Sam Lee

Folk music star Sam Lee brings his unique experience of starlit walks in the English woods for outdoor concerts with wild nightingales and special guest musicians to The Met.

Singing With Nightingales: Live will see the nightingales' courtship song broadcast live into The Met's Derby Hall, where Sam and guest musicians will collaborate in this unique performance from the comfort of the auditorium.

Sam Lee's spoken and sung narrative, creates a guided imaginatory forest walk, drawing you into the lore of the woods with transporting folk songs and guest musicians. This meditative journey is accompanied by immersive lighting and a live audio feed of the evening chorus as it fades to silence, followed by the signature duet as performers join with the birds' after dark song.

Presented by worldwide roots music promoter, The Nest Collective, these groundbreaking concerts weave a narrative of song and story concering the nightingale's role in folklore, landscape and migration, overshadowed by their current alarming decline. Hear their song and its powerful effect while you still can.