Is there anything more perfect than birdsong imitated by a flute?
This suave, melodious instrument can also soar to high-pitched notes and vie with the warble of these tiny winged creatures, in turn sweet turtle dove, virtuoso nightingale, or mocking cuckoo. Then, let the violin join the performance and show how ornamentation can indeed emulate birds’ trills.
With The Birds’ Promenade (La Balade des Oiseaux), Ensemble Artifices, including an ornithologist and two musicians, take the audience on a musical tour of the Singapore Botanic Gardens, in search of a variety of birds and their symbolic dimension. Playing pieces from the 17th and 18th centuries, a time when the aviary was both a source of amusement and a motive of inspiration, The Birds’ Promenade introduces audiences to the landscape’s power into the hearing of music.
The starting point of the walk will be announced on Voilah! website and social media. No registration is required.
Image Credit: National Parks
Age
0+
Price
Free
Telephone number
+65 6471 7138
+65 6471 7361
+65 6471 9937
Links
Address
Singapore1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569
How to get there?
By bus alighting at Napier/Holland Road (Tanglin Gate)
- SBS Transit 7, 105, 123, 174,174e
- SMRT 75, 77, 106, NR8
- Nearest MRT Station : Orchard MRT (North-South Line) and a 5-min bus ride to Tanglin Gate
By bus alighting at Bukit Timah/Dunearn Road (Bukit Timah Gate or Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden)
- SBS Transit 48, 66, 151, 153, 154, 156, 170
- SMRT 67, 171
- Nearest MRT Station : Botanic Gardens MRT Station (Circle Line & Downtown Line)
By Taxi
There are taxi drop-off/pick-up points at the following major entrances:
- Botany Centre, Tanglin Gate (via junction of Holland/Napier Road)