Bird Music

[sphinxsix]

The Black Keys playing live the song from their latest album.

 

 

[sphinxsix]

I hope 2020 will be a good year for all birds 

 

 

[christopher3393]

 

The band is evasive about the source of their name, but I happened across this in an  Old Norse poem from the Poetic Edda, which was originally sung. Havamal, translated as "Words of the One-Eyed" is a collection of wisdom sayings attributed to Odin. It includes a section on drinking which includes this verse:

 

The heron of oblivion
flies over feasts of ale
to steal the wits of those below.
In these feathers once
did I place myself in thrall,
in the halls of Gunnlöð.

 

 

 

http://mathisencorollary.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-heron-of-forgetfulness.html

[christopher3393]

Vera Lynn - (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover

 

 

Paul McCartney & Wings: Bluebird (blecch)

 

 

[christopher3393]

Bruce Molsky with Julie Fowlis - The Blackest Crow

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6jh1vqNvMs

[Daccord]

2 hours ago, christopher3393 said:

Bruce Molsky with Julie Fowlis - The Blackest Crow

 

Double points

[christopher3393]

Birdbrain - Allen Ginsberg

 

 

[sphinxsix]

@christopher3393 Your input into this thread is simply invaluable!

[christopher3393]

Birds of Fire · Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin

 

 

 

[christopher3393]

Rossini - La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

 

 

[sphinxsix]

On the occasion of 10 000 views and 10 pages of this thread, I'd like to say :

                                 

to all who participated with a very special (mythical) bird song :

 

Garuda Mantra by Qiu Ye Rinpoche.

 

 

This is NOT Garuda but the video is IMO impressive anyway 

 

 

This however IS Garuda root, hmmm.. interesting, isn't it.? 

 

 

 

                       

                               If these two videos have intrigued somebody...

 

                     

 

                          Watch: How Does a Dead Fish Swim Upstream?

                       

                                 

 

                                                   

                                              

[Confused]

10,000 birds to celebrate 10,000 views

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/arts/music/john-luther-adams-ten-thousand-birds-birdwatching.html

 

 

 

 

 

[sphinxsix]

57 minutes ago, Confused said:

10,000 birds to celebrate 10,000 views

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/arts/music/john-luther-adams-ten-thousand-birds-birdwatching.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 or  isn't enough for this post!      

 

John Luther Adams.

 

 

  Of course bird is still the word!

 

[sphinxsix]

It's not only me and @christopher3393 ..there are more people interested and some of them are seriously interested in ..animal music.. 

 

The Evolving Animal Orchestra -  In Search of What Makes Us Musical  What is musicality?  Are we the only musical species? What do you need to know in order to be musical? Do birds sing with a melody in mind? Why do animals sing the perfect pitch? Is our musical predisposition unique, like our linguistic ability?

 

Seems that humans aren't the only headbangers in the Universe..

 

 

A very good tutorial for those who have no idea what the heck I'm talking about 

 

 

 

                            Wishing everybody a nice, jolly Sunday!

 

                                

[sphinxsix]

From the album 'Endless Vision' by Hossein Alizâdeh & Djivan Gasparyan.

Allmusic:

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This meeting of two musical masters in Tehran in the summer of 2003 was played out in front of an audience of 12,000. Armenian duduk (a cylindrical wooden flute that is often referred to as an Armenian oboe) maestro Djivan Gasparyan and Persian shurangiz (a new Iranian six-string lute) wizard Hossein Alizâdeh were backed on this occasion by Iran's Hamavayan Ensemble, and two other duduk players -- Armen Ghzaryan and Vazgen Markaryan (bass duduk) -- in a program of traditional Persian and Armenian songs. The first selection, "Birds," begins with shurangiz, hand drums, and spare duduk melodies, as two voices -- male and female -- begin to moan and then sing the poetry of Mahmoud Moshref Azad Tehrani, the most famous and controversial of Persian poets (Azad died in 2006).

 

 

 

[Confused]

 

[sphinxsix]

From Eleni Karaindrou's album 'Tous des oiseaux' (ECM).

 

 

[sphinxsix]

Just finished listening to the 24-44 album (studio) version.

 

 

[sphinxsix]

How about some flying.?

 

 

BTW

 

 

[christopher3393]

· Sami artist Nils-Aslak Valkeapää: Goase Dušše (The Bird Symphony)

 

The work, which won the Prix Italia Radio music award in 1993, is, as the title suggests, a symphony made primarily of bird song, with a short section also featuring yoik & the sounds of reindeer:

 

 

This one includes an BBC intro and interview with the artist:

 

 

[christopher3393]

Ascending Bird - Aghaei and Jacobsen (featuring sand artist Kseniya Simonova):

 

 

[christopher3393]

The Symphony of the Birds by Yoska Gabor and his Gypsy Orchestra:

 

 

[christopher3393]

The Firebird (Infernal Dance -- Berceuse -- Finale) by Stravinsky:

 

 

[sphinxsix]

@christopher3393  Wow.. I'm speechless.. Thank you!

[sphinxsix]

Since I'm not the only one here interested in Sami culture - a short Mari Boine bird-playlist.