In the organizer's words:

A cycle about growth and decay

Imagine you are a tree - all you can do is be. A tree symbolizes many things: the cycle of life and death, fertility and hope, growth and transience, sometimes frightening and scary, sometimes romantic and calming. These contrasts are as much a part of its symbolism as the seasons are to nature, never mutually exclusive but closely interwoven. Sometimes the tree represents life with its fruit, sometimes it is a silent observer, a habitat for living creatures such as birds and insects. - Can it sense ants busily at work in its undergrowth, a deer taking its last breath in its shade or a person being returned to the earth very close to its roots? Does it sense how a small family becomes a large family in the house near it?

How does he feel about the eternal, summery concert of crickets? Does it enjoy its new freedom now that flora and fauna have regained control of nature? The tree sees blossoming and transience as part of the unstoppable rhythm of time.

In this first cycle, the newly formed trio "A Tree Tale" performs compositions by percussionist Pascal Burbach, complemented by Tabea Hörsch (cello) and Rocco Romano (guitar). Thematically connected, everything revolves around a tree, which sometimes appears as the main protagonist, sometimes as a supporting actor or silent observer. Inspired by various types of jazz and improvised music, the main focus is on the soundscape, the sometimes folksy and lyrical, but sometimes also intricate and abstract melodies, which depict the different perspectives and emotional worlds of nature.

Supported by IFM e.V. | Initiative Freie Musik in Köln, funded by the City of Cologne, Department of Culture.