In front of us is a summer landscape depicting a birch grove. In the foreground are tall white-barked birches in an elegant decoration of young fresh greenery. Dusk is falling, the colors are thickening, dark green shadows are falling on the light bright grass. The rays of the setting sun make their way through the intricate patterns of tree branches, casting light reflections on the black and white trunks of old birches and on the grass, which shimmers in many shades.

A blue sky can be seen through the trunks in the background. The tops of the birch trees go up over the edge of the picture, and on the bases of the trunks we see an extravagant black and white pattern of bark. The artist, with a sensitive brush, conveys all the nuances of the structure of these white-trunked beauties. Birch is a candid tree, so in a birch grove, together with the author of the picture, we feel calm, vigorous, filled with vitality. After all, the healing properties of birch have been known to man since ancient times. It gives him bark, juice, buds, young twigs, a birch mushroom, and charcoal for health. And birch bark relieves headaches and heals wounds.

The artist loves and knows this place well. He comes here to gain strength not only from the contemplation of birches, but also to enjoy the singing of nightingales. He creates a whole cycle of paintings and sketches called ‘Nightingale Grove’. Dusk will come soon, and together with the artist we are looking forward to a ‘miracle’ - a nightingale concert, which will begin at nightfall. Nightingales come to this grove every year.

Nightingale is a night singer, unmistakable for his melodic and unique voice, a bird that brings happiness. Since ancient times it was a common belief in the East. Hans Christian Andersen wrote the fairy tale ‘The Nightingale’ about how a nondescript bird sang to the Chinese emperor so that tears came to his eyes. The ancient Greek name Luscinia is translated as ‘nightingale’. This name was given to a woman for her sweet-voiced singing. One of the asteroids between Jupiter and Mars has this beautiful name.

In the nightingale grove, along with a pair of nightingales, there is an invisible pair of lovers who came here to listen to the nightingale trills. Having once heard a ringing and bewitching song, the artist could not forget it. Therefore, this plot is so often found in the work of Andrei Ilyich Kurnakov. In this picture, as a poet, he writes his poem about love and happiness not in words, but in colors.