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Christopher Tin - The Lost Birds

A memorial for those species driven to extinction

In the Studio follows Grammy-winning American composer Christopher Tin as he embarks on the creation of an ambitious new work. Based on poetry and inspired by folk music, The Lost Birds is a musical memorial to bird species driven to extinction by humankind. Edwina Pitman follows Christopher through his composition process, his collaboration with the prolific British vocal ensemble VOCES8 and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The Lost Birds is an elegiac response to the noise of our times and a haunting tribute to those soaring flocks that once filled our skies, but whose songs have since been silenced.

Presenter/Producer: Edwina Pitman
Executive Producer: Rebecca Armstrong for the BBC World Service

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27 minutes

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Sun 2 Oct 202201:32GMT
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