The Lost Birds: An Extinction Elegy

The Lost Birds: An Extinction Elegy
By – 7:09 pm
Ran across a lovely piece of music on YouTube that may appeal to local birders. It’s by Christopher Tin, and it’s called “The Lost Birds: An Extinction Elegy.” Performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with my favorite vocal ensemble, Voces8, it’s in multiple movements, and YouTube has scrambled it up, so I don’t know how it is supposed to be put together (comments are turned off, so there’s no easy way of finding out). The inspiration for Tin’s music is the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon, and the disappearance of many other species.John WaltersBonita, CAjohnfwalters5552@…