Orchestra of the Black Forest, The Forest Sings by Nick Ballón, Documentary Short, Random Acts

The Forest Sings is an exploration of the gentle unease and uncertainty built up in the Black Forest, like a storm brewing, as four men travel up a hill to play their alphorns. The notes blown have a soothing effect, calming the atmosphere and the tension, merging with the surrounding landscape. In the summer of 2018, Nick was visiting his father in law in the Black Forest with his newborn daughter. Walking with family up a gentle slope, he heard the deep, soothing, but also eerie sounds of the Alphorn.