Clair de Loon

BirdNote^® 
Clair de Loon 
Written by Mark Bramhill and Breakmaster Cylinder

This is BirdNote.

         [Normal Clair de Lune plays]

Today is the birthday of renowned French composer Claude Debussy. Born in 1862, Debussy is known for his impressionistic sonic portraits, like la Mer about the sea. But one of his best known works is an earlier piano piece: Clair de Lune. The song is quiet and haunting.

Which got us at BirdNote to thinking: what if we paired it with the most haunting birdsong — the song of loons? Enjoy Clair de Loon.

         [Music: Clair de Loon featuring Common Loons, Red-throated Loons]

Clair de Loon was made for BirdNote by friend of the birds, Breakmaster Cylinder. You can download a copy at our website, BirdNote.org. I’m Michael Stein.

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Senior Producer: Mark Bramhill
Producer: Sam Johnson
Managing Producer: Jazzi Johnson
Managing Producer: Ariana Remmel
Content Director: Jonese Franklin

Bird sounds provided by The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Common Loon [ ML197039] recorded by Bob McGuire. Red-throated Loon [ML138234] recorded by Gerrit Vyn. Red-throated Loon [ML237504] recorded by Benjamin Clock. Common Loon [ML107964] and [ML53188] recorded by Steven R. Pantle. Common Loon [ML61311] recorded by David C. Evers. Common Loon [ML61309] recorded by Charles Walcott. Common Loon [ML43039] recorded by William W. H. Gunn.
BirdNote’s theme was composed and played by Nancy Rumbel and John Kessler.
© 2020 BirdNote   August 2020/2023/2026    Narrator:  Michael Stein

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