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Concert for the Trees (2022) for soprano and baritone voices, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, bass and piano (5:33)
Originally performed in the woods of Virginia’s Appalachian mountains by Fuse Ensemble, Gina Biver’s Concert for the Trees was composed for DC-based IceBox Collective as part of the Taxonomy of Breathing, a project that looks to investigate our current societal moment through the lens of breath. Concert for the Trees brings forth the notion of our communion with nature and the gift of breath that is evident and fundamental to our very existence, but often ignored. In the piece, the musicians are essentially breathing along with the forest – mirroring the 5-½ times per minute the average human will breathe. The composition employs “chords of nature,” a theory that roots harmony in the natural, physical elements of music. Deep, low tones then evolve into effervescent and sparkling moments as the oxygen dissipates through the leaves and into the air. Here, Appalachian fiddle chords bounce along -- a nod to the mountain range the musicians are on and the music created there more than a century ago. Congruence is the natural state of being, and as with breathing, the cycle then returns.

Video Performance Notes:

Music composed and conducted by Gina Biver. Performed by Fuse Ensemble: Yana Nikol, flute, Angela Murakami clarinet, Greg HIser, violin, Pam Clem, cell, Ethan Foote, bass, Ina Mirtcheva Blevins, piano. Special guests: Ashley Larson, soprano, Jon Carr, baritone.

Projected video by Steven Biver, with Cesar Painemilla/camera, Cecilia Nguyen/production assistant, Gina Biver/costumes. Special thanks to Jeremy Thomas Kunkel, Edgar Endress and Courtney Applequist of IceBox Collective for their support in this creative endeavor. To watch the premiere in the woods of Shenandoah in 2022, go to https://ginabiver.com/music-for-taxon...