Eyvind Hjorth: [Young and old rivers] (1997)   LISTEN

Group 2:
A YOUNG MOUNTAIN RIVER
- is heard at a distance (piano)
 - approaches ... (mf) - and crashes into the old river! FAST AND SLOW STREAMS ARE MIXED... ARE UNITED... AND FLOW ON TOGETHER OUT INTO THE SEA
Group 1:
AN OLD RIVER
- flows calmly, heavily and majestaetically along... (mf)
 FAST     ATONAL    BROKEN PULSE
     STACCATO      HIGH AND MIDDLE REGISTERS
Legato    Slow pulse
    Deep and middle registers   a minor    tonal 		  EXTREMES MEET Common pulse: 3/4
Harmonically, major tonality
vivid, with new vitality
 Forte>piano