Birds of Paradise

Höchst eigentümliche Paradiesvogelgesänge sind in der folgenden Suite für Soloflöte von George N. Gianopoulos zu hören. Wer die Erläuterungen des Komponisten zu diesem Werk liest, wird auch verstehen, was es damit auf sich hat. Erfreulicherweise sind im folgenden Video die Notenblätter und damit auch die Illustrationen von David Lee Csicsko zu sehen.

Birds of Paradise for Solo Flute, Op. 38 was composed between 2016 and 2018 for Greek-Polish flutist Iwona Glinka. The cycle of five movements is based on imaginary birdsong and is accompanied by original illustrations from David Lee Csicsko, an internationally recognized and celebrated designer and artist currently living and working in Chicago, Illinois. Through his work, David celebrates the diversity and richness of the human imagination, and expresses the joys of life through his dynamic use of color, bold graphics and playful patterns. Each movement, named after fictional scientific names in Latin of the fantasy fowls, features an illustration or two from Csicsko used to depict the rarified birds. From the chirps of Empidonax Occidentalis, to the tweets of Patagioenas Fasciata, and the warbles of Calamospiza Melanocorys, this solo flute cycle is a catalog of whimsical ornithological studies. [George N. Gianopoulos]

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Birds of Paradise (Op. 38)
George N. Gianopoulos

^{I. Empidonax Occidentalis
II. Calamospiza Melanocorys
III. Melospiza Melodia
IV. Snythliboramphus Antiquus
V. Patagioenas Fasciata}

^{Ginevra Petrucci • Flöte}

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