Canberra International Music Festival’s concert 13 Birds in Paradise is on Thursday 5 May at 11:30 am. Photo: CIMF.
Be it the crow or cuckoo or curlew, birds have always fascinated and enchanted us. Captivating their song became a driving force for the French master Olivier Messiaen, who transcribed their song on his travels and included their multi-voiced warbling in his works. Hollis Taylor’s observations of the Pied Butcher Bird in Australia triggered an entirely new oeuvre of human-avian interaction. A concert by birds, their human followers and divine devotees.
Please note that in this concert field recordings of bird song alternate with human creations.
Program
Olivier Messiaen: Alouette lulu (woodlark)
Hooper Brewster-Jones: selection
Christopher Sainsbury: The Arrival
Hollis Taylor: selection
Olivier Messiaen: Traquet rieur (black wheatear)
Artists
Edward Neeman, piano
Anna McMichael, violin
The details
What: Canberra International Music Festival’s Concert 13 – Birds in Paradise
When: Thursday 5 May 2022, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Where: Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, 15 Blackall Street Barton ACT 2600
Cost: $60 general admission, $55 concession. Tickets at CIMF.
For more information and to view the whole program, visit CIMF.
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