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The Nightingale



Released June 13, 2017



Personnel:
Mark Christopher Brandt, composer/acoustic piano
Yana Nikol, flute
Katherine Colburn, cello



All music composed and arranged by Mark Christopher Brandt
©️2017. All rights reserved. Heart of the Lion Publishing Co/BMI.
Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Slipped Disc Audio in Ashland, Virginia.


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The Nightingale



This is a story about any of us in the modern age of AI and computer technology. The original story tells of an emperor who prefers the bells

and whistles of a robotic bird to the song of a real nightingale. When he becomes sick and is near death, the nightingale restores his health through the beauty of his song. The following line can be found in the original hard copy liner notes.


If we truly loved Reality we would not be so blissfully tricked by illusion.

~ Mark Christopher Brandt


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Katherine Colburn and Mark Christopher Brandt



Album Tracks:

1. The Nightingale

2. Freedom

3. Up to You

4. The Emperor's Delight

5. A Gentle Breeze

6. The Emperor is Tricked

7. The Emperor Laments

8. Death Submits

9. The Nightingale Returns

10. A Little Bird Told Me