Bird Songs

Creators (2)

Composer

1. Susan Botti American soprano and composer

Lyricist

1. Rabindranath Tagore

Related Works (7)

Parts

1. Bird Songs: I. Silence will carry your voice like the nest that holds the sleeping birds
2. Bird Songs: II. The bird wishes it were a cloud. The cloud wishes it were a bird
3. Bird Songs: IV. The cricket’s chirp and the patter of rain come to me through the dark, like the rustle of dreams from my past youth
4. Bird Songs: V. Roots are the branches down in the earth. Branches are roots in the air
5. Bird Songs: VI. The bird-song is the echo of the morning light back from the earth
6. Bird Songs: VII. Light in my heart the evening star of rest and then let the night whisper to me of love
7. Bird Songs: III. Listen, my heart, to the whispers of the world with which it makes love to you

Links (1)

Work List Entry

1. https://www.susanbotti.com/bird-songs