Singing Stone: The Music of Christopher Sainsbury

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Release Date: 12th Apr 2024
Catalogue No: ABCL0086D
Label: ABC Classics
Length: 65 minutes

Christopher Sainsbury: My Eye Has Seen My Desire

Work length7:59

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Ken Murray, Laila Engle

Christopher Sainsbury: North Country Sketches

Work length6:20

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Ken Murray

No. 1, Kakadu

Track length0:48

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No. 2, Oenpelli

Track length1:38

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No. 3, Dry

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No. 4, Mango Tango

Track length1:32

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No. 5, The 'T-O' (The Traditional Owner)

Track length1:26

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Christopher Sainsbury: Simple Truths

Work length3:59

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Ken Murray

Christopher Sainsbury: Brackish Songs

Work length22:20

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Ken Murray, Merinda Dias-Jayasinha (soprano), Merinda Dias-Jahasinha (soprano)

No. 1, Bulbararing

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No. 2, Koel

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No. 3, Moon in the Seagrass

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No. 4, Storm

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No. 5, Whale

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No. 6, Two Tides

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No. 7, Emerson in Avoca

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No. 8, 43 Degrees

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No. 9, Yari-Yarara

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No. 10, Green Boulders

Track length2:35

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No. 11, Firefly

Track length2:22

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Christopher Sainsbury: Labyrinth

Work length3:50

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Ken Murray

Christopher Sainsbury: Singing Stone

Work length12:54

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Ken Murray, Joel Brennan, Don Immel

I. First Stuff

Track length3:05

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II. Allegro moderato and Habanera

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III. Waltz

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IV. Dance of Dialects

Track length2:17

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V. Last Stuff

Track length1:41

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Christopher Sainsbury: Pacifica

Work length7:42

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Ken Murray, Joel Brennan

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Leading Australian guitarist Ken Murray performs the music of celebrated composer Christopher Sainsbury in this musical journey across the Australian landscape. At the heart of this album is the song cycle 'Brackish Songs', featuring the ethereal vocals of Merinda Dias-Jayasinha: a reflection on the interrelationships of cultures and heritage, place and song, inspired by the mingling of salt and fresh water in mangroves and estuaries. The title work, 'Singing Stone', brings in Joel Brennan on trumpet and Don Immel on trombone with amplified guitar to explore the deep connection with Indigenous ceremony and song in the sandstone country of the Dharug people of the northern Sydney basin. 'Pacifica' uses a simple, drifting theme to evoke both the waves of the Pacific Ocean on Australia's east coast and, playing on the meaning of the word 'pacific', a sense of movement both towards and away from peace. 'My Eye Has Seen My Desire' explores the natural poetry of the voices of churchgoers in congregation: the music of individuals coming together into community yet never losing their own uniqueness. 'Simple Truths' offers a moment of stillness and mindfulness in a tumultuous world, with pulsing chords from the guitar ebbing and flowing like waves on sand. And 'North Country Sketches', its title a light-hearted nod to the English composer Delius, paints a series of musical miniatures of Australia's 'top end', the Northern Territory.

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