Farewell Feathered Friends No. 2 for violin and bird songs

FAREWELL FEATHERED FRIENDS No. 2 for solo violin and audio tracks was composed in 2020, based on the songs of 7 in the Netherlands disappearing birds. The music is dedicated to these birds: golden plover, ortolan, great grey shrike, hop, eurasian wryneck, shorteared owl, blackcrowned right heron. Edwin Blankenstijn first performed it on July 2 2021 at an open air concert in Doorn, NL. Video by Marcel Creemers, who also commissioned the piece, together with his wife Tineke. BUMA, STEMRA ASCAP 2021