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Spring has sprung! Hear the birds...?!

4/11/2018

 
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The prolific French composer Olivier Messiaen found birdsong particularly fascinating, and incorporated transcriptions of birdsong into his music.  Among his wonderful works for solo piano is a collection of thirteen remarkable pieces called Catalogue d'oiseaux written between 1956 and 1958.  Messiaen's wife, Jeanne Loriod, was a virtuoso pianist for whom he wrote many of his later piano works;  she premiered many, as well.  Listen to the  youtube performance of Loriod  playing Catalogue, and for those of you with Apple Music, listen and watch the outstanding Pierre Laurent Aimard
​play and discuss/explain this piece.  Recognize any of these birdcalls?

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