Nightingala | On Music

Music doesn’t only belong to humans. Whales and songbirds also hand
down their songs from generation to generation. Musician David
Rothenberg improvises with nightingales, biologist Tina Roeske
studies their social behavior; both want to understand: Can
nightingales and humans communicate with each other via sound? Can
they learn from each other in doing so? In “Chirp Along! The Joys
of Making Music with Nightingales,” they talk about the nightingale
as a symbol, how it compares to techno and about the inter-species
joy of music. Commentary by Sarj Lynch, directed and produced by
Julia Vorkefeld, written and conceived by Arno Raffeiner Songs:
David Rothenberg: The Boori Sound (feat. Lembe Lokk & Sanna
Salmenkallio); Brood X Band: Arvo’s Brood; Olivier Messiaen:
Quatuor pour la fin du temps: III. Abîme des oiseaux; Native
Instrument: Live @ Mash 17; David Rothenberg: Addicted to Birds;
David Rothenberg: Sharawaji Blues; More about the On Music series:
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