Huw Watkins

In an evening of three parts, City of London Sinfonia and guests present chamber works inspired by birdsong, plus a pre-concert talk and an improvised set. A programme of John Luther Adams: Morningfieldsong from Songbirdsongs Delius: On hearing the first cuckoo in spring Respighi: Il cucù (The Cuckoo) from Gli Uccelli (The Birds) Suite Messiaen: Le merle bleu (The blue rock thrush) from Catalogue d'oiseaux Respighi: La colomba (The dove) from Gli Uccelli (The Birds) Suite John Luther Adams: Woodthrush from Songbirdsongs Respighi: L'usignuolo (The nightingale) from Gli Uccelli (The Birds) Suite Messiaen: L'alouette calandrelle (The greater short-toed lark) from Catalogue d'oiseaux John Luther Adams: Meadowdance from Songbirdsongs Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending