Forest Murmurs
Most of us are drawn to the beauties and mysteries of the forest, but composers have an ulterior motive: the tantalizing prospect of capturing those things in sound. From Purcell and Geminiani to Hans Abrahamsen and Robert Patterson, they have done just that.
Read more…This playlist takes its name from one of the most fresh and radiant moments in Wagner's 'Ring' Cycle. It takes in the darkness of the primeval wood, including the heaving winds, creaking trees and mystery critters of Sibelius's ghoulish 'Tapiola'. But courtesy of symphonies, operas and instrumental works, from huge orchestras to a single guitar, we are reminded that the forest is not just a place of wonder. It is a place of refuge, of joy and of intense creativity. And potentially one of transformation too.