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The Tree of Knowledge

from The Woods by Hamish Napier

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8. The Tree of Knowledge

Hazel is represented by letter 'C' in the Scottish Gaelic alphabet.

C is for COLL [Call], Hazel, hizzle, craobh-challtainn, Corylus avellana.

We normally associate hazel with the Atlantic woods of Scotland’s West, but there are some beautiful old hazel woods near the Cairngorms at Backharn and Delbog near Nethy. The Hazel’s smooth, grey-brown bark is often covered in lichens and mosses. Its round leaves are pointed at their tips and are the first to appear in spring and the last to fall. Hazels often grow in a clump of trunks and shoots that branch out near the ground, making them seem more like a bush. For the Celts hazelnuts represented wisdom and poetic inspiration, but they are most prized by red squirrels. This is a piano piece composed for Highland artist and family friend, Rosie Fisher, who made two kindred wood sculptures, one in the Cairngorms and one in Mull. One depicts Pan, the Greek god of the wild, and the other is Thoreau, the famous American naturalist, writer and philosopher. Thoreau once said, “In Wildness is the preservation of the world.” The kindred sculptures represent the great forests of Scotland’s east and west respectively.

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from The Woods, released March 21, 2020
Musicians:

HN: F flute, piano
IW: viola, fiddle
SL: cello
JL: bass
SB: drums

All tracks composed by H Napier PRS/MCPS.

Produced by Andrea Gobbi & H Napier.

Arranged by S Byrnes & H Napier.

Recorded, mixed & mastered by A Gobbi at GloWorm Recordings & Carrier Waves, Glasgow.

Additional recordings by Barry Reid on location in Hamish’s livingroom, Grantown-on-Spey.

Field recordings by H Napier, W Boyd-Wallis and P Smith.

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Hamish Napier Grantown On Spey, UK

Hamish is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from the Scottish Highlands.

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