The recordings of Beatrice Harrison and nightingales in the 1920's demonstrate a shift from a limited form of interspecies communication ("If you play it they will come.") toward an appreciation of nature and ambient sounds as sufficient and meaningful in their own right (the poetics of gardens and wars). (Go to feature)
Music heard in the show
Henry Purcell
'Tis Nature's Voice' (Rogers Covey Crump, solo) from "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day" 1692
Taverner Choir and Players, Andrew Parrott (EMI Angel LP DS-38282)
'Dawn Solo' from Pied Butcherbirds of Spirey Creek
David Lumsdaine, from Mutawinji (Tall Poppies TP 091)
Cicadas and Lali, Apia, Western Samoa
Philip Blackburn (unpublished)
Deep Listening
Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis (New Albion)
Windharp
Philip Blackburn (unpublished)
Heinrich Biber
Sonata Representativa, The Nightingale
Andrew Manze, violin (Harmonia Mundi, HMU 907134.35)
Clement Janequin: Le Chant des Oyseaulx
Ensemble Clement Janequin
(Harmonia Mundi, HMC 901099)
'Les Folies d'Espagne' from Le Serinette
Musee Auguste Grasset de Varzy (France)
Tsavo Morning
The Dreams of Gaia (Earthear.com)
Starling mimicry
Dr. Meredith West (unpublished)
Traditional Music of Herat
John Baily (unpublished)
Olivier Messiaen
Le Loriot from Catalog d'Oiseaux
Yvonne Loriod, piano
(Erato ecd 71590)
Martin Denny
Quiet Village (Scamp)
Thai Elephant Orchestra:
Trio for Theremin and Electronic Keyboard
Dave Soldier, Richard Lair (Mulatta Records, MUL004)
Elephant Rhapsodies:
Phong's Solo
An Elephant's Swansong
Three Baht Opera
Pastoral Lite
Dave Soldier, Richard Lair (Mulatta Records, MUL009)
Ips Confusus dense aggregate
David Dunn (unpublished)
Chaos & the Emergent Mind of the Pond
David Dunn (What Next? WN009)
'Bird' from Live with the Birds
Paul Panhuysen (ACD 129615)
Sonic Bloom tone
Dan Carlson (unpublished)
Rain from Trance Gong
Jeff Morris
Gamelan Pacifica (What Next? WN0016)