“Climbing the World Tree” takes listeners on a journey through this universal mythic symbol across musical cultures. From Kate Daisy Grant’s contemporary British folk tribute to the ash tree, through Latvian, Magyar, and Norse interpretations, to Bartholomäus Traubeck’s experimental translation of tree rings into piano notes, we journey through diverse sonic landscapes. There’s even a brilliant slice of French pop courtesy of Frêne. The program culminates in Bronius Kutavičius’s powerful Lithuanian oratorio “The Tree of the World” – a piece that emerged during the Baltic “Singing Revolution” and speaks to both cosmic harmony and cultural resilience. The DJ apologizes for mangling the pronunciation of so many words!