The Red Species List
A concert commissioned by Attenborough Arts Centre to explore the songs of endangered birds, using Indian classical, traditional and folk music; combined with field recordings, printmaking and video.
The Red Species List was a collaboration between musicians Rishii Chowdhury (Tabla), Waqas Choudhary (Bansuri-Flute), Eleanor Graff- Baker (Violin) and artist Lucy Stevens, to produce a concert in response to ecologically and politically aware artists Lucy + Jorge Orta, who exhibited a body of work at Attenborough Arts Centre.The concert featured songs of endangered birds as inspiration, using music and field recordings to create an hour-long composition, alongside imagery using printmaking, drawing and video to visualise birdsong. The concert was supported by Geoff Sample and The Wildlife Sound Recording Society.
Read the Arts Professional feature which shares tips for using art to communicate environmental issues in ‘How to … protect nature through performance’.
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Don’t worry If you didn’t get to see and hear it live, you can listen back here via Soundcloud. I find you can hear more detail if you listen through headphones.