In advance of the world premeire of Christian Mason's The Singing Tree, the composer curated a playlist of music related to the commission. 

Sinnika Langeland

Four pieces from the Norwegian folk singer and kantele musician, first up Pillar To Heaven from Langeland's 2016 album with Trio Mediaeval.

Deep In The Forest from Langeland's 1997 album Starflowers:

And another from Starflowers

The title track of The Magical Forest

Jean-Phillipe Rameau

Guillaume de Machaut

Mason explicity refers to the title of this work in two movements of The Singing Tree:

Richard Dawson

Richard Dawson is an acclaimed folk artist from Newcastle upon Tyne. Richard's skilled guitar style is as recognisable as his characterful and flexible voice, not to mention his lyrical style; one moment angular finger-picking with a definite modal sound, the next distorted power chords (Richard's amplifies his acoustic guitar with an electric guitar amp).

Ogre from Dawson's 2017 Peasant showcases the artist's unique sound.

Telemann

Quatuor Parisien N°12 (Chaconne) played by Il Giardino Armonico:

Karlheinz Stockhausen - WELT-PARLAMENT (World Parliament) for choir (a cappella) 

1st Scene of MITTWOCH AUS LICHT (WEDNESDAY FROM LIGHT) 1995: 

Giacinto Scelsi