Tyalgum by Robert Davidson (1997)
The small village of Tyalgum is nestled in a spectacular landscape dominated by Wollumbin (Mt Warning) - the first place on the Australian mainland lit by the sun each day, and the core of an ancient, enormous volcano.
Commissioned by the village’s wonderful music festival, I spent a week there composing and found my resistance to landscape-inspired music stood little chance against the inspiring forms around me. The piece is a kind of personal mythology in response to the land, ending with a reflection of the intense quiet I often experienced there.
© Robert Davidson 1998
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