Chris Watson is a composer and one of the world’s leading natural-world sound recordists, whose award-winning work across film, TV and radio has featured in renowned productions such as the BBC’s Life of Birds and Frozen Planet – both presented by David Attenborough. His compositional work includes the acclaimed albums El Tren Fantasma – recollections of a trans-Mexico rail journey – and Weather Report, named as one of the albums you should hear before you die (The Guardian).

Introduction & Live Installation: In The Sound of Sanctuary, Chris Watson recreates the sounds and atmosphere of sunrise in Northern Madagascar’s Amber Mountain rainforest. Experienced within the beautiful acoustics of the 17th Century Lutherse Kerk, this reflective soundscape will transport the audience to one of the most remarkable environments on earth, inhabited by more than a hundred species of birds, mammals and reptiles.