Eumeralla - A War Requiem for Peace
Music by Deborah Cheetham Fraillon
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon (soprano), Jess Hitchcock (mezzo-soprano), Jud Arthur (bass), Dhungala Children's Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey (conductor)
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When celebrated Yorta Yorta/Yuin soprano-composer Deborah Cheetham Fraillon visited Victoria’s Lake Condah, she was haunted by the voices of the Gunditjmara people who had lost their lives protecting their country. She wrote this powerful Requiem to ease the troubled spirit of the land. This landmark work of Australian musical culture features full orchestra and massed choirs, including the voices of Dhungala Children’s Choir, and is sung entirely in the ancient dialects of the Gunditjmara people.
TRACK LIST
1. i. O Pernmeeyal (Requiem)
2. ii. Deen nganang warrakeeleek (Dies irae)
3. iii. Wanga-n-wanoong (Tuba mirum)
4. iv. Kooyeen-wanoong (Liber scriptus)
5. v. Tyookooyong-ee (Agnus Dei)
6. vi. Tarrameek-tarrameek-kee-ngeeye (Libera me)
7. vii. Nganya laka wangoong (Quid sum miser)
8. viii. Deen ngootyoong meereeng (Rex tremendae)
9. ix. Pang ngutee-kee-weeng (Recordare)
10. x. Ngarnda wanoong (Ingemisco)
11. xi. Tamboorawananga-n-eeye (Confutatis)
12. xii. Deen nganang weerakaleeyt (Lacrimosa)
13. xiii. Yakeen-aya meereeng (Domine Jesu Christe)
14. xiv. Pernmeeyal (Hostias)
15. xv. Paman paman (Sanctus)
16. xvi. Ngatanwarr (Benedictus)
17. xvii. Moongay wata keenanpa nganang walawa (Lux aeterna)
18. xviii. Noombapee-ngeeye (Kyrie)
19. xix. O Pernmeeyal (Requiem)
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ABC Classics CD
ABCL0120