A few examples quoted in this site:
http://www.colander.org/gallimaufry/Birdsong.html
I find this a fascinating topic and would be very interested to hear the r=
adio show. Will you upload it somewhere or post a link?
Myles
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> wrote:
>
> John, apart from Messiaen and others already mentioned, try the 1st movem=
ent
> of Mahler's 1st symphony (cuckoo); Beethoven's 6th symphony, the "Pastora=
l"
> (nightingale, quail & cuckoo in the 2nd movement); Leopold Mozart's Toy
> Symphony (cuckoo & other birds); Finnish composer Rautavaara's 'Cantus
> Arcticus' which has actual recordings of common cranes; and Brazilian
> composer Villa-Lobos' "Uirapuru" (which is the Brazilian name for Musicia=
n
> Wren). One of my recordings of a Musician Wren has been transcribed and=
> published as a score for oboe/flute and guitar by an English composer, To=
m
> Eastwood, but I'm not aware of recordings.
>
> Richard Ranft, UK
>
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