Recorded on the album 'The Last Tree by Alastair Penman.' Instrumentation: Saxophone Orchestra (SSSAAAATTTTBBB) Length: 5'00

The sixth movement from The Last Tree.

“If grief can be a doorway to love, then let us all weep for the world we are breaking apart so we can love it back to wholeness again.” – Robin Wall-Kimmerer

Robin Wall-Kimmerer is a Potawatomi (Native American) women who has spent much of her life researching Western science and indigenous environmental knowledge. This beautiful quote is taken from her book Braiding Sweetgrass, and offers hope that together we can begin to fix the damage that we are doing to the world.

Digital download of score and parts (PDF)

Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtxrfzvgGTM&list=PLuKGoAEb7wVlGAX7ur0jnEV7rLprs8df0&index=6