Field Recordings: The Sound of 2023
Eleanor McDowall (UK 2023)
57 min
A slow weave of some of the past year’s Field Recordings, from a church in Vilnius to a floating choir in Copenhagen. As 2024 begins what do we remember of the past year? Let these sounds lull you into the new year away from the noise.
Orthodox Christmas service, Catholic Church of St. Johns, Vilnius, Lithuania on 7th January 2023 – by Vaida Pilibaitytė
Whistling wind rattling the windows, inside the library, London, UK in January 2023 – by Siddharth Khajuria
Summer dusk with birds near Vedia, Buenos Aires province, Argentina in January 2023 – by Joaquín Conde
The bells at St Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery, Kyiv, Ukraine on Sunday 13th February 2022 at 4.43pm – by Barny Smith
Sounding stairs, Kaunas, Lithuania on 19th January 2023 – by Marta Medvešek
Goose night, Eskdalemuir, Scotland, UK on 24th January 2023 – by Geoff McQueen
Crows, Vancouver, Canada on 27th January 2023 at 4pm– by Martin Zaltz Austwick
Thawing ice, Tammisalo canal, Helsinki, Finland on 4th February 2023 by Miia Laine
Department of Education, Westminster, London, UK on 15th February 2023– by Tash Walker
Walking in the snow, Vancouver, Canada on 25th February 2023 at 11.30pm – by Martin Zaltz Austwick
Underwater, Førdefjord, north of Bergen, Norway in February 2023 – by Jay Richardson
Woodpeckers in Wandle Park, London, UK on 3rd April – by Andrew Strangeway
Pigeon in the cinema, London, UK on 15th April 2023 – by Sam Clements and Louise Owen
Argentino Lake shores in front of Spegazzini Glacier, Santa Cruz, Argentina in April 2023 – by Joaquín Conde
Emergency alert system test, Oxford Circus, London, UK, around 2.58pm on 23rd April 2023– by Anthony Ing
Jack in the Green procession, Hastings, UK on 1st May 2023– by Jorge Stride
A rickshaw journey through Bengaluru, India, at dusk, as heavy rain begins to fall on 1st May 2023 – by Siddharth Khajuria
Musical cacophony pouring through the open windows of practice rooms, London, UK on 18th May 2023 – by Eleanor McDowall
Whistling wind, Reykjavík, Iceland on 20th May 2023 – by Agnieszka Czyżewska Jacquemet
Eider ducks in the glacier river lagoon (Jökulsárlón) as rain falls, Vatnajökull National Park, south coast of Iceland on Friday 26th May 2023 – by Eleanor McDowall
Outside the Black Lion in Plaistow, London, UK, at 7.45pm on Thursday 8th June 2023, for the passing of the open top bus following West Ham’s victory in the Europa Conference League Final – by Alan Hall
Spanish Point (Rinn na Spáinneach), County Clare, (Contae an Chláir), Ireland on 8th June 2023– by Kalli Anderson
Chair lift to the Wolzenalp, Switzerland, on Saturday 10th June 2023 – by This Wachter
Thunderstorm, Abney Park Cemetery, London, UK on 12th June 2023 – by Joe Harvey-Whyte
Royal Courts of Justice, London, UK on Saturday 17th June 2023 at 1.30pm
Mountain goats, Kefalonia, Greece, in June 2023– by Tash Walker
Carillon, Sint Janskerk, Gouda, Netherlands in June 2023 – by Paul Ridout
Frogs of Lac Labelle at 1am, Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard, Quebec, Canada on 4th July 2023 – by Mira Burt-Wintonick
Competing fireworks, Hamilton Heights, Harlem, New York City, USA on 4th July 2023 – by Jon Moskowitz
Loons of Lac Forbes at Sunset, Mont-Tremblant National Park, Québec, Canada on 19th July 2023 - by Mira Burt-Wintonick
Demonstration at the Italian Embassy, London, UK on 2nd August 2023- by Lisa Hack
Delta del Tigre, Argentina on 4th August 2023 by Eva Moeraert
Tywardreath ringing the bells of St Barts, Lostwithiel, UK on 9th August 2023 – by Celia Robbins
Electrical storm, East London, UK on 18th September 2023 at 1am – by Joe Harvey-Whyte
Gaggles of geese, River Thame, England, UK on 23rd September 2023– by Paul Ridout
Midnight Soundscape, Sedona, Arizona, USA on 5th October 2023 – by Joe Harvey-Whyte
Palestinian Solidarity March, London, UK on 11th November 2023
Chimes outside the monastery, Stanstead Mill Stream, after dark on Sunday 10th December 2023- by Eleanor McDowall
Edith purring, Glasgow, Scotland in December 2023 – by Steve Urquhart
Santa Lucia kayak parade, Copenhagen, Denmark on 13th December 2023 – by Kara Oehler