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TREELINE (UK Premiere): Graham Fitkin (composer) & Sacconi Quartet
Sacconi Residency
Saturday 18th July, 2026
6:00 pm
The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2XL
Concert
Graham Fitkin
Sacconi Quartet
Following an epic European tour, TREELINE arrives at The Grand, Folkestone for its UK Premiere on 18th July.
Created by celebrated composer, Graham Fitkin, TREELINE is a unique musical work created with sound recordings captured from the interiors of ancient trees across Europe.
This groundbreaking project was made with communities across 10 countries – from Romania to the UK – with each selecting a tree of local significance. TREELINE is intended to connect communities across borders and build a better understanding of the vital ecological importance of Old Growth Forests.
The TREELINE tour this summer comprises an epic, 2500-mile journey by bike through 10 countries, visiting in turn the site of each tree recording for concerts and workshops in locations from Romania to Folkestone.
“Trees are special living things. They can grow to huge heights, they regularly live for hundreds of years. Most interestingly they connect and communicate with each other, often through mycorrhizal networks, sharing nutrients, water and even, bizarrely to us, caring for each other. At a time when ‘longevity’ is a concept we struggle to identify with I think it pertinent to celebrate the humble but extraordinary tree, giving it centre stage within a musical art-work. This project creates a new mycorrhizal- like network, regardless of national borders, by joining communities and trees in a metaphorical line, running approximately 2500 miles, showing music and ecology working together as catalysts for positive change, and leaving an interesting and important legacy.” – Graham Fitkin
The Sacconi Quartet will be joining Graham in this special performance, plus they will also perform Summa by Arvo Pärt and Memento by James MacMillan.
£10 plus booking fee
Under 25s FREE
