Includes CD 

Never before in the entire history of Australia has there ever been a book quite like this. Within its pages you will discover a truly inspiring and moving story about the composition, performance and recording of a modern musical masterpiece. As you listed to the six movement of Symphony of Australia on the disc enclosed you can read how the composer structured the work to dramatize the history of the Australian nation both before and since European settlement began. The enthusiast who organized the first public performance of the symphony at the Sydney Opera House, with an 80-piece orchestra and a choir of more than 100 voices in support of the Royal flying Doctor Service, also has his say. And that's just the a start. You can also share insights into the historical periods behind each of the six movements of the symphony, in the highly informative essays on those periods contributed by six celebrated luminaries. - from Amzon