Common lime
1 sound
Current age: Semi Mature
Size at maturity: 30m
Species native to: Hybrid: Cross between a large leaved lime and a small leaved lime
Tree identification number: 0HXA
Composer name
Arnau Brichs Ponce
About the composer:
Born in Barcelona (2000), studied jazz with Marina Albero and Chano Domínguez and classical piano with Mireia Datzira in the IEA Oriol Martorell whilst performing solo piano recitals in venues like Ateneu Barcelonès or Casa Orlandai and winning the 2nd Arjau Chamber Music Prize. He also performed at the 47th International Music Festival of Cadaqués. In 2016, he moved to the UK to attend the Purcell School for Young Musicians, studying composition with Joseph Phibbs, Deborah Pritchard and Brian Elias. His song for school patron Dame Kiri Te Kanawa later won a prize at the "WCSMS 2019 Promising Young Composers Competition" (USA). He was awarded a full ABRSM scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music, where he is currently working under Helen Grime and Rubens Askenar. He has received advice and lessons, among others, by composers like Kaija Saariaho, Georg Friedrich Haas, Hans Abrahamsen or Tansy Davies. He has worked with a wide range of artists such as the Uusinta Ensemble (Finland), Academy Manson Ensemble, Lucy Goddard or Rolf Hind, who premiered his piece "La Coïssor” at the Occupy the Pianos Festival (London) as part of a Call for Scores.
About the tree:
A tree which can reach an old age, with a completely rotten trunk, but still produce a luxuriant canopy of foliage. Its powers of recovery from catastrophic failure make it more than capable of withstanding street tree pollarding programmes.
About the composition:
For this species, I built a whole gamut of computer generated and recorded sounds that I identified with the tree’s own characteristic upwards tendency as well as their size and length.
