Enigma Australis by Anna Pope

Enigma Australis by Anna Pope from the choral cycle 'Australian Soundscapes' (2009)
Performed by Lumina Vocal Ensemble, Musical Director Anna Pope. Live recording from Adelaide Fringe Festival 2009 in Gay's Arcade by James Cowling. Singers: Rachel Sag, Raphaela Mazzone, Saam Thorne, Sarah Bleby, Anna Pope, Fiona O'Connor, Rosemary Byron-Scott, Chris Guntner, Tim Muecke, Bernard Mageean, Clive Conway, James Cowling & Kenneth Pope.
Photos from Kangaroo Island, South Australia by Claire Booth and Eleanor Pope.
Whirly instrument played by Eleanor Pope. All the rest of the sounds are made by the singers. Available on Lumina's CD 'Australian Soundscapes'. For more info about Lumina, visit lumina.org.au

Words:
Enigma Australis
Can you hear?
Can you hear the silhouette of many trees
As they dance along the wind?
Can you see the echoing of ev'ry day
as it passes on the sand?
Can you taste the hardness of the heat
as it captures ev'ry tear?
Can you feel the brightness of the sun,
the glare of the air as it hunts out ev'ry shade?
Can you breathe the spirit of the haze?
Can you dream,
can you sense the many ages past
who have whispered on the wind,
who have hidden in the sun,
who have wandered through the days,
who have been here before we knew?
Have you heard?

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