Description
Trees.Listen, is the beginning. Music can wash away worries. It can centre the heart and give us purpose again. It explains our connection to nature in memory. It is never forgotten and lives on in the magic of the mind.
– Dr. Diana Beresford-Kroeger, botanist, climate change visionary, author… inspirer of the Trees.Listen project
Trees.Listen – music for harp and electronics
Composed by Sharlene Wallace and Frank Horvat
Acoustic lever harp performed by Sharlene Wallace
Trees.Listen is an immersive sonic journey, inspired by the profound knowledge of acclaimed botanist and climate visionary, Dr. Diana Beresford-Krooeger, and her book To Speak for the Trees. The soundscape comes to life with the intimate and evocative tones of the Celtic lever harp, fused with meticulously crafted electronic atmosphere. Experience the resonance of trees through the harp’s voice as every movement captures the spirit and wisdom of each tree. Trees.Listen is a musical storytelling experience that weaves the ancient past with modern sound design, offering a new way of “listening” to the planet.
The music is rooted in letters from the ancient Celtic Ogham script, a medieval alphabet that named each letter for a tree. This is how important trees were to the ancient Celts. Trees.Listen has chosen a musical alphabet note A B C D E F G H(B) to be the predominant note heard in each piece, connecting the music to the tree inspiring the letter name.
All music by Sharlene Wallace & Frank Horvat – ©2004 (SOCAN)
1. Ailm – Pine (4:43)
2. Beith – Birch (5:13)
3. Coll – Hazel (5:28)
4. Dair 1 – Oak 1 (7:43)
5. Eabha – Aspen (4:09)
6. Fearn – Alder (6:13)
7. Gort – Ivy (3:46)
8. Dair 2 – Oak 2 (5:42)
9. Huath – Hawthorn (8:28)
Produced by Frank Horvat, Jean Martin and Sharlene Wallace
Harp Recording Engineered by Darren McGill at Union Sound, Toronto
Harp Loop Recordings Engineered by Jean Martin at THE FARM, Toronto
Edited, Mixed and Mastered at THE FARM by Jean Martin
Photography Art by Sharlene Wallace
Packaging by Lisa Horvat
I AM WHO I AM RECORDS
Release date: October 2024
FrankHorvat.com/treeslisten
SharleneWallace.com/treeslisten
Trees speak for all of nature. Forests hold the last feral card of life. Long ago the Celts learned to listen to the song of nature. It was not just music to their ears, life was plucked out of sound and placed into the Ogham alphabet. The writings using this alphabet is called the Ogham craobh. English is based on this step into our global future.
– Dr. Diana Beresford-Kroeger
© & ℗ 2024 Frank Horvat and Sharlene Wallace (SOCAN) All rights reserved. Unauthorized copying, reproduction, hiring, renting, lending, public performance and broadcasting of this recording strictly prohibited by law. Made in Canada
