The rain begins. The water rises. The spillway begins to spill, and the water rushes forward.

The beginning haphazard pizzicato represents the sensation of rain starting to fall on the river. The patterns as they repeat send the accents bouncing, by design, around the listening space. The patterns slowly change like the river digging new courses.

“Over the drift into the rift

Tumbling down taking the bends

Logs falling below in hiding

Into the rift logs keep riding”

Piano parts in this excerpt, represent female vocalists