Field maple
1 sound
Current age: Semi Mature
Size at maturity: 10m
Species native to: Europe (including the British Isles)
Tree identification number: 0HXR
Composer name
Isaac Oliver Short
About the composer:
British composer Isaac Oliver Short is currently in the first year of his undergraduate composition studies at the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Gary Carpenter. He has had his music performed on BBC Radio 1, BBC Nottingham & BBC Bristol. He has a specific interest in the visual elements of music and often focuses his composition around piano and electronics, with over ten years-worth of experience with both.
About the tree:
An elegant small native tree. The wood is fine-grained, tough, elastic, hard to split, takes a high polish and is seldom attacked by insects and so, when the timber is available, it is much valued by cabinet makers.
About the composition:
The field maple trees assigned to this project all coexist within a small wood, with a very dark, low ambience that looms throughout the area. However, when looking up, one can see small shards of light that struggle to find their way through the canopies. The music for this species reflects these two contrasting patterns of light, and how these patterns develop as you walk through the woods. The pieces were written using a piano and contrabassoon that have been electronically edited.
