Richard Rodney Bennett's five songs from "The Aviary" can be sung separately or as a cycle and are for unison voices and piano. The titles of each song are: The Birds' Lament, The Owl, The Early Nightingale, The Widow Bird and The Lark. The lyrics are in English with German translations provided by Ernst Hartmann.
Contents
The Birds' Lament (Der Vögel Klage) · The Owl (Die Eule) · The Early Nightingale (Die frühe Nachtigall) · The Widow Bird (Der Witwenvogel) · The Lark (Die Lerche)