Live performance, 50 mins, 2023
Commissioned by Historic Environment Scotland with Arts&Heritage, Hanna Tuulikki’s the bird that never flew explores Glasgow Cathedral’s roots in ornithological entanglements, bringing together sacred lament and political protest to raise the alarm for critically endangered birds.
Featuring a song-cycle for three voices, field recordings, bowed psaltery and electronics, the bird that never flew performances premiered in Glasgow Cathedral in September 2023.
Read/view more + full company credits here
View extracts of performance video documentation here
Photo 1. Laurence Winram, 2-3.Minttu Mänttynen
To accompany the performance, in 2024 Hanna created an edition of visual score prints, which can be viewed here. Realised as a black and red screen print, the visual score combines lyrics from the song-cycle alongside drawings of the hand gestures and birds featured within the text.
