GAIAN VISIONS - Parts & Score

Grade 5.0
Duration 9.30
 
The work is in three movements 9 1/2 minutes duration. The title of the work refers to Gaia, the Earth Goddess of ancient Greece and to British scientist James Lovelock's Gaian hypothesis, which holds that the earth is a living, self regulating organism that is capable of annihilating anything it perceives to be a threat, including the environmentally destructive human race itself !
(i) Forgotten Forrests - the imposing grandeur of Gaia.
(ii) Desecration - the environmental plagues of modern society. (iii) Redemption - the hope filled prayer to Gaia.