https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/ en A thematic radio show of dark ambient, neoclassical and ritual music. false https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2017/01/22/219-cosmos/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2017/01/22/219-cosmos/ Sun, 22 Jan 2017 19:00:10 GMT This week we celebrate Stephen Hawking’s 75th birthday with a playlist about the cosmos. Vangelis – Cosmos (Theme from TV Series) (The Best of Vangelis) Vangelis – Rosetta (Rosetta) Brian Eno – Under Stars & Under Stars II (Apollo) James Whitbourn – Luminosity: I. Lux in Tenebris (Luminosity) Georges Lentz – Birrung ¨”stars” in aboriginal […] 7438 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2017/01/15/218-circles/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2017/01/15/218-circles/ Sun, 15 Jan 2017 21:52:56 GMT With the first episode of the new year we create a playlist with circles in mind. Ian William Craig – A Circle Without Having A Curve (Centres) Evan Caminiti – Returning Spirits (Night Dust) Circle of the Sun – Council of Nine (Dakhma) Atrium Carceri – The Circle of 12 (Phrenitis) Jonn Serrie – Continuum (Planetary […] 7369 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2017/01/02/217-fall-soviet-union/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2017/01/02/217-fall-soviet-union/ Mon, 02 Jan 2017 20:48:51 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union. Gennady Rozhdestvensky: USSR Ministry Of Culture Symphony Orchestra – Symphony No.12 In D Minor, Op.112 “1917” _ Revolutionary “Petrograd”: Moderato,Allegro (Shostakovich: The 15 Symphonies (Disc 1)) Red Army Choir – Partisan’s Song (Red Army Choir) Red Army […] 7251 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/12/25/216-signs-of-winter/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/12/25/216-signs-of-winter/ Sun, 25 Dec 2016 19:00:27 GMT In this episode of Between Birds of Prey we celebrate the Winter solstice and the arrival of Winter. Nest – Harbinger of a greater winter (Hidden Stream) Nest – A Winternight Visage (Woodsmoke) Karnnos – Winter Serpent (A Burial In Flames) Kammarheit & Phelios – Cold Vidion (Of Dawn and of Ice) Lissom – Hollow […] 7264 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/11/26/215-sick/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/11/26/215-sick/ Sat, 26 Nov 2016 22:50:35 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey in inspired by William Blake’s Poem “The Sick Rose”: O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night In the howling storm: Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. Eldar – The Pain […] 7292 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/11/05/birds-prey-214-design-hannibal/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/11/05/birds-prey-214-design-hannibal/ Sat, 05 Nov 2016 15:40:40 GMT The episode of Between Birds of Prey pays tribute to Bryan Fuller’s tv series Hannibal and consequently to Thomas Harris’ novels which inspired it. Brian Reitzell – Apéritif (Hannibal: Season 1 Volume 1) Brian Reitzell – Amuse-bouche (Hannibal: Season 1 Volume 1) Brian Reitzell – Oeuf (Hannibal: Season 1 Volume 1) Brian Reitzell – Coquilles […] 7349 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/10/23/213-nyarlathotep/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/10/23/213-nyarlathotep/ Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:12:16 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey focus on the Lovecraftian myth of Nyarlathotep. If you want to know a bit more about it, you can try this: http://www.cryochamberlabel.com/2016/09/21/nyarlathotep-mythos/ We will listen to the most recent work to come out of Cryochamber label, and this one is a huge undertaking of 25 artists working together from […] 7445 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/10/02/212-midnight-walker/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/10/02/212-midnight-walker/ Sun, 02 Oct 2016 09:54:28 GMT This week in Between Birds of Prey we will musically simulate a nigh time journey. David Lynch – Woods Variation (David Lynch’s Inland Empire) Harold Budd – Bismillahi ‘Rrahman ‘Rrahim (Wind in Lonely Fences) Dale Cooper Quartet & the Dictaphones – Une Cellier (Parole de Navarre) Dale Cooper Quartet & The Dictaphones – Eux Exquis […] 7238 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/10/01/211-disintegration/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/10/01/211-disintegration/ Sat, 01 Oct 2016 10:16:21 GMT This week we have an episode about the 9/11 attacks. We will focus on a work that was being recorded the moment the attacks occurred: Disintegration Loops by William Basinski. This work consists of old field recordings played in a tape loop that slowly deteriorates as it passes by the tape head, increasingly producing noises and […] 7197 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/09/04/210-ring-of-the-nibelung/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/09/04/210-ring-of-the-nibelung/ Sun, 04 Sep 2016 19:38:06 GMT In this episode we celebrate 140 years after the first edition of the Bayreuth festival and the first full performance of Richard Wagner’s “The Ring of the Nibelung”. Richard Wagner – At the bottom of Rhine (Das Rheingold) Richard Wagner – game of the Rhinemaidens (Das Rheingold) Richard Wagner – Schwules Gedunst (Das Rheingold) Richard […] 7303 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/07/31/209-rebirth/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/07/31/209-rebirth/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 20:42:32 GMT On this episode of Between Birds of Prey we will focus on the duality of life and death. Richard Strauss – Death And Transfiguration, Op.24 (Volume IV_The Romantic Orchestra – Disc 2_Great Symphonies Of The Late Romanticists) Toshio Hosokawa – II. Death and Resurrection (Voiceless Voice In Hiroshima) Vladimír Hirsch – Paligenesis (Exorcisms) Vladimír Hirsch […] 7211 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/07/24/birds-prey-208-tristan-und-isolde/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/07/24/birds-prey-208-tristan-und-isolde/ Sun, 24 Jul 2016 09:52:20 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey pays homage to Richard Wagner and his great breakthrough opera ‘Tristan und Isolde’, which was premiered 151 years ago. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act I – Prelude (Tristan und Isolde) Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act I – Scene 1. Westwarts schweift der […] 7239 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/07/10/207-in-the-name-of-gold/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/07/10/207-in-the-name-of-gold/ Sun, 10 Jul 2016 09:32:56 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey takes inspiration from the Gold rushes that marked a great number of eras of our History (crusades, wild west, world war II, roman conquest, etc…) K. Meizter – The Golden Mean (Tetraphobia) Beyond Sensory Experience – Anything Golden (Pursuit Of Pleasure) Ulver – Gold Beach (ATGCLVLSSCAP) Barn Owl […] 7267 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/07/07/206-seven-pillars/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/07/07/206-seven-pillars/ Thu, 07 Jul 2016 20:47:56 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey is a tribute to Lawrence of Arabia who found fame in World War One for the work he did in the Middle East. Lawrence of Arabia – Full Soundtrack Von Thronstahl – Lawrence Of Arabia [Unreleased Version] (The Judas Kiss: Present Past, Present And Forever) Von Thronstahl – […] 7172 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/07/07/205-tribute-erik-satie/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/07/07/205-tribute-erik-satie/ Thu, 07 Jul 2016 20:39:06 GMT To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Erik Satie, we have an episode entirely dedicated to this French composer who was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism, Surrealism, repetitive music, etc… Erik Satie – Je te veux (3 Gymnopedies & Other Piano Works) Erik Satie – Le Picadilly (3 Gymnopedies […] 7405 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/07/06/204-general-relativity/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/07/06/204-general-relativity/ Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:37:01 GMT In this episode we celebrate 100 years after the publication of Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. You can read a bit about it: http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/theory-relativity Alio Die – The Circular Development Of Time (Il Tempo Magico Di Saturnia Pavonia) Benn Jordan – Looking Upwards (Pale Blue Dot – A Tribute To Carl Sagan) Benn Jordan […] 7174 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/05/31/203-ephemeral/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/05/31/203-ephemeral/ Tue, 31 May 2016 20:23:30 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey focus on the ephemerality of life. “We only pass everything by like a transposition of air.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies Kreng – Petit Grimoire (Grimoire) Kreng – Wrak (Grimoire) Caithness – faces and shades (Apostasy and the sorrowful child) Lustmord – Abaddon (feat. Maynard James Keenan) […] 7284 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/04/30/202-abandoned-city/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/04/30/202-abandoned-city/ Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:53:39 GMT This week’s episode of Between Birds of Prey takes inspiration from the Chernobyl disaster and describes an empty city. Beneath the Lake – empty city (Silent Uprising) Wordclock – Heart of a City (Endless) Jóhann Jóhannsson – City Building (And in the Endless Pause There Came the Sound of Bees) Hauschka – Stromness (Abandoned City) […] 7255 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/03/27/201-what-is-lost-can-never-be-found/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/03/27/201-what-is-lost-can-never-be-found/ Sun, 27 Mar 2016 20:47:16 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey tells the story of a lost and lonely person while retracing his steps and thoughts. ProtoU – Lost Here (Lost Here) ProtoU – Unread Symbols (Lost Here) Alphaxone – Solitude (Echoes From Outer Silence) Alphaxone – Sphere of Change (Echoes From Outer Silence) Word Clock – Here We’ll […] 7196 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/02/28/200-umberto-eco/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/02/28/200-umberto-eco/ Sun, 28 Feb 2016 16:56:14 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey is a tribute to Umberto Eco, one of the most important European figures of the 20th century, who died in the past 19th of February. For this tribute, we’ll have an episode with songs inspired by his most famous works of fiction: “The Name of the Rose” and […] 7283 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/02/20/199-to-lose-yourself-forever/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/02/20/199-to-lose-yourself-forever/ Sat, 20 Feb 2016 15:32:48 GMT In this episode of Between Birds of Prey we will make a musical journey to lose ourselves forever and ever… Josef Van Wissem & Zola Jesus – To Lose Yourself Forever is Eternal Happiness (When Shall This Bright Day Begin) Kronos Quartet – Winter: Lux Aeterna (Requiem For A Dream) Bruno Sanfillipo – A Door Opens […] 7193 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/02/06/198-stalingrad/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/02/06/198-stalingrad/ Sat, 06 Feb 2016 18:56:12 GMT This week in 1943 was the final defeat of the German forces in Stalingrad, an event that would eventually lead to the final defeat in 1945. With this battle in mind, we have an episode dedicated to the battle of Stalingrad and to all those who perished during World War II. Rome – The Conquest of […] 7292 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/01/29/197-victorian-horror-story/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/01/29/197-victorian-horror-story/ Fri, 29 Jan 2016 20:24:13 GMT The episode of Between Birds of Prey for today is entitled Victorian Horror Story and takes inspiration from the famous 19th century horror stories. In the Nursery – Opening & Act 1 (Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) In the Nursery – Holstenwall (Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) In the Nursery – The Fall of the House of […] 7288 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/01/25/196-the-truth-is-out-there/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/01/25/196-the-truth-is-out-there/ Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:46:33 GMT This week we celebrate the return of the cult tv show `The X-Files` with an episode inspired by the search for extra terrestrial intelligence. North Atlantic Drift – Polaris (Split with Northumbria) S.E.T.I. – Cosmic (Baikal) S.E.T.I. – Folding Time (Baikal) S.E.T.I. – SN 1993J (The Geometry of Night) S.E.T.I. – Cygnus X-1 (The Geometry of Night) […] 7301 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/01/19/195-the-human-condition/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/01/19/195-the-human-condition/ Tue, 19 Jan 2016 21:23:33 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey is a collection of thoughts on the contradictions of the Human Condition. With no further ado, here is the audio and playlist. Erik Truffaz and Murcof – Origin of the World (Being Human Being) World Clock – Here We’ll be Gone (Self Destruction Themes) Jarboe & Cedric Victor – […] 7384 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/01/18/194-crime-and-punishment-ii/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2016/01/18/194-crime-and-punishment-ii/ Mon, 18 Jan 2016 21:50:23 GMT This year marks 150 years after the publication of Dostoievsky’s “Crime and Punishment”, one of the most important books in the history of literature, so this week we have an episode dedicated to crimes and their punishments. If not familiar with the book, it is available in the public domain and you can get it […] 7060 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/12/26/193-those-blackest-winter-nights/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/12/26/193-those-blackest-winter-nights/ Sat, 26 Dec 2015 15:50:47 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey celebrates the Winter solstice and the arrival of Winter with a journey through all those blackest winter nights. Witxes – Winter Light Burns (Sorcery/Geography) Birds of Passage – Those Blackest Winter Nights (Without the World) :Of The Wand And The Moon: – Winter Veil (Midnight Will) Sonne Hagal – […] 7336 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/12/20/192-the-house-of-black-and-white/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/12/20/192-the-house-of-black-and-white/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 10:58:20 GMT This week’s episode of Between Birds of Prey is inspired by a house full of contradictions. Here is the audio and playlist: Northumbria – A Door Made of Light I (Helluland) Northumbria – A Door Made of Light II (Helluland) Hans Zimmer – Let My Home Be My Gallows (Hannibal) Ramin Djawadi – House of Black and […] 7275 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/12/06/191-the-patterns-on-your-face/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/12/06/191-the-patterns-on-your-face/ Sun, 06 Dec 2015 11:15:00 GMT The new episode of Between Birds of Prey is inspired by faces and their unique patterns. Here is the audio and playlist: Tor Lundvall – Floating Faces (Under The Shadow Of Trees) Robert Rich – Glint in Her Eyes (Echo of Small Things) Hior Chronik – Everything We Want to Feel (The First Ray) Birds […] 7315 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/11/26/190-a-window-to-the-world/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/11/26/190-a-window-to-the-world/ Thu, 26 Nov 2015 08:48:48 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey is inspired by the act of siting at the window and watching the world around us. The Human Voice – Night, Stars, Dreams, Death (Exit lines) Birds of Passage – Pray For A Sunny Day (Without the World) The Sight Below – New Dawn Fades (It Falls Apart) […] 7294 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/11/12/189-holy-grail/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/11/12/189-holy-grail/ Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:56:12 GMT Today we will focus on the holy grail quest mythology, taking inspiration from Otto Rahn’s book: “Crusade Against the Grail”: http://www.amazon.com/Crusade-Against-Grail-Struggle-Templars/dp/1594771359 Here is the audio and playlist: In Slaughter Natives – Arcanum (Sacrosancts Bleed) The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud – Amara Tanta Tyri XXII (Amara Tanta Tyri) Raison D’Etre – Pathfinder (The Luminous Experience) :Golgatha: […] 7350 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/11/08/188-the-taste-of-blood/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/11/08/188-the-taste-of-blood/ Sun, 08 Nov 2015 15:14:10 GMT Between Birds of Prey this week is dedicated to Blood, that fluid so important to life… Here is the audio and playlist: Jozef Van Wissem – The Taste of Blood (Only Lovers Left Alive OST) Sol Invictus – Blood Of Summer (Trees In Winter) Sol Invictus – Blood Against Gold (Lex Talionis) Nature and Organisation […] 6891 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/10/28/187-prisoners/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/10/28/187-prisoners/ Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:00:12 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey tells the story (with hope, fears and despair) of men locked in a cell – prisoners. Lustmord – The Cell (Zoetrope) Lustmord – Amalgamated Man (Zoetrope) Desiderii Marginis – In A Nameless Place (Strife) Lithium – Distortion Cell (Threshold to Disharmony) Kerovnian – Morgue of human sanity (From […] 7191 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/10/21/186-back-to-the-future/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/10/21/186-back-to-the-future/ Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:00:12 GMT Inspired by the Back to the Future day (http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/20/entertainment/back-to-the-future-day-feat/) in this episode of Between Birds of Prey we will make our own travel to the future, where we will meet a post apocalyptic scenario. Sabled Sun – Intro (2145) Sabled Sun – This is Where the World Ends (2145) Sabled Sun – Abandoned (2145) Sabled […] 7292 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/10/14/185-cosmos-iii/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/10/14/185-cosmos-iii/ Wed, 14 Oct 2015 19:00:53 GMT This week, celebrating the nobel prize in physics attributed for the work that shed a bit of light on neutrinos, we have an episode dedicated to the Cosmos. Kammarheit – The Starwheel (Clockwise) (The Starwheel) Northaunt – With the Stars as My Witness (Horizons) Northaunt – Night Alone (Horizons) Deutsch Nepal – The Silent Earth […] 7313 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/10/07/184-war/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/10/07/184-war/ Wed, 07 Oct 2015 19:00:16 GMT This week, with the bombings in Syria and the bombing of an Hospital in Afghanistan, we have an episode of Between Birds of Prey that is a reflection on war and its consequences. Atrium Carceri – Faces of War (Phrenitis) BloodSoil – Weltanschaung (Svvm Cviqve) BloodSoil – Blood Redemption (Willpower) Sophia – Sigillum Militum VII […] 7293 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/09/30/183-impressionism/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/09/30/183-impressionism/ Wed, 30 Sep 2015 19:00:28 GMT In order to celebrate Claude Debussy’s 153th birthday, we have an episode dedicated to impressionism, a movement he was one of the founders. Here is the playlist and audio: Paul Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Fantasia9) (100 Best Film Classics) Manuel Falla – Night in the Gardens of Spain (100 piano masterpieces (CD2)) Jean Sibelius […] 7292 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/09/23/182-autumn/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/09/23/182-autumn/ Wed, 23 Sep 2015 19:00:24 GMT Another autumn has arrived, so this week we have an episode dedicated to this peculiar time of the year: Vivaldi/Richter – Autumn 1 (ReComposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons) Vivaldi/Richter – Autumn 2 (ReComposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons) Vivaldi/Richter – Autumn 3 (ReComposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons) Max […] 7230 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/09/16/181-a-tribute-to-arvo-part/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/09/16/181-a-tribute-to-arvo-part/ Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:00:14 GMT This week we make a tribute to Arvo Pärt on his 80th birthday. Arvo Pärt is one of the most important composers of the late 20th century, responsible for the creation of the so-called holy-minimalism genre with his self-invented tintinnabuli compositional technique. Arvo Pärt – Symphony #4 (Symphony #4) Arvo Pärt – Fratres (Tabula Rasa) Arvo Pärt – […] 7258 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/09/09/180-changes/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/09/09/180-changes/ Wed, 09 Sep 2015 19:00:58 GMT In this episode we will have two hours dedicated to change and all that comes with it. Here is the audio and playlist: Krzysztof Penderecki – The Awakening of Jacob (The Shining) Inanna – AWAKENING (2. State I, 3. State II) (Storm I-III) In Slaughter Natives – truth Awakening (Purgate My Stain) dawn & dusk […] 7309 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/09/06/179-cthulhu-rising/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/09/06/179-cthulhu-rising/ Sun, 06 Sep 2015 18:36:43 GMT In order to celebrate his 125th birthday, this week we make a tribute to H.P. Lovecraft with an episode dedicated to Cthulhu. “Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn. In his house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.” ― H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu The audio and playlist for tonight are as follows: Aghast Manor – Waking […] 7261 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/08/24/178-pax-romana/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/08/24/178-pax-romana/ Mon, 24 Aug 2015 19:32:26 GMT The first Roman emperor Caesar Augustus died on this day in 14 AD, so this week we take inspiration from his 45 years of sole ruling to create a playlist about Rome entitled “Pax Romana”. Aram Khachaturian – Spartacus and Phrygia – Adagio (Spartacus and Phrygia) Beethoven, Ludwig van – Coriolanus, E Min Op 62 Overture […] 7182 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/08/17/177-o-deep-woods/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/08/17/177-o-deep-woods/ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 19:37:28 GMT Still in the same vein of the last episode, this week we have an episode inspired by the forests of Europe and entitled “O Deep Woods”. Karnnos – o bosque do limar (Europa Aeterna-.heimdallr. LP) The Joy Of Nature – The Longest And Deepest Sleep For The Shepherd And The Maiden,In The Woods, Near The Stream […] 7306 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/08/10/176-green-fields/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/08/10/176-green-fields/ Mon, 10 Aug 2015 19:03:51 GMT For this week I created a playlist entitled “Green Fields” comprising a selection of songs inspired by the pastoral mood. Here is the audio and playlist: Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves (The Most Relaxing Classical Album In World And Music In Universe) Beethoven, Ludwig van – Symphony No.6 in F major, op.68 ‘Pastorale’ – 1. Allegro […] 7198 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/08/04/175-where-the-earth-meets-the-sky/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/08/04/175-where-the-earth-meets-the-sky/ Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:58:20 GMT This week we have an episode entitled “Where the Earth Meets the Sky” and which is a musical longing for the far horizon. Biosphere – as the sun kissed the horizon (Substrata) Tom Heasley – Where the Earth Meets the Sky (Where the Earth Meets the Sky) Tom Heasley – Western Sky (Where the Earth Meets […] 7314 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/07/23/174-alexander-the-great/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/07/23/174-alexander-the-great/ Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:37:20 GMT This week we celebrate the life and achievements of one of the greatest figures in the history of mankind: Alexander the Great, who was born in the 20th or the 21st of July 356BC. “Know ye not that the end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered?” As […] 7339 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/07/19/173-chaos-is-a-ladder/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/07/19/173-chaos-is-a-ladder/ Sun, 19 Jul 2015 13:02:19 GMT Still having in mind the situation in Europe, this week we have an episode that focus on chaos and all its consequences. Wolfskin – The Body Of Chaos (O Ajuntar Das Sombras) Desiderii Marginis – Songs over Ruins I (Songs Over Ruins) Desiderii Marginis – Songs over Ruins II (Songs Over Ruins) Atrium Carceri – In […] 7288 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/07/08/172-memories/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/07/08/172-memories/ Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:18:02 GMT In this episode of Between Birds of Prey we have a journey through distant memories. Here is the audio and playlist: Karnnos – the long descent into the river of oblivion (Dun scaith) Aesthesys – Light Slivers Of Memory (Cold Light Of Skies That Never Existed) Horologium & K. Meizter – K. Meizter / Memorabilia […] 7296 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/07/04/171-for-europe/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/07/04/171-for-europe/ Sat, 04 Jul 2015 15:16:48 GMT This week we continue the last episode’s subject, that is, the current crisis in Europe. With that in mind, we have an episode that is a sort of a requiem for Europe. Phragments & Korinth – The Rebirth of Symbols Long Forgotten (Mysteries of the Greyland) :Golgatha: – In The Name Of… (Kydos – Reflections […] 7293 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/06/26/170-sick-europe/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/06/26/170-sick-europe/ Fri, 26 Jun 2015 18:45:59 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey is inspired by the latest crisis in Europe concerning mainly, but not only, the Greek debt crisis. It will be an episode focused on the sickness of the continent, on the dissident currents that are rising all around Europe, among many other aspects, all told from a musical perspective. […] 7366 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/06/22/tristan-und-isolde-part-ii/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/06/22/tristan-und-isolde-part-ii/ Mon, 22 Jun 2015 20:00:05 GMT This week we have the second part of the celebration of Wagner’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’ 150 years. You can also listen to the first part of this celebration. Here is the audio and playlist: Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act II – Scene 2 – 3. Lausch, Geliebter (Tristan und Isolde) Richard Wagner – […] 7182 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/05/20/166-suicide/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/05/20/166-suicide/ Wed, 20 May 2015 20:44:10 GMT As a tribute to Ian Curtis, 35 years after his death by suicide, today we have an episode that makes a musical reflection on the causes and consequences of suicide. Dmitri Shostakovich – Adagio (Le Suicidé) (Sinfonia n.º 14, Op. 135) Maria Callas – La Gioconda – Suicidio! (Platinum Collection) Giacomo Puccini – Un bel dì, vedremo […] 7317 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/05/17/between-birds-of-prey-165-war-memorial/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/05/17/between-birds-of-prey-165-war-memorial/ Sun, 17 May 2015 14:47:24 GMT This week, following the 70 years after the ending of World War II in Europe, we have a musical reflection about the wars that changed the face of Europe in the 20th Century as well as a musical war memorial to all those who perished in those wars. Gabriel Saloman – Mine Field (Soldier’s Requiem) Gabriel Saloman […] 7335 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/05/16/between-birds-of-prey-164-the-old-city/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/05/16/between-birds-of-prey-164-the-old-city/ Sat, 16 May 2015 14:50:36 GMT For this episode of Between Birds of Prey we take inspiration on a decaying and old city from a civilisation long past. Here’s the audio and playlist: Atrium Carceri – Entrance (Ptahil) Atrium Carceri – Observatory (Ptahil) Atrium Carceri – A Place To Call Home (Ptahil) Atrium Carceri – Inside the City (Phrenitis) Atrium Carceri – Crusted […] 7288 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/04/30/163-the-mountains/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/04/30/163-the-mountains/ Thu, 30 Apr 2015 08:45:13 GMT As a memory to the people affected by the recent earthquake in Nepal and surrounding countries, this week we have an episode of Between Birds of Prey dedicated to the Mountains. Wolfskin – The Narrow Chasm Opening The Mountain Entrails (Campos De Matança) Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind – Rocky Mountains (The Shining) Howard Shore […] 7363 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/04/23/162-the-machines-shall-inherit-the-earth/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/04/23/162-the-machines-shall-inherit-the-earth/ Thu, 23 Apr 2015 22:36:07 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey makes a musical reflection on the possible future world domination by the machines. Here is the audio and playlist: Artefactum – Astrofobia (Form Fhetys to Rhea) (Lost Signals From Unknown Horizons) Coph Nia ; Mindspawn – Mekanick (Erotomechaniks) Coph Nia ; Mindspawn – Machine Heat (Erotomechaniks) Atrium Carceri […] 7246 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/04/19/161-a-song-of-ice-and-fire/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/04/19/161-a-song-of-ice-and-fire/ Sun, 19 Apr 2015 18:47:44 GMT This week we have an episode dedicated to the series of novels “A Song of Ice and Fire” by George R. R. Margin – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire. We have a playlist of selected songs from the soundtracks of the first 4 seasons of the tv adaptation of the books. Ramin Djawadi – Main Title (Game of Thrones) […] 6831 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/04/01/160-poetry-echoes-still/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/04/01/160-poetry-echoes-still/ Wed, 01 Apr 2015 20:21:05 GMT As a tribute to the Portuguese poet Herberto Hélder, today we have an episode of Between Birds of Prey dedicated to the art of poetry. Herberto Hélder – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herberto_H%C3%A9lder -, who died at the age of 84, was one of the most important poets of the 20th century in Portugal. With no further ado, here […] 7316 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/03/29/between-birds-of-prey-159-the-ides-of-march/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/03/29/between-birds-of-prey-159-the-ides-of-march/ Sun, 29 Mar 2015 15:08:29 GMT In the past 15th of March, known for the Romans as the Ides of March, it was 2059 years after Julius Caesar assassination, so this week we have an episode dedicated to the Roman civilisation. Musica Romana – Hymnus an Helios (Pugnate) Musica Romana – Hymnus Dianae (Pugnate) Synaulia – Symphoniaci (Music From Ancient Rome, […] 7285 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/03/15/between-birds-of-prey-158-the-seer/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/03/15/between-birds-of-prey-158-the-seer/ Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:31:33 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey, named The Seer, takes inspiration from prophets and visionaries. Barbarossa Umtrunk – La Prophetie (Scontrum Act V) Arcana – in search of the divine (Le Serpent Rouge) Adam Hurst – Vision Obscured (From Silence) Myrmyr – First Seed (The Amber Sea) Amber Asylum – Looking Glass (The Natural Philosophy […] 6339 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/03/08/157-the-art-of-the-piano-ii/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/03/08/157-the-art-of-the-piano-ii/ Sun, 08 Mar 2015 22:38:41 GMT To celebrate 205 years after Frédéric Chopin’s birth, today we have an episode entirely dedicated to the art of the piano. Robert Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor Op (The Greatest Classical Hits – Schumann) Evgeny Kissin – Piano Concerto No.1 in Em,Op.11-Allegro maestoso (Chopin – Piano Concertos 1 & 2) Frédéric Chopin – […] 7266 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/02/22/156-the-dialogue-of-the-wind-and-the-sea/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/02/22/156-the-dialogue-of-the-wind-and-the-sea/ Sun, 22 Feb 2015 18:46:41 GMT This week’s episode is inspired by the communion between the wind and the sea during a stormy night. With no further ado here is the audio and playlist: Claude Debussy – La Mer – The Sea (3 Symphonic Sketches) – 1. From Dawn To Mid Day At Sea (Claude Debussy – The Greatest Classical Hits) […] 7195 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/02/17/between-birds-of-prey-155-a-tribute-to-alban-berg/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/02/17/between-birds-of-prey-155-a-tribute-to-alban-berg/ Tue, 17 Feb 2015 23:14:19 GMT A few days ago it was celebrated the 130 years after Alban Berg’s birthday so, in this episode, we will make a tribute to this almost forgotten, but really important composer, with an episode dedicated to him and to his teacher Arnold Schoenberg, the founder of the Second Viennese School. Arnold Schönberg – Verklärte Nacht Op.4 […] 7360 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/02/08/154-dystopian-reality/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/02/08/154-dystopian-reality/ Sun, 08 Feb 2015 18:05:55 GMT In this episode we will remember the works of Eric Arthur Blair, who used the pen name George Orwell, specially his most famous book: “1984”. With this in mind, today’s episode will be a journey into a dystopian reality. George Orwell – Power is not a means… (1984) Sturmfuhrer – Sturmfuhrer (Eisenmutter) Arditi – Marching on to […] 7286 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/01/28/153-remembering-auschwitz/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/01/28/153-remembering-auschwitz/ Wed, 28 Jan 2015 20:26:36 GMT On the 27th of January 1945, that is 70 years ago, the Red Army liberated Auschwitz and the World saw for the first time, all the atrocities committed in the concentration camps. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Auschwitz, because we must not forget what happened in the past. :Golgatha: – Appendix-Eternal Peace (bonus […] 7232 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/01/25/tales-of-the-macabre/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/01/25/tales-of-the-macabre/ Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:33:31 GMT This week we celebrate 206 years after Edgar Allan Poe’s birth with an episode dedicated to his short stories and poems, entitled: ‘Tales of the Macabre’. With no further ado here is the audio and playlist. Steve Rimpici – A Descent into the Maelstrom (Part 1) Steve Rimpici – A Descent into the Maelstrom (Part […] 7482 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/01/18/voices-from-exile/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/01/18/voices-from-exile/ Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:21:08 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey will be a tribute to all those who are or have ever been in exile. “Saludos desde el exilio a una generación de destructores, seguiremos siendo invisibles por que viajamos con poco equipaje, bailando con nuestros ojos cerrados cuando eso sea posible a lo largo de la frontera, a […] 7250 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/01/07/150-the-embrace-of-cold/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2015/01/07/150-the-embrace-of-cold/ Wed, 07 Jan 2015 22:41:59 GMT Following a week with really low temperatures in Portugal, this episode is dedicated to the cold and all related subjects. Wolfskin – Drowned In A Cold Sea of Leaves (null) Aghast – Enter The Hall Of Ice (CMI-And Even The Wolves Hid Their Teeth) Tor Lundvall – The Falling Snow (Ghost Years) Tor Lundvall – […] 7294 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/12/21/birds-prey-149-night-keeps-coming/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/12/21/birds-prey-149-night-keeps-coming/ Sun, 21 Dec 2014 14:57:13 GMT This week we have a musical journey that celebrates the night. Hecq – Nightfalls (Night Falls) Hecq – Bending Time (Night Falls) Benn Jordan – These Solemn Stars (Pale Blue Dot – A Tribute To Carl Sagan) Ben Lukas Boysen – Only In The Dark (Gravity) Ben Lukas Boysen – Nocturne 2 (Gravity) Desiderii Marginis – […] 7387 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/12/10/148-the-loss-of-innocence/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/12/10/148-the-loss-of-innocence/ Wed, 10 Dec 2014 22:31:59 GMT In this episode we will focus on the loss of innocence. “Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand, For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.” ― W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems Here is the audio and playlist: Der Blaue Reiter – Main […] 7338 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/12/03/147-the-mist-descends/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/12/03/147-the-mist-descends/ Wed, 03 Dec 2014 22:25:51 GMT In this episode we have a playlist inspired by a foggy and misty day, entitled ‘The Mist Descends’. “A thin grey fog hung over the city, and the streets were very cold; for summer was in England.” ― Rudyard Kipling, The Light That Failed The audio and playlist follow: Ghosts Of Breslau – Train in the Fog […] 7308 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/11/27/146-post-apocalyptic-visions/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/11/27/146-post-apocalyptic-visions/ Thu, 27 Nov 2014 21:49:36 GMT In this episode of Between Birds of Prey we focus and explore a possible post apocalyptic world. The audio and playlist are as following: False Mirror – A Sunken Dream (Derelict World) False Mirror – The Sea Of Oblivion (Derelict World) Lustmord – Ash ([ O T H E R ]) Desiderii Marginis – Songs […] 7262 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/11/19/145-blindness/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/11/19/145-blindness/ Wed, 19 Nov 2014 22:17:09 GMT In this episode of Between Birds of Prey we will make a musical reflection on blindness and vision, taking inspiration from José Saramago’s book “Blindness”. “I don’t think we did go blind, I think we are blind, blind but seeing, blind people who can see, but do not see.” – José Saramago, Blindness The audio […] 7308 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/11/15/144-the-whispering-woods/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/11/15/144-the-whispering-woods/ Sat, 15 Nov 2014 11:36:42 GMT In this week of Between Birds of Prey we are going to make a musical journey though the whispering woods. Here is the audio and playlist: Apoptose – Hexenring (Bannwald) Magpiety – The Rolling of the Stones (John Barleycorn Reborn: Rebirth) :Of The Wand And The Moon: – O deep woods (Solanaceae) :Of The Wand […] 7157 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/10/29/143-a-dream-within-a-dream/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/10/29/143-a-dream-within-a-dream/ Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:18:49 GMT For today’s episode of Between Birds of Prey, we will make a musical journey through the world of dreams. We will meet a world filled with nightmares, but also with pleasant feelings and landscapes. On the right we have the drawing ‘a dream within a dream’ by Seklusion – http://seklusion.com/?p=5132 – inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s […] 7220 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/10/23/142-truth-and-lies/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/10/23/142-truth-and-lies/ Thu, 23 Oct 2014 07:21:23 GMT This week Between Birds of Prey will focus on the dichotomy between Truth and Lies, taking inspiration from the photography on the right: “Truth and Lies…” by Adarsha Anne Evans – http://adarshaevansphotography.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/truth-and-lies/. Here is the audio and playlist: K100 – False Awakening (The Vault Of Apparitions) Life Toward Twilight – Escape (Blood) Karnnos – The Song […] 7315 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/10/15/141-loneliness/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/10/15/141-loneliness/ Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:37:19 GMT In this episode of Between Birds of Prey we will make a musical journey through the life of a lonely existence. “Alone” BY EDGAR ALLAN POE From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were—I have not seen As others saw—I could not bring My passions from a common spring— From the same source I […] 7264 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/10/08/140-death-smiles-at-us-all/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/10/08/140-death-smiles-at-us-all/ Wed, 08 Oct 2014 20:32:40 GMT For this episode of Between Birds of Prey, we will musically think about death and all its consequences. On the right we have a representation of “The Triumph of Death”, an oil panel painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted c. 1562. Here is the audio and playlist: Beyond Sensory Experience – Funerals (No Lights in […] 7282 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/10/07/139-a-storm-is-coming/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/10/07/139-a-storm-is-coming/ Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:51:25 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey is inspired by the storms that have been a constant in Portugal in the last weeks Here is the playlist and audio for this episode: Foresta Di Ferro – Europe Greets the Storm (OEC 100 – The Old Europa Cafe) Howard Shore – A Storm Is Coming (The […] 7403 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/09/30/138-autumn-melodies/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/09/30/138-autumn-melodies/ Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:01:46 GMT This week we celebrate the arrival of Autumn, with two hours filled with autumnal melodies: Antonio Vivaldi – Der Herbst: Allegro (Musica Classica – 200 Capolavori Vol 1 (Bach-Haendel-Haydn-Vivaldi)) Antonio Vivaldi – Der Herbst: Adagio (Musica Classica – 200 Capolavori Vol 1 (Bach-Haendel-Haydn-Vivaldi)) Antonio Vivaldi – Der Herbst: La Caccia (Musica Classica – 200 Capolavori […] 7352 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/09/24/137-faust-a-tribute-to-goethe/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/09/24/137-faust-a-tribute-to-goethe/ Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:12:38 GMT This week we will make a tribute to Johann Wolfgang Goethe, who died in the 28th August 1749, with an episode dedicated to his most important work: Faust. The audio and playlist for this episode are as following: Lustmord – Beckoning (Paradise Disowned) Lustmord – Uterance (Paradise Disowned) Desiderii Marginis – The Core of Hell II (Songs […] 7319 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/09/08/136-the-ubermensch/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/09/08/136-the-ubermensch/ Mon, 08 Sep 2014 20:42:15 GMT This week in Between Birds of Prey we have a tribute to the influential German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, 114 years after his death. Here is the audio and playlist: Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act I – Prelude (Tristan und Isolde) Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act III – Scene 3 […] 7297 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/08/31/135-a-tribute-to-claude-debussy/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/08/31/135-a-tribute-to-claude-debussy/ Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:56:54 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey is a tribute to the French composer Claude Debussy, who was born 152 years ago. With no further ado, here is the audio and playlist for today: Maurice Ravel – Bolero (The Greatest Classical Hits – Maurice Ravel) Maurice Ravel – Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte (Pavane Pour […] 7294 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/08/24/134-the-cell/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/08/24/134-the-cell/ Sun, 24 Aug 2014 13:17:31 GMT In this episode we will tread the fine line between sanity and insanity musically following the life of a man closed in a cell. The audio and playlist are as following: Coph Nia ; Mindspawn – Night In The Key Of Madness (Erotomechaniks) Henrik ‘Nordvargr’ Björkk – Henrik Nordvargr Björkk Vs. Kenji Siratori – Corpse City […] 7254 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/08/13/133-movement/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/08/13/133-movement/ Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:30:02 GMT Today’s episode of Between Birds of Prey is focused in movement, taking inspiration from the travelling spirit. “I move, therefore I am.” ― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 The audio and playlist are as following: In Slaughter Natives – Anger are you with me, follow my Steps (Resurrection The Return of a King) Raison D’Etre – Pathfinder (The […] 7303 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/08/13/132-the-name-of-the-rose/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/08/13/132-the-name-of-the-rose/ Wed, 13 Aug 2014 07:54:06 GMT This week’s episode of Between Birds of Prey is a journey through medieval times inspired by the book ‘The Name of the Rose’ by Umberto Eco. “Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn’t ask ourselves what it says but what it means…” […] 7329 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/08/04/131-jerusalem-endless-conflict/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/08/04/131-jerusalem-endless-conflict/ Mon, 04 Aug 2014 10:08:08 GMT This week, Between Birds of Prey is a musical reflection about the endless conflict in the Middle East. Henrik ‘Nordvargr’ Björkk – On Broken Wings Towards Victory (On Broken Wings Towards Victory) Coph Nia – Holy War, Pt. 2 (Silence) (That Which Remains) Coph Nia – Holy War [pt. 3 – Remobilize] (Holy War EP) […] 7361 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/07/27/130-the-great-fire-of-rome/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/07/27/130-the-great-fire-of-rome/ Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:14:30 GMT The Great Fire of Rome started on the night between 18 and 19 July in the year 64 AD. Differing accounts either blame Emperor Nero for initiating the fire or credit him with organizing measures to contain it and provide relief for refugees. This episode, taking inspiration from that historical event, is a musical reflection […] 7353 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/07/23/number-theory/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/07/23/number-theory/ Wed, 23 Jul 2014 19:17:58 GMT For this week, we have an episode dedicated to the powerful world of numbers. The playlist and audio are as follows: Benn Jordan – Infinity Alone (Pale Blue Dot – A Tribute To Carl Sagan) Lustmord – Main Title: Infinite Space (Zoetrope) Beyond Sensory Experience – Number Theory (Tortuna) Beyond Sensory Experience – Numbers rule […] 7117 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/07/13/between-birds-of-prey-128-into-the-void/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/07/13/between-birds-of-prey-128-into-the-void/ Sun, 13 Jul 2014 15:36:38 GMT This week’s episode of Between Birds of Prey is a one way journey into the void. The playlist and audio are as following: svartsinn – tremors within the void (of darkness and re-creation) Henrik ‘Nordvargr’ Björkk – Hollow B (On Broken Wings Towards Victory) Rome – The Hollow Self (Flowers From Exile) Megaptera – Deep […] 7361 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/07/05/between-birds-of-prey-127-the-war-to-end-all-wars/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/07/05/between-birds-of-prey-127-the-war-to-end-all-wars/ Sat, 05 Jul 2014 17:58:08 GMT In the past 28th of June was exactly 100 years after the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the event which gave rise to the First World War. With this in mind, this week’s episode of Between Birds of Prey is a musical meditation on the causes and consequences of the First World War, also called The War […] 7216 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/07/02/birds-prey-126-summer-solstice/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/07/02/birds-prey-126-summer-solstice/ Wed, 02 Jul 2014 19:37:05 GMT This week we will celebrate the Summer Solstice and the arrival of this Season of the year with two hours of music. Here is the audio and playlist: Vivaldi/Richter – Summer 1 (ReComposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons Web) Vivaldi/Richter – Summer 2 (ReComposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons Web) Vivaldi/Richter […] 7193 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/06/24/birds-prey-125-moon-ii/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/06/24/birds-prey-125-moon-ii/ Tue, 24 Jun 2014 20:37:29 GMT Following last week’s full moon, this episode of Between Birds of Prey is dedicated to the Moon, the natural satellite of our planet, and humanity’s source of inspiration and wonder for countless centuries. Here is the audio and playlist: Life Toward Twilight – “…nightmares away from the moon” (We waited for a subtle dawn) Sephiroth […] 7267 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/06/15/between-birds-prey-124-land-of-shadows/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/06/15/between-birds-prey-124-land-of-shadows/ Sun, 15 Jun 2014 15:28:01 GMT This week’s episode is the soundtrack for a journey through the Land of Shadows. Tehom – The Shadow Integration (Theriomorphic Spirits) :Golgatha: – Shadowland (The Waste Land) Profane Grace – Shadowlight II (Cast In The Mold Of The Ancients) Wolfskin – O Ajuntar Das Sombras (O Ajuntar Das Sombras) Karnnos – overture to the shadows […] 7290 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/06/10/birds-prey-123-room/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/06/10/birds-prey-123-room/ Tue, 10 Jun 2014 19:52:50 GMT This week Between Birds is a tribute to Harold Budd and his album ‘The Room’. The audio and playlist are the following: K100 – The Room Of Recurring Nightmares (The Vault Of Apparitions) Inade – The Quiet Room (Audio Mythology Live) Kammarheit – A Room Between The Rooms (The Starwheel) :Golgatha: – Room 101 (The […] 7376 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/05/25/between-birds-prey-122-tribute-h-r-giger/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/05/25/between-birds-prey-122-tribute-h-r-giger/ Sun, 25 May 2014 19:45:03 GMT This week we will make a musical tribute to the Swiss painter H.R. Giger, that died last week. He was mostly famous for creating the creature Alien for the movies of the same name, and it is precisely on this creature that this program will focus. Jerry Goldsmith – Main Title (Alien) Jerry Goldsmith – […] 7216 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/05/18/birds-prey-121-romulus-remus/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/05/18/birds-prey-121-romulus-remus/ Sun, 18 May 2014 14:56:34 GMT This week we will celebrate the founding of Rome with an episode inspired by the mythical story of Romulus and Remus. Synaulia – Symphoniaci (Music From Ancient Rome, Vol. 2: String Instruments) Synaulia – Magna Mater (Music From Ancient Rome, Vol. 1: Wind Instruments) Synaulia – Pompeii (Music From Ancient Rome, Vol. 1: Wind Instruments) […] 7324 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/05/04/between-birds-of-prey-120-the-children-chernobyl/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/05/04/between-birds-of-prey-120-the-children-chernobyl/ Sun, 04 May 2014 12:47:55 GMT This week, 28 years after the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl, we have an episode dedicated to all the victims of this catastrophe. The playlist and audio for today are as following: Lustmord – Primordial Atom (The Monstrous Soul) Exurban – Chernobyl & Pripyat (part1) Exurban – Chernobyl & Pripyat (part2) Beyond Sensory Experience – Hailstone […] 7209 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/05/03/between-birds-of-prey-119-phantasmagoria/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/05/03/between-birds-of-prey-119-phantasmagoria/ Sat, 03 May 2014 16:03:58 GMT In this week we have an episode dedicated to the lost art of Phantasmagoria. Here is the audio and playlist: Nox Arcana – Something Wicked (The Dark Tower) Worrytrain – Gabriele’s Ghost (Sleeping Through The Endtimes) Kronos Quartet – Summer: Ghosts (OST – Requiem For A Dream) Kronos Quartet – Fall: Ghosts-Falling (OST – Requiem […] 7248 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/04/20/between-birds-of-prey-118-the-awakening/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/04/20/between-birds-of-prey-118-the-awakening/ Sun, 20 Apr 2014 15:22:53 GMT For this week we have an episode dedicated to the symbolic nature of ‘The Awakening’. The playlist and audio are as following: Dernière Volonté – Wake up! (Le Feu Sacré) Rome – Wake (Berlin) Dawn & Dusk Entwined – Sunrise On Arda (A L’Aube Des Jours Anciens) dawn & dusk entwined – Sigurd’s Awakening (A […] 7060 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/03/22/between-birds-of-prey-115-the-call-of-cthulhu/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/03/22/between-birds-of-prey-115-the-call-of-cthulhu/ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:37:15 GMT In this week we will make a tribute to the writer H. P. Lovecraft, who died in the 15th of March, 1937. We’ll have a lof of songs inspired by H.P. Lovecraft works, so why won’t you grab one of his short stories and get ready for two hours of lovecraftian ambiance? What do we […] 7295 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/03/13/birds-prey-114-side-night/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/03/13/birds-prey-114-side-night/ Thu, 13 Mar 2014 22:26:29 GMT This week we will make a tribute to the film noir genre. We propose a musical journey that will take us into the heart of the ambiance present in this kind of movies. The audio and playlist are as follows: Dale Cooper Quartet & the Dictaphones – Lui Hall (Parole de Navarre) Heroin and Your […] 7325 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/03/09/birds-prey-113-baroque-tribute-antonio-vivaldi/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/03/09/birds-prey-113-baroque-tribute-antonio-vivaldi/ Sun, 09 Mar 2014 19:57:33 GMT Today we will make a musical exploration of the Baroque period as a sort of tribute to the violinist and composer Antonio Vivaldi whom was born 336 years ago. Vivaldi, nicknamed “Il Prete Rosso” (The Red Priest), was a Venetian priest and one of the most important composers of the Baroque period. The playlist and audio […] 7251 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/02/22/birds-prey-111-in-memory-giordano-bruno/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/02/22/birds-prey-111-in-memory-giordano-bruno/ Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:13:14 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey is dedicated to the life of Giordano Bruno, whom was killed by the inquisition 414 years ago. Giordano Bruno was a very important philosopher, poet and mathematician of the Renaissance. He was a man ahead of his time, for instance, he defended that the sun was a star […] 7289 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/02/15/betwee-birds-of-prey-110-the-road/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/02/15/betwee-birds-of-prey-110-the-road/ Sat, 15 Feb 2014 17:59:04 GMT This week’s episode of Between Birds of Prey is an allegory of The Road as life itself. He walked out into the road and stood. The silence. The salitter drying from the earth. The mudstained shapes of floating cities burned to the waterline. At a crossroads a ground set with dolmen stones where the spoken […] 7208 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/02/09/between-birds-of-prey-109-the-rest-is-noise/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/02/09/between-birds-of-prey-109-the-rest-is-noise/ Sun, 09 Feb 2014 22:48:28 GMT In this week Between Birds of Prey is a sort of tribute to some very important composers of the 20th century whose birthdays were celebrated in the last weeks: Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Iannis Xenakis, Francis Poulenc, Robert Wittinger and John Tavener. With this composers in mind, I created an episode which is a journey […] 7277 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/02/01/between-birds-prey-108-amongst-the-ruins/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/02/01/between-birds-prey-108-amongst-the-ruins/ Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:02:45 GMT In this week’s episode we will make a musical journey through the ruins of an ancient civilisation. Should the whole frame of nature round him break In ruin and confusion hurled, He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world. Joseph Addison, Horace, Ode III, Book III. The audio and […] 7235 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/01/26/between-birds-of-prey-107-the-entropy-within/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2014/01/26/between-birds-of-prey-107-the-entropy-within/ Sun, 26 Jan 2014 13:11:44 GMT In this episode we will follow a man’s hopeless fight with its inner entropy. It’s a certain defeat that will most likely end in madness… Without further ado here is the playlist and audio for this episode: Dark Muse – Disorder (Sounds from Beyond the Silver Wheel) Megaptera – Disturbance (The Curse of the Scarecrow) […] 7383 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/08/22/between-birds-of-prey-87-crime-punishment/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/08/22/between-birds-of-prey-87-crime-punishment/ Thu, 22 Aug 2013 19:32:17 GMT The episode of Between Birds of Prey for this week is inspired in the book “Crime & Punishment” by the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoievsky. There are free digital editions of this book, so here is one from the Gutenberg project: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2554 Note that on the right we have a photograph of the first edition as a […] 7304 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/08/14/between-birds-of-prey-86-quinto-imperio/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/08/14/between-birds-of-prey-86-quinto-imperio/ Wed, 14 Aug 2013 19:00:02 GMT In the 14th of August 1385 took place the Battle of Aljubarrota between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Crown of Castile. We celebrate one of the most important moments in the History of Portugal with a program dedicated to the “Quinto Império” – a concept of a global Portuguese empire with spiritual and temporal […] 7199 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/08/07/between-birds-of-prey-85-now-i-am-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/08/07/between-birds-of-prey-85-now-i-am-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds/ Wed, 07 Aug 2013 20:30:57 GMT On the 6th of August 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Today we will remember that day 68 years ago and all its consequences, with an episode inspired by the life of Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist leader of the Manhattan Project and main responsible for the creation […] 7360 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/07/31/between-birds-of-prey-84-the-labyrinth/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/07/31/between-birds-of-prey-84-the-labyrinth/ Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:00:34 GMT This week Between Birds of Prey is dedicated to the concept of Labyrinth, focusing specifically on the Minotaur Labyrinth and related mythology. If you need to remind the myth of the Labyrinth and the Minotaur, you can do it by ckecking, for instance, the following links: http://www.explorecrete.com/history/labyrinth-minotaur.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth Without further ado, here is the playlist […] 7259 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/07/24/between-birds-of-prey-83-lacrimosa/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/07/24/between-birds-of-prey-83-lacrimosa/ Wed, 24 Jul 2013 20:24:56 GMT This week we will focus on emotions that can bring us to tears. If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. William Blake Desiderii Marginis – This Vale of Tears (The Ever Green Tree) Max Richter – Iinterior Tears An Idea (Henry May Long) David Nevue – No More Tears Ordo Funebris – Lacrima […] 7199 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/07/17/between-birds-of-prey-82-reflections-on-heroism/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/07/17/between-birds-of-prey-82-reflections-on-heroism/ Wed, 17 Jul 2013 20:36:27 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey is about the consequences of warfare and the ideology behind heroism. What is heroism? Is it still meaningful nowadays as it was in the past? What is the goal of the hero? Is its effort futile? Many of these questions will be answered, or at least focused, during the two […] 7235 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/07/10/between-birds-of-prey-81-metamorphosis/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/07/10/between-birds-of-prey-81-metamorphosis/ Wed, 10 Jul 2013 20:35:43 GMT Today’s program is a tribute to Franz Kafka, 130 years after his death. We will make a musical journey focusing on songs related to his most famous work “Die Verwandlung” (“Metamorphosis”). Vladimír Hirsch – Transfiguration (Epidemic Mind (Vladimír Hirsch vs. Kenji Siratori)) Inanna – SILENCE (4.The Cyring of the Lambs, 5. Always this Peace, 6. […] 7316 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/06/26/between-birds-of-prey-80-fall-barbarossa/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/06/26/between-birds-of-prey-80-fall-barbarossa/ Wed, 26 Jun 2013 20:25:16 GMT In this episode of Between Birds of Prey we will focus on the largest military invasion of human history – Germany’s invasion of Soviet Russia during World War II. Operation Barbarossa (or Fall Barbarossa in German) was the name of this operation started on the 22nd of June 1941. Lets make a musical reflexion on […] 7297 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/06/19/between-birds-of-prey-79-summer-is-icumen-in/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/06/19/between-birds-of-prey-79-summer-is-icumen-in/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:28:36 GMT This episode of Between Birds of Prey is dedicated to the arrival of Summer. We will pay a tribute to this season of the year with a sort of preview of the Summer solstice of next Friday (on the Northern Hemisphere). “Sumer is Icumen In” is the title of an English medieval poem and means […] 7290 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/06/12/between-birds-of-prey-78-paradise-lost/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/06/12/between-birds-of-prey-78-paradise-lost/ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:00:52 GMT This week the focus of Between Birds of Prey is John Milton’s epic poem “Paradise Lost”. This very large poem, first published in 1667, tells the story of the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. “I sung of Chaos and Eternal Night, Taught […] 7363 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/06/05/between-birds-of-prey-77-spirit-dance/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/06/05/between-birds-of-prey-77-spirit-dance/ Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:29:30 GMT Today, Between Birds of Prey is inspired by Dead Can Dance’s concert in Lisbon in the last week. With this in mind, we have a sort of tribute to the main thematics that Dead Can Dance focus on their songs. Beneath the Lake – Frail Sinking Spirit (Inside Passage) Raison D’être – Death in the […] 7284 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/05/30/between-birds-of-prey-76-alchemy/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/05/30/between-birds-of-prey-76-alchemy/ Thu, 30 May 2013 22:54:29 GMT In this week, Between Birds of Prey is dedicated to alchemy. So, we musically follow an alchemical journey: Richard Wagner – Parsifal, opera, WWV 111: Good Friday Music (Wagner: The Complete Overtures & Orchestral Music from the Operas) Samuel West – Faust’s Alchemical Journey (Goethe) James Horner – The Scriptorium (The Name of the Rose) […] 7238 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/05/22/between-birds-of-prey-75-a-tribute-to-richard-wagner/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/05/22/between-birds-of-prey-75-a-tribute-to-richard-wagner/ Wed, 22 May 2013 20:45:29 GMT Today’s program is a tribute to Richard Wagner, whom was born in this day 200 years ago. Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was one of the most important composers of the 19th century and he was a major influence for the musical revolutions of the 20th century. While listening to this two hours of music, […] 7286 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/05/15/between-birds-of-prey-74-blood-all-blood/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2013/05/15/between-birds-of-prey-74-blood-all-blood/ Wed, 15 May 2013 19:00:36 GMT Between Birds of Prey this week is dedicated to Blood, that fluid so important to life… “It will have blood; they say, blood will have blood.” – William Shakespeare in Macbeth Without further ado here is the audio and the playlist: Wojciech Kilar – The Brides (Bram Stoker’s Dracula) Jonny Greenwood – There Will Be […] 7162 https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2012/08/06/between-birds-of-prey-41-at-the-mountains-of-madness-a-tribute-to-h-p-lovecraft/ https://betweenbirdsofprey.com/2012/08/06/between-birds-of-prey-41-at-the-mountains-of-madness-a-tribute-to-h-p-lovecraft/ Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:00:12 GMT Today’s program is a tribute to H. P. Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937), one of the most important and influential writers of the horror and fantasy genres. “That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.” H. P. Lovecraft – The Call Of Cthulhu This playlist was […] 7361