600 Years in a Moment

600 Years in a Moment

<b>Far from the shore, The winds will whisper, 600 Years and I ll be home.....<b> <p>Celtic/New Age pianist, composer and singer Fiona Joy Hawkins celebrates her most epic and significant album 600 Years in Moment. I have often wondered how globalisation effects music and how history changes our perception of instruments and the musical culture of our ancestors, says Fiona. <p>600 Years in a Moment was recorded using a contemporary Australian Stuart & Sons piano with ancient instruments from around the world. Fiona s concept is to bring instruments and their unique sounds from villages across the globe to explore the hidden musical treasures of cultures in a modern musical setting. The album is eclectic, acoustic, beautifully produced, and defies genre by bringing Classical, Jazz and World music together with New Age. <p> Fiona Joy Hawkins recorded 600 Years in a Moment around the world from Newcastle Australia, Los Angeles California; New York, NY, Bremen and Portland, Maine; Halifax, Canada, and Imaginary Road Studios in Vermont, the album is also unique for the production credits that include Will Ackerman, Corin Nelsen and Fiona Joy Hawkins. <p>Contributions from Rebecca Daniel (Australian Chamber Orchestra), Eugene Friesen (Paul Winter Consort), Tony Levin (Paul McCartney), Jeff Haynes (Pat Metheney), Heather Rankin (Rankin Family), Marc Shulman (Suzanne Vega), Paul Jarman, Phil Aaberg, Alfredo Rolando Ortiz and many others give the album its historic value and grace. <p>600 Years in a Moment is available in CD, SACD hybrid/multichannel 5.1 surround sound and Vinyl as double gatefold 180 gsm, manufactured by Furnace in Holland for the audiophile market.