Earth Cry, Peter Sculthorpe; with Didjeridoo

Peter Sculthorpe's work Earth Cry still resonates, with the powerful didjeridoo introduction by William Barton.

Listen to an excerpt from the Naxos recording here (subscribe to listen free to 25% of the work)

There is another recording (the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, but without William Barton on didjeridoo)

 on YouTube

I much prefer the Naxos recording, just for Barton's contribution.

About Peter Sculthorpe

Earth Cry, Advice for Teachers:

"In ‘Earth Cry’ Sculthorpe wanted to write a ‘quick and joyous’ response to the Australian landscape, but felt that the piece must also reflect his distress at the self-interest of our culture, and his belief that we should be listening to the ‘cry of the Earth, as the Aborigines have done for many thousands of years’. These contrasting moods of joy and pain are central to the structure of the work".

Peter Sculthorpe on Earth Cry