Catalogue D'Oiseaux, Pour Piano, Livre 4

- LeChocard des Alpes (Alpine Chough)
- Le Loriot (Golden Oriole) IH Le Merle Bleu (Blue Rock Thrush)

Book 2
- Le Traquet Stapazin (Black-Eared Wheatear)

Book 3
-LaChouette Hulotte (Tawny Owl)
- L'Alouette Lulu (Wood Lark)

Book 4
- La Rousserolle Effarvatte (Reed Warbler)

Book 5
- L'Alouette Calandrelle (Short-Toed Lark)
- La Bouscarle (Cetti's Warbler)

Book 6
- Le Merle de Roche (Rock Thrush)

Book 7
- La Buse Variable (Buzzard)
- Le Traquet Rieur (Black Wheatear)
-Le Courlis Cendré (Curlew)

As mentioned above, this fourth volume focuses on the Reed Warbler which is set in Sologne, located south of Orleans.

The interpretation of these piecesrequires a strong level of Piano (upper advanced), due to some complex technical requirements.

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was a French organist and composer passionate about Ornithology and one of the mostimportant composers of his century. Inspired by Japanese music, he had a very special way of composing and his work can be identified by its complexity, its diatonic aspect, its harmony with limited transposition, its colour andits additive rhythms. He composed many works related to ornithology and birdsong, including the 'Treatise on Rhythm, Colour and Ornithology' in 7 volumes.