In the weeks before writing the song “Ode to a Nightingale,” Bruce Sudano was deeply captivated by the poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini. Following Pasolini’s references to the nightingale bird, Sudano ...

A common nightingale perches on a branch with its beak wide open, singing with an intensity that feels almost urgent. The moment looks less like a normal song and more like a signal—possibly warning, ...