Full Score for the orchestral work Śūnyatā composed by Fiona Hill.
Programme notes:
By connecting with the deepest parts of myself and the natural world throughout the process of composing this work
whilst also surrounding myself with symbols from Neolithic Goddess mythology I resonated with the concept of a
deep spiral which grounds us to the earth and traces lines to our ancient ancestors.
Furthermore fragments of text from the book "The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an image"
by Anne Baring and Jules Cashford inspired my conceptualisation.
"The Bird Goddess appears as the vessel that is both labyrinth and door to the dimension beyond human life."
"The cosmic egg of the universe was laid by the cosmic Mother Bird, and its cracking open was the beginning of time and space."
"She [the Goddess] governed the fecundity of woman...... She was an enduring image both of renewal in time and timeless totality."
The title Śūnyatā is a Sanskrit word which has multiple meanings depending on its doct
