The canary polka / L.C. Read (2:26) -- Selected tunes from The bird fancyer's delight (2:54) -- The nightingale in love / François Couperin (4:39) -- The turtle dove polka / E. Demare [i.e. Damaré] (5:20) -- Hush, ye pretty warbling quire / G.F. Handel (6:37) -- Under the greenwood tree / Thomas Arne (2:28) -- The nightingale polka / Ernest Koehler (7:11) -- An apotheosis of archaeopterix / Lejaren Hiller (11:51) -- Two little bullfinches / H. Kling (3:28) -- Shut up, mockingbird / Robert McBride (1:28) -- Selected tunes from The bird fancyer's delight (3:05) -- The march of the bluebirds / Leoš Janáček (1:58) -- The nightingale / Adolf Terschak (5:56) -- Birds. Origin of birds (1:11) ; Birds in art and symbol (1:37) ; Baby birds (1:34) ; Strange birds (1:15) ; Beautiful birds (2:06) ; Extinct birds (2:41) ; Endangered birds (1:44) ; Birds in flight (2:33) / Michael Horwood.
Original works and arrangements, featuring 1-4 piccolos. Compiled from previously-released analog recordings. AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
Participant/Performer Note
Laurence Trott, piccolo ; Rachel Lewis, soprano (5th-6th, 13th works) ; Jane Car[e]y, harpsichord (5th-6th)) ; Marcella Branagan (7th and 12th) or John Landis (1st, 4th, 9th, 13th, 14th), piano ; Jan Williams, berimbau (8th) ; L.C. Read (1st-2nd, 11th), Marlene Witnauer (9th-10th), Virginia Markson (10th work), and/or Sheryl Gobett-Hoffman (10th), piccolo.
