Stories of People and Trees

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Listen below to the seven new pieces of music, each inspired by one of the tree stories in this collection.

All the music is performed by Glisk - Helena Zambrano Quispe and Kirsty Orton, Violins; Shelagh McKail, Viola, and Jessica Kerr, Cello.

Ginkgo - composed by Emily Scott, in response to a story by Allan Hughes.

Apricot Tree - composed by James Ross, in response to a story by Farahnaz Noori.

Among the Ashes - composed by Lisa Robertson, in response to a story by

Fi Martynoga.

The Lilac Tree - composed by Gráinne Brady, in response to a story by

Anne-Caroline Le Bescond.

Among Roots and Branches - composed by Thomas Djønne, in response to a story by Karen Brown, Berengere Chabanis, Justine Frick, Tara McGregor, Kirsty Orton and their tree climbing children.

Scots Pine - composed by Rylan Gleave in response to a story by Ken Paterson.

Fossil Grove - composed by Paul Towndrow, in response to a tree story by Margaret Anderson.