‘Recordings of birdsong are lowered, imitated by the human voice before being transposed back to the pitch of a bird. Initially the recordings sound like any other field recordings of birds; listen again and there is a profound sense of human presence.’ (selectors comment) ‘Songs from six different birds were selected. The pitch of each of these recordings was lowered, creating six longer passages which fell within my vocal range. These were learned and recorded, note for note, and their pitch raised by the same ratio it had been lowered by. My voice now replicates the original bird song. Blackbird, Blu Tit, Goldfinch, Song Thrush, Woodlark, Wren.’

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‘Recordings of birdsong are lowered, imitated by the human voice before being transposed back to the pitch of a bird. Initially the recordings sound like any other field recordings of birds; listen again and there is a profound sense of human presence.’ (selectors comment) ‘Songs from six different birds were selected. The pitch of each of these recordings was lowered, creating six longer passages which fell within my vocal range. These were learned and recorded, note for note, and their pitch raised by the same ratio it had been lowered by. My voice now replicates the original bird song. Blackbird, Blu Tit, Goldfinch, Song Thrush, Woodlark, Wren.’

‘Lots or women have tried to sing like birds, most famously Edith Piaf the “little sparrow” and more recently Dolly Parton in he Bluegrass album similarly titled “Little Sparrow”. Different to anthropomorphic sparrows such as Edith Piaf or Dolly Parton, Hannah Rickards work distinguishes human and bird vocal ranges. Recordings of birdsong are lowered, imitated by the human voice before being transposed back to the pitch of a bird. Initially the recording sound like any other field recordings of birds; listen again and there is a profound sense of human presence.’

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‘Lots or women have tried to sing like birds, most famously Edith Piaf the “little sparrow” and more recently Dolly Parton in he Bluegrass album similarly titled “Little Sparrow”. Different to anthropomorphic sparrows such as Edith Piaf or Dolly Parton, Hannah Rickards work distinguishes human and bird vocal ranges. Recordings of birdsong are lowered, imitated by the human voice before being transposed back to the pitch of a bird. Initially the recording sound like any other field recordings of birds; listen again and there is a profound sense of human presence.’