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“Images d’oiseau pour orgue was written in response to a commission from Espoon Urkuyö ja Aaria Association in 1992.“Although
 the work is written for an organ with four manuals, pedals and to 
swell-boxes (SW and BW), it is nevertheless quite possible to play it on
 a three-manual instrument. If the organ does not offer many combination
 possibilities (or any at all), it is best to make use of two 
assistants, one on each side of the organist.“Detailed 
registration have been given in the score for the organ of Helsinki 
Cathedral (Marcussen & Son 1966). These may be substituted by 
alternatives having a similar tone colour, according to the 
possibilities offered by the organ in question, and applying the usual 
norms of good taste!“The bidsongs which appear in the composition
 are as follows: nightingale (Luscinia luscinia), pied fly-cathcer 
(Ficedula hypoleuca), blackbird (Turdus merula) and great tit (Parus 
major). The composer recorded the songs of these birds mainly in the 
area around Järvenpää in Southern Finland, near his home. The songs were
 analysed and used as an important element in the composition.”© Harri Viitanen, Järvenpää, June 1, 1993*The
 stones should be approx. 5 cm (2 inches) in diameter. They should be 
placed on a piece of foam rubber or sponge, into which two holes have 
been carved to make sure that the stones do not roll out. The sponge 
should be light in density, to avoid dampening the resonance stone. When
 playing the stones, remove only one from its hole and strike against 
the other.

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Images d'oiseau