Kitchen / Sternberg / Vogel- Birds of Love & Prey
Soprano Deborah Sternberg brings together three song cycles themed on birds, each with it's own unique flavour and expressive vocabulary. Andrew Earle Simpson's eloquent skills as a composer and pianist are united in Birds of Love and Prey, in which both antique and modern textual sources contrast songbirds and predators in a variety of ways. Eric Kitchen uses transcriptions of actual birdsong in The Olney Avian Verse of William Cowper, while Gabriel Thibaudeau's Cycle Avicellus portrays birds within landscapes using a language of modern impressionism.
Tracklist:
- Birds Of Love And Prey: Prologue. Bird Cadenza
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 1, O Beloved Nightingale
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 2, The Tit And The Lovebird
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 3, The Eagle
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 4, Night Interlude
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 5, The Owl And The Nightingale
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 6, Bird Cadenza
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 7, The Turtle Dove
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 8, Interlude
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 9, Blest Are The Birds On The Wing
- The Olney Avian Verse Of William Cowper: No. 1, The Faithful Bird
- The Olney Avian Verse Of William Cowper: No. 2, To The Nightingale
- The Olney Avian Verse Of William Cowper: No. 3, On The Swallow
- The Olney Avian Verse Of William Cowper: No. 4, Sparrows Self-Domesticated
- The Olney Avian Verse Of William Cowper: No. 5, Invitation To The Redbreast
- Cycle Avicellus: No. 1, De Ton Perchoir
- Cycle Avicellus: No. 2, Blanc Harfang
- Cycle Avicellus: No. 3, Ils Partent
- Cycle Avicellus: No. 4, Envol
Soprano Deborah Sternberg brings together three song cycles themed on birds, each with it's own unique flavour and expressive vocabulary. Andrew Earle Simpson's eloquent skills as a composer and pianist are united in Birds of Love and Prey, in which both antique and modern textual sources contrast songbirds and predators in a variety of ways. Eric Kitchen uses transcriptions of actual birdsong in The Olney Avian Verse of William Cowper, while Gabriel Thibaudeau's Cycle Avicellus portrays birds within landscapes using a language of modern impressionism.
Tracklist:
- Birds Of Love And Prey: Prologue. Bird Cadenza
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 1, O Beloved Nightingale
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 2, The Tit And The Lovebird
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 3, The Eagle
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 4, Night Interlude
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 5, The Owl And The Nightingale
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 6, Bird Cadenza
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 7, The Turtle Dove
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 8, Interlude
- Birds Of Love And Prey: No. 9, Blest Are The Birds On The Wing
- The Olney Avian Verse Of William Cowper: No. 1, The Faithful Bird
- The Olney Avian Verse Of William Cowper: No. 2, To The Nightingale
- The Olney Avian Verse Of William Cowper: No. 3, On The Swallow
- The Olney Avian Verse Of William Cowper: No. 4, Sparrows Self-Domesticated
- The Olney Avian Verse Of William Cowper: No. 5, Invitation To The Redbreast
- Cycle Avicellus: No. 1, De Ton Perchoir
- Cycle Avicellus: No. 2, Blanc Harfang
- Cycle Avicellus: No. 3, Ils Partent
- Cycle Avicellus: No. 4, Envol