Childers Shining by Sarah Hopkins
'Childers Shining' - composed by Sarah Hopkins.
Visionary music for choir, orchestra, didgeridoo, Choirchimes & the celestial sounding Harmonic Whirlies.
"An inspiring, uplifting and deeply moving CD". This music was commissioned by the Queensland Biennial Festival of Music, 2003.
'Childers Sining' includes nine songs for choir & orchestra, plus two previously composed pieces for Harmonic Whirlies & Choirchimes. (Tracks 1 & 9).
It is dedicated to World Peace. These songs incorporate many cultural & world music influences including Aboriginal, Native American, African, Celtic, Islander & the music of nature. All the different chants, melodies & 'soul songs' within these pieces literally "sang through' Sarah in the process of creating them.
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Tracklist
| 1. | Blessing & Cleanse | 1:40 |
| 2. | Call to the Ancestors (Coombyah) | 3:37 |
| 3. | Lament for the World | 4:36 |
| 4. | From my Soul | 1:46 |
| 5. | Dolphin's Song | 2:39 |
| 6. | Bridge | 4:02 |
| 7. | Hullayha | 3:16 |
| 8. | Tinka Linka | 2:05 |
| 9. | Gaia Whirlies for World Peace | 3:21 |
| 10. | Shining | 2:24 |
| 11. | May you Dance | 5:00 |
Credits
- Performed & recorded in Childers, Queensland, Australia on 27th July 2003 by Sarah Hopkins with the Childers Choral Society, Woodgate Singers, Orpheus Singers, Bumdaberg Youth Choir, Bundaberg Youth Orchestra, Childers State School students, & Lloyd Richards (didgeridoo). - Conducted by Robert Rotar.
- Presented by the Queensland Biennial Festival of Music & the Isis Shire Council.
- Recorded & mastered by Mickey Levis, Troy Horse Studios, Queensland
- Produced by Sarah Hopkins
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"Sarah Hopkins' music is truly uplifting, soothing for the soul, innovative & exotic. A real gem in Australian music" ~ Zoli Mauritz, Festival Director. She is a unique Australian composer-performer, internationally acclaimed for her visionary music & inspiring performances for cello, overtone singing, handbells, choir & the celestial sounding Harmonic Whirlies of her own creation.