The song of the nightingale

An overview
The Song of the Nightingale – following on from his presentation earlier this year about kingfishers, Nick Penny will talk about nightingales in Northamptonshire.  He’ll include the reactions of local writers John Clare, HE Bates and “BB” to the nightingale’s glorious song and will play his own harp music to recordings of birds he made over two decades in the woods around Oundle.

The speaker:
Nick Penny grew up in many different parts of the world before doing an arts degree at Oxford University. He then set up his own workshop making musical instruments, as well as writing music and playing the Paraguayan harp. After moving to Oundle four decades ago, he became fascinated by the birdsong in his local woods, starting to record it and use the sounds in his own music. He also began to watch and photograph the kingfishers on the River Nene close to his home – experiences captured in his nature-writing debut, Bradt’s Call of the Kingfisher.

This talks starts at 2.00pm and will be approx. 45mins – 1 hour.

If you choose a cream tea or afternoon tea this will be served after the talk. Lunch bookings will be at 12.30pm.

All tickets include parking for the duration of the event and ticket type.
Members, of course, benefit from free parking all day.