William Barton - didgeridoo; The Queensland Orchestra; Sean O’Boyle - conductor.
[Recorded 4 and 5 February 2003 at The Queensland Orchestra Studios, Ferry Rd and 27 June 2007 at Farmhouse, Brisbane]
Earth: Starting ominously with the initial theme deep in the orchestra, the music is raised to a thundering climax with the didgeridoo playing a short cadenza. The orchestra returns with the gentle birth of the earth and kookaburras greeting the dawn of the ages. This leads to a wild dance with heavy brass and percussion punctuation. The dance dies away as the earth rests.