Between The Essays

With faint dry sound,

Like steps of passing ghosts,

The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees

Five radio producers from around the world hijack The Essay to offer a series of Radio 3's innovative Between the Ears features in miniature, in response to the five-line poem 'November Night'.

In tonight's edition, 'And Fall', the British radio producer and sound artist Hana Walker-Brown offers a story of fear and flight, as Aleksandra Bilic describes being forced to leave her home.

`It's funny trying to remember what's a memory and what's a feeling, I remember fear, and it doesn't matter what age you are or how aware you are of what's happening. As a child you don't understand what a war is - that's beyond you. But you can understand fear - and so my main memory and all the sounds and visuals are covered in a blanket of that.`

Radio producers from around the world offer a series of Between the Ears in miniature.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

That perches in the soul,

And sings the tune without the words,

And never stops at all

Five radio producers from around the world hijack The Essay to offer a series of Radio 3's innovative Between the Ears features in miniature, in response to Emily Dickinson's poem 'Hope is the thing with feathers'.

Starting out on a rooftop in Brooklyn looking skywards, producer Hannah Dean weaves together the experiences of three resilient men and their encounters with birds. Includes text from Sam Selvon's 1956 novel, The Lonely Londoners read by the poet and musician, Anthony Joseph.

Produced by Hannah Dean

Radio producers from around the world present miniature Between the Ears features.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

That perches in the soul,

And sings the tune without the words,

And never stops at all

Five radio producers from around the world hijack The Essay to offer a series of Radio 3's innovative Between the Ears features in miniature, in response to Emily Dickinson's poem 'Hope is the thing with feathers'.

In this edition, we hear a documentary by Kenneth Berth (whose day job involves broadcasting traffic news on Belgian radio) about people waiting - and hoping - in traffic jams.

Produced by Kenneth Berth

Radio producers from around the world present miniature Between the Ears features.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

With faint dry sound,

Like steps of passing ghosts,

The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees

And fall

Five radio producers from around the world hijack The Essay to offer a series of Radio 3's innovative Between the Ears features in miniature, in response to the five-line poem 'November Night'.

In tonight's edition, 'Listen', the Danish radio producer Rikke Houd explores how hearing radio for the first time transformed one Irishman's life. Featuring Pat Herbert from the Hurdy Gurdy Museum.

Radio producers from around the world offer a series of Between the Ears in miniature.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

That perches in the soul,

And sings the tune without the words,

And never stops at all

Five radio producers from around the world hijack The Essay to offer a series of Radio 3's innovative Between the Ears features in miniature, in response to Emily Dickinson's poem 'Hope is the thing with feathers'.

What rests inside you, warm and singing? Guided by their grandfather's enduring love, artist Taehee Whang hopes to reconnect with him after his death. Taehee navigates time, distance, ancestry, and tradition to reach their grandfather's burial mound on their own terms in this feature by Ariana Martinez. A virtual journey from Brooklyn, New York to a burial site just outside of Seoul, South Korea reveals what's possible when we can still feel the love and strength given to us by someone long ago. This story was inspired by 'Walking to My Grandfather's Mound,' a video artwork and printed zine created by Taehee Whang.

Produced by Ariana Martinez

Radio producers from around the world present miniature Between the Ears features.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

With faint dry sound,

Like steps of passing ghosts,

The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees

And fall

Five radio producers from around the world hijack The Essay to offer a series of Radio 3's innovative Between the Ears features in miniature, in response to the five-line poem 'November Night'.

When we leave the here and now of perception and attempt to describe the world in words, something is lost, a space is opened up. Distance sounds faint and dry in the hiss behind a telephone call or the crackling voices of the recorded past, in the friction between the language we use and what we try to express. In tonight's edition, 'With Faint Dry Sound', the musician and radio producer Phil Smith offers a musical composed essay on the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, who wrote that words are the 'destroyers of things.

Violin & Voice - Fabiana Striffler

Voice - Evridika Cuder

Voice - Irene Hilden

Voice - Lorenz Rollh䀀user

Radio producers from around the world offer a series of Between the Ears in miniature.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

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In this first episode, Duncan Speakman and Tineke De Meyer circumnavigate Ghent in Belgium, asking questions about the nature of thresholds, and how they manifest themselves in experience, language and sound.

Written and recorded by Tineke De Meyer and Duncan Speakman

Music by Duncan Speakman

Contributions from Frank De Winne, Tim De Meyer, and Leentje Vandenbussche.

Series producer, Alan Hall.

Duncan Speakman and Tineke De Meyer circumnavigate Ghent in Belgium.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

In tonight's edition, 'Prelude', the Australian producer Sophie Townsend offers a tender exploration of what beginnings might be found when everything has ended.

Produced by Sophie Townsend

Sophie Townsend explores what beginnings might be found when everything has ended.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

In this second episode, Laura Barton criss-crosses the States, with the help of Tennessee Williams, President Kennedy and the Apollo 11 mission to contemplate the imagined frontier of 'the West' and to gaze at the moon. .

Series producer, Alan Hall.

Laura Barton criss-crosses the States to gaze at the moon.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

In tonight's edition, 'Fugue', the British producer Michael Umney offers a poetic exploration of the countryside, farming and false nostalgia.

Produced by Michael Umney

Michael Umney with a poetic exploration of the countryside, farming and false nostalgia.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

In this third episode, Vladimir Kryuchev investigates the spaces - literal and figurative - between stations on a radio dial.

Series producer, Alan Hall.

Radio producers from around the world hijack The Essay with innovative miniature features.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

With faint dry sound,

Like steps of passing ghosts,

The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees

And fall

Five radio producers from around the world hijack The Essay to offer a series of Radio 3's innovative Between the Ears features in miniature, in response to the five-line poem 'November Night'.

In tonight's edition, the Prix Italia-winning radio producer Kaitlin Prest, the woman behind Radiotopia's intimate podcast 'The Heart', explores how we can remain haunted by past loves 'Like Steps of Passing Ghosts'.

Kaitlin Prest explores how we can remain haunted by past loves.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

In tonight's edition, 'Menuet', the Belgian producer Katharina Smets presents a musical piece about the empty space between people that were once very close, set in the harbour city of Antwerp. With sound and electronics by Inne Eysermans. A menuet is an old waltz that keeps a safe distance between the dancers. From across the room, the dancers glance at each other, briefly touching hands and letting go...

Produced by Katharina Smets

A musical radio piece about the empty space between people who were once very close.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

In this fourth episode, Brit Plieštik Jensen and Martin Ožvold trace the borders crossed by a wooden toy bought in Hamleys, Prague.

Series producer, Alan Hall.

Brit Pliestik Jensen and Martin Ozvold trace the borders crossed by a toy bought in Prague

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

In tonight's edition, 'Pavane', the Norwegian producer Sindre Leganger looks at those who live in the shadow of 'The Man' - the tip of a mountain in western Norway, which is always reported to be on the verge of falling down.

Produced by Sindre Leganger

Sindre Leganger discusses living near a Norwegian mountain said to be about to collapse.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

In this final episode, Tadhg O'Sullivan captures the re-population by nature of the exclusion zone around Chernobyl.

Series producer, Alan Hall.

Tadhg O'Sullivan captures the re-population by nature of the area around Chernobyl.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.