equipment to make these cuts that it's. far away from the fashion capitals time seems to be stood still at their workshop new tristen. each bloom individually by hand just as they would have more than a century ago. very few people in the world have this know how and that has its price these roses cost $80.00 euros a piece the most difficult step is dying the fabrics. i ask customers who include

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