Tree - John Metcalfe [CD]

John Metcalfe's 2023 album, eight immersive compositions that take the listener through twenty-four hours in the life of one of nature's most majestic creations. 'Tree' imagines what it would be like to be sat completely still under a tree that you love, being alive to the ever-shifting interplay of light, colour, weather and sound. Shimmering pulsating layered tracks take the listener on a voyage that takes in the dawn chorus, depicted by conversations between chirruping woodwind and staccato strings, through to the solemnity of dusk and into the playful night. The album at times summons up the folkloric power of ancient forests through an emotional crescendo in emotion and sound.

Disc 1
1. Xylem - John Metcalfe
2. Canopy - John Metcalfe
3. Root to Leaf - John Metcalfe
4. Stasis - John Metcalfe
5. Tane Mahuta - John Metcalfe
6. Dusk - John Metcalfe
7. Night - John Metcalfe
8. Sunrise - John Metcalfe