02 - Roots by Glen Edward Newton published on 2020-03-14T05:41:26Z Bur Oak Suite is a tribute to the Bur Oak, the 2001 Urban Tree of the Year. The first movement, Acorn, includes the germ of musical ideas that are brought to maturity in the other movements: Roots depicts the solid foundation of the tree; Trunk suggest the trees upward growth, to over 70 feet high; Treetop features the wind blowing through the leaves as birds play in the branches. Genre Classical
