Big Sky – Journey To A Destination Unknown

Description

The full score to this work is available for download free of charge here

01. Meditation (3.52)
02. The Sky is full of Light (4.01)
03. Don’t Let Go (2.01)
04. A Circle (5.46)
05. Anywhere but Here (6.13) (lyrics: Andrew Motion)
06. Oh Dropped Leaf (2.43)
07. God of the Silent Soul (4.53)
08. 0 Bring me Down (2.37)
09. The Boatman (5.12)
10. The Unseen Way (6.15)
11. Playing the Game (4.06)
12. The End of My Journey (5.22)

Produced by Jon Hiseman
℗&© 2003 TM Records

In 2002 virtuoso saxophonist and composer Barbara Thompson set the poetry of Tagore to a suite of 12 songs scored for 100 voices, organ & percussion with a contribution from the Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion. The suite was entitled “Journey To A Destination Unknown” and included “The Unseen Way”. Barbara later recorded this as an instrumental track with her band Paraphernalia and it was released in 2015 on her final album “The Last Fandango”. This version featuring Barbara on saxophone with Peter Lemer on keys, Taif Ball on bass, Billy Thompson on violin, recorded and produced by husband and drummer Jon Hiseman, now features her daughter, Ana Gracey, on vocals. Mixed and mastered at Temple Music Studio by Peter’s son Ru Lemer in 2023, it is Paraphernalia’s latest release and may be heard on all streaming platforms. It commemorates the first anniversary of Barbara’s passing on 9th July 2022.