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]
Fire: The great destroyer and renewer of life flares up and down, seeming to hide then reappearing with destructive force. Wildly unpredictable, it blazes its way across the landscape until a thundering unison note dies away to reveal a virtuosic cadenza on the didgeridoo. The fire, cleansed, fades away and a solo flute plays a duet with the didgeridoo as the embers die out.