The King's Singers - Cuckoo in the Pear Tree (No.2 from 'Nonsense Madrigals') by György Ligeti

No one wants the wrong cuckoo in their home. So this bizarre tale of denied entry, persuasion and the eventual reunion of a happy cuckoo family makes sense on some level! Music by Ligeti, and story captured in these stunning animated illustrations by Coralie Muce.
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The King's Singers
Patrick Dunachie - countertenor
Edward Button - countertenor
Julian Gregory - tenor
Christopher Bruerton - baritone
Nick Ashby - baritone
Jonathan Howard - bass
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Illustrations by Coralie Muce
(generously commissioned by The King's Singers Global Foundation)
Animation by Kevin Francis
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Producer: Nigel Short
Engineer: Tom Lewington
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TEXT
The cuckoo sat in the old pear-tree,
Raining or snowing naught cared he,
The cuckoo flew over the house-top high.
"Dear, are you at home, for here am I?"
"I dare not open the door to you,
Perhaps you are not the right cuckoo?"
"I am the right cuckoo, the proper one,
For I am my father's only son, his only son."
"If you are your father's only son,
The bobbin pull tightly,
Come through the door lightly!
If you are your father's only son,
It must be you, the only cuckoo, my own cuckoo!"
William Brighty Rands (1823-1882)

[@Helga2408]

A very nice cuckoo in Messiaen's 1st and 2nd mode. Bravo The Kings Singers! Greetings from Regensburg, Germany.