With an emphasis on improvisation, the Australian Art Orchestra explores the meeting points between disciplines and cultures, imagining new musical forms to reflect the energy and diversity of 21st-century Australia. Hand to Earth is a collaboration between Daniel Wilfred, a traditional Yolngu songman from Northern Australia who is continuing a vocal tradition reaching back 40,000 years, and Sunny Kim, one of Korea’s most sought-after jazz vocalists. Against a backdrop created by trumpeter-composer Peter Knight, David Wilfred on didgeridoo, and Aviva Endean on clarinet, they sing of timeless things—from the stars to fire to the cooling rain.