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This work describes the beauty of dawn and the emergence of the sun. The music starts in a minor key and when the sun finally appears in its glory - the key changes to major. I use 2 different instrumentals to keep each verse fresh.

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Sunrise on the coast

Grey dawn on the sand-hills - the night wind has drifted
All night from the rollers a scent of the sea;
With the dawn the grey fog his battalions has lifted,
At the call of the morning they scatter and flee.

Like mariners calling the roll of their number
The sea-fowl put out to the infinite deep.
And far overhead sinking softly to slumber -
Worn out by their watching the stars fall asleep.

To eastward, where rests the broad dome of the skies
on the sea-line, stirs softly the curtain of night;
And far from behind the enshrouded horizon
Comes the voice of a God saying "Let there be light."

And lo, there is light! Evanescent and tender,
It glows ruby-red where 'twas once ashen-grey;
And purple and scarlet and gold in its splendour
Behold, 'tis that marvel, the birth of a day!

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from Aussie Art Song - Banjo Paterson Edition, released February 13, 2020

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Niq Reefman Sydney, Australia

Niq trumpets like a singer, keyboards like a bass player, sings like a narrator and ukuleles like an electric guitar - his musical performance is best described by picturing “Tim Minchin, flying a trumpet through a thunderstorm”.
He spreads songs of beauty, mirth, camaraderie, inspiration and action to a world that craves the social zest of an Irish pub and the hopeful melodies of nature. ... more

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