Description
Flora
As told by Caroline Chisholm (5’)
Text: David Saint
for voice and accordion
Furore Edition 15061
Sound Research of Women Composers: Contemporary Music (C 375)
Flora is taken from Vivienne Olive’s musical play Caroline Chisholm. In this song Caroline Chisholm describes how a young Scottish girl has her life ruined by a British emigration policy that was responsible for the transportation of women to Australia
in the 19th century.