Colin Dickey remembers a departed friend and a tree that won't die.

This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Jason Oberholtzer, with help from Sari Botton. Hosted by Catherine Cusick.

Mixed and scored with original music by Jason Oberholtzer and Michael Simonelli.

Clips include:

• Siegfried, Fritz Lang
• Passacaglia in D Minor, Dieterich Buxtehude; performed by Mattias Eisenberg on the Silbermann Organ at St. Georgenkirche, Röthe (1994)
• Chaiyya Chaiyyam, A. R. Rahman; performing with the Berklee Indian Ensemble, October 24, 2014
• Die Winterreise No 5 Der Lindenbaum, Franz Schubert; performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau