Birdsong: An Evening Chorus, with Andy Holden, Peter Holden, and David Rothenburg

6-7:30pm, Wednesday 24 May 2017

Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Tickets: £8 / £6 (+ VAT)

Booking: https://birdsongbristol.eventbrite.co.uk.

Contact: Rachel Murray (rm14948@bristol.ac.uk).

Join us at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery for a melodious flight into the magical world of birdsong.

Artist Andy Holden and his ornithologist father Peter Holden will kick off the evening with an interactive musical talk, exploring both the art and the science of birdsong with the help of live sound performance, moving images, and archival footage. The second part of the evening will consist of a performance by the composer and Professor of Music and Philosophy, David Rothenberg (Why Birds Sing, 2005; Berlin Bülbül, 2016), in which he will emulate the rapturous rhythms of birdsong.

Hark! Nightingales at RSPB Highnam Woods, with David Rothenberg

5:30-10:00pm (approx.), Thursday 25 May

Minivan leaving from the conference venue (The Orangery, Goldney Hall) at 5:30pm and arriving back at The Orangery approx. 10:00pm

Tickets: £22/18

Booking: http://shop.bris.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-arts/school-of-humanities/department-of-english/english-conferences/animal-utterance-nightingales-at-highnam-woods-with-david-rothenberg

You are warmly invited on an evening visit to listen to – and hear David Rothenberg play live with – nightingales at RSPB Highnam Woods. A member of the team at Highnam Woods will guide us through the nightingale’s local haunts, with commentary and live performances by the musician and philosopher, David Rothenberg.

The event will also include poetry recitals by members of the Bristol Poetry Institute, William Wooten and Jack Thacker – please do bring along any stories, poems and songs which you would like to share about this most elusive of singers.