Trees: Live In Concert

The Concert

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Green unites with Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Caroline Shaw and award-winning author and environmentalist Rebecca Solnit, in a live orchestral film experience.

Presented as part of the Barbican’s Caroline Shaw residency, Trees receives its world premiere, with an original score composed by Shaw. Sam Green is one of documentary filmmaking’s most innovative and captivating artists. Known for his uniquely conceived ‘live documentaries’, his films are screened on stage as he narrates in person while musicians perform the score, creating a truly live cinema experience.

Trees is a profoundly moving, unique and ephemeral study of humankind’s relationship with our earthly cohabitants – the silent witnesses to humanity across countless events and generations – placing our role in a broader perspective. Featuring actress Judi Dench, Poet Laureate Ada Limón, scientists and stories from around the world, Trees marks Green’s most ambitious film yet.

Promoted by the Barbican.

A world premiere Barbican Commission, produced by ArKtype & Josh Penn.

Commissioned by The Boston Symphony Orchestra; New World Symphony; Oregon Symphony Orchestra; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; Wiener Festwochen; Barbican Centre; Holland Festival; Stanford Live @ Stanford University; Duke Arts @ Duke University, Durham, NC; The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi; Green Music Center of Sonoma State University; and Arizona Arts Live at University of Arizona.

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Part of Composer in Focus: Caroline Shaw.

Barbican Classical Music Programme receives major support from Marcus Margulies and additional support In Memory of John Murray.