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Golden Hour – A gift from the darkness

Some nights seem to be never-ending and gloomy, offering no escape. However, we know one thing for sure: the morning follows even the darkest of nights.

What if nature was trying to tell us that after complete and utter darkness, we can count on her to present us with a magical moment, a golden morning light to inspire and strengthen us throughout the day and in the night ahead?

early music bird. early new music gives musical and artistic expression to this message from nature: arias that celebrate daybreak are embedded in early morning birdsong, Krieger’s aria Einsamkeit (1) rings out from the shadowy darkness just before sunrise, and Bach’s Ey! Wie schmeckt der Coffee süße (2) calls for a fragrant cup of morning coffee—after all, every day should begin with a good breakfast.

Our project is about encouraging people to trust and believe in what is beautiful, what unites and strengthens, sustains and supports us, and what we can always rely on: the voices of nature, music and art.

The dawn chorus, the sun that rises, golden and full of promise, from behind the mountains and the scent of freshly brewed coffee. . .
Let our music and book take you into the enchanted world of daybreak.

Produced in Austria in an environmentally friendly, sustainable way, our CD & booklet are to be published in a limited edition as a hard-cover book with a semi-linen binding, with 192 pages in German and a separate edition in English.

CD

• 6 works of early music
• 5 world premiere recordings of early music (uncovered from the archives)
• 2 world premiere recordings of contemporary music inspired by early masters, composed by Wolfgang Mitterer, and commissioned especially for early music bird
• Recorded in a mountain church with special acoustics 1,059m above sea level
• Excellent recording quality thanks to tonzauber / Georg Burdicek
• Total length 67 min. 26 sec.
• CD inserted in the hard-cover book on a sponge rubber
• Made in Austria (produced & printed, paper, linen, etc.)

BOOKLET

• Separate editions in German and English
• Elaborately designed graphics, layout and lovely illustrations by BUREAU F
• 192 pages, dimensions 20,5 x 16,5 cm
• Hard cover, thread stitching, half-linen bound, head band, ribbon bookmark
• Front cover and back embossed with gold
• High-quality, thick coated paper with an inviting texture (150 g/qm Magno Volume)
• Exclusive, limited edition
• Printed in Austria, paper and linen from Austria (for sustainability certificates, see “Who is behind the project”)

• Musicologically well-founded, engaging texts to accompany all musical works
• All aria texts in the original, in German or English
• Elaborately designed graphics, layout and eye-catching illustrations by BUREAU F
• A photographic journey through time and space through the state of Carinthia in southern Austria, complemented by a charmingly illustrated map showing the places that appear in the photos
• Historically sound texts about the mountain church recording location and a magical castle in Carinthia
• Numerous photographs of the ensemble and musicians by Carmen & Ingo Photography and Theresa Pewal
• Biographies of all participating artists, photographed in their favourite places (castles, museums, abbey libraries, at old trees, etc.)
• 1 exclusive interview with Luca Pianca
• 1 exclusive interview with Wolfgang Mitterer
• 1 coffee and 1 breakfast recipe to sit alongside our early morning theme and Bach's "coffee aria"

(1) „Loneliness”
(2) “Ah! How sweet coffee tastes”

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Quote/Subtitle: John Keating in Weir, Peter, Dead Poets Society [Film] USA: Touchstone Pictures, 1989, 00:23:27-00:23:52. | „music“ filled in by Maria Weiss

Project & Cover Image: Carmen & Ingo Photography
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TARGET GROUP: early music bird is for people who…

• love sunrises, birdsong, the scent of freshly ground coffee or brewed tea in the mornings, walks in the woods and the spicy air up in the mountains.
• want to be inspired by nature, music, art and beauty, because after every dark night there is a morning full of confidence!
• enjoy or want to get to know the warm sound of original instruments and enjoy their music.
• appreciate beautifully crafted books, like ours, which has a durable hardcover with thread stitching, gold embossing, high-quality paper and delicately woven linen pleasing to the touch
• are enchanted by stories told in texts, pictures and sounds
• care about sustainability, good craftsmanship and have an enduring respect for nature, recognising that everything that is produced should form part of a bigger, circular whole

OBJECTIVES:

INSPIRE YOU, ENRICH YOU: every human being has the potential to develop. Telling good stories, whether musically, visually or through lyrics, can change us, stirring something in us that can influence our lives in a positive way.

If you've ever seen the film…

A Room with a View, by James Ivory, you'll know that there's a scene in a Tuscan olive grove in spring (I, Chapter 6 in the book of the same name by E. M. Forster) that depicts a group of prim and proper English people going for a picnic. The quiet hero, George Emerson (Julian Sands), however, climbs up a gnarled olive tree and shouts his credo into nature: “Beauty! L’espoir! Verité! Trust! Joy!”

Through early music bird. early new music, we want to follow George Emerson’s example and shout out: "Beauty, hope and joy!"

Music, beauty, and good stories and words have strengthened mind and spirit for centuries. They help to make good decisions and take the right steps in your own life, even in difficult times of upheaval and darkness. One thing is certain: there is always a new morning, clear, bright and golden, and every night, no matter how dark, is vanquished by gentle sunbeams, morning joy and cheerful birdsong.

Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau… our beloved composers and musical heroes have survived through their masterpieces and sound worlds for several centuries. Some of the musical treasures that have been hidden in archives for centuries have been unearthed, lovingly transcribed and enthusiastically arranged.

What remains in turbulent, fast-moving and uncertain times? What can you rely on?

Music, art, good stories, the sound of the forest, the morning sunrise and something that's guaranteed to bring a smile: a cup of deliciously fragrant, hot coffee!

First of all, the content has to be perfect: early music that we have re-read, freshly interpreted and extracted from dusty archives. No studio recordings — we used a Gothic mountain church with special acoustics instead. But the engaging stories and pictures that accompany the music in the booklet also need a permanent frame that guarantees their quality and sustainability.

Our hard-cover books with semi-linen binding and high-quality paper, gold embossing and woven reading ribbons are produced locally in Austria. The CDs are also pressed in Austria and attached by hand onto the glued moss rubber point in the books.

Everything is ready to go: now we just need your support to cover the printing costs with our first funding target and, in a second step, to refund the time that our team members have spent on the countless steps involved, whether it's on the graphics, layout, illustrations, translations, editing or proofreading.