Creswick's Aviary

Bradley Creswick director/violin
Royal Northern Sinfonia

Rossini The Thieving Magpie Overture
Respighi The Birds
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus: Concerto for Birds and Orchestra
Haydn Symphony No.83 ‘La Poule’ (The Hen)

Birds are nature’s greatest musicians, and tonight we’ve got a whole aviary: from Vaughan Williams’ beloved Lark Ascending to Rossini’s kleptomaniac magpie. And we travel to the land of the midnight sun for Rautavaara’s haunting Cantus Articus – in which the birds themselves are the soloists.