5 female singers, organetto,
The Birdsong Imitators – Jean Boucault and Johnny Rasse
(www.chanteurs-oiseaux.com).

Pieces by Borlet, Solage, Guillaume de Machaut, Guillaume Dufay, Clément Janequin, and anonymous works from the Chantilly Manuscript (14th century).

Angels, rare and not-so-rare birds appear as this programme unfolds, a tribute to the feather, poetic and a tad mischievous. The entire history of music is filled with their songs. A bird is a poet, a prophet and a singer: a wondrous alliance of art and nature. In the Middle Ages, human song was regarded as an imitation of birdsong, which itself was merely the earthly echo of the angels. An alluring ancestry in which trills vied with sounds from deeper in the throat!

The history of music is filled with their songs. The bird is a poet, a prophet, and a singer—an extraordinary union of art and nature.
In the Middle Ages, it was believed that human song imitated birdsong, which itself was merely the earthly echo of angels. A beautiful lineage where trills and vocal acrobatics compete in harmony!