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Pipe organ bird trills and the miniature world of cells

Verity Sharp embarks on another adventure into the furthest reaches of sound, with bird calls made from a tiny portative organ and the life of a cell imagined sonically.

Join Verity Sharp for another musical adventure into the furthest reaches of sound. There鈥檒l be spluttering rhythms, creaks, rustles, strikes and chimes from Kate Carr and Matt Atkins as they explore how the busy life of a cell might be represented through miniature worlds of speculative microsound. Plus: mechanical trills from a tiny, customised portative organ, whose pipes have been replaced by bird calls, courtesy of French sonic artist Cl茅ment Vercelletto. And elsewhere, we鈥檒l hear fresh sounds from Macei贸 courtesy of Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Nyron Higor.

Produced by Cat Gough
A Reduced Listening production for 成人快手 Radio 3

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