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Where Song Began

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Anthony Albrecht, cello and Simone Slattery, violin
Where Song Began
Inspired by leading ornithologist Tim Low’s award-winning book, this performance explores the Australian origins of songbirds, ‘the birds that can sing’. This work encourages the audience to contemplate the origin of birdsong and the importance of Australia's rich and colourful bird history. The program includes music spanning 300 years, enhanced by a film of evocative landscape stills, moving images and bird call field recordings sourced from the Cornell Ornithology Lab.

Saturday, March 24 at 11:30 am
Followed by a festive reception
Private Residence, Wilton, CT
Sunday, March 25 at 12:30 pm
Metropolis Ensemble, 1 Rivington Street, Manhattan
Tuesday, March 27 at 9 pm 
following a set by David Rothenburg (Author of 'Why Birds Sing')
Spectrum, 70 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn

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GEMS is a non-profit corporation that supports and promotes the artists and organizations in New York devoted to early music — playing repertoire from the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical periods.