A beautiful selection of classical music inspired by our feathered friends! Composers have been inspired by birds and birdsong for generations. Blue tit, robin, lark, nightingale, cuckoo, blackbird and linnet find musical expression alongside exotic pelicans, a bluebird and some imaginary birds.
14 The Nightingale in Love, Part 1 - Martin Souter
15 The Nightingale in Love, Part 2 - Martin Souter
16 The Linnet - Martin Souter
17 The Nightingale Victorious - Francois Couperin - Martin Souter
18 The Blackbird - Jon Banks
19 The Bluebird - Charles Villiers Stanford - the Cherwell Singers
20 Sumer Is Icumen in - Oxford Girls' Choir
21 Overture to the Thieving Magpie - Gioacchino Rossini - Philharmonia Slavonica
A beautiful selection of classical music inspired by our feathered friends! Composers have been inspired by birds and birdsong for generations. Blue tit, robin, lark, nightingale, cuckoo, blackbird and linnet find musical expression alongside exotic pelicans, a bluebird and some imaginary birds.