Daintree Wonders

About the Work

Daintree Wonders uses a recorder orchestra in a contemporary way to represent a journey through the Daintree Rainforest. The piece starts with an eerie mood then as the sun rises, birdsong represented through the sopranino recorder, is heard piercing the silence. Other scenes are evoked include rain falling on the canopy and life in the rainforest both beautiful as well as dangerous. The piece has a motif sprinkled throughout (B Ab G Eb D) that always appears as the same pitches but in different contexts. This helps connect the different sections together and draws the listeners in as they hear something familiar in an unfamiliar setting. 

This work won the 2022 Orpheus Music Recorder Composition Competition.