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Description
Trio
for flute, viola, and harp. Difficulty: 4/5. Duration:
6' 30".
Program
Notes
Water
Walker
is essentially an abstract piece of music, more
impressionistic than programmatic. There were,
however, a few recurring intuitive images that
floated through my mind during the composition
process, finally tossing up on the beach and suggesting
the title. One was an impression of the cool white
winter sun easing below the western horizon off
the seaside California town of Corona del Mar,
silhouetting seabirds like acrobats diving and
dancing over the shining green curl of the waves.
Another was a picture of Jesus, calmly traversing
the whitecaps on the wind-buffeted Sea of Galilee
to catch up with the boat bearing His dumbfounded
friends. A third was the image of the apostle
Peter, clambering out of the boat to meet him,
and actually making it a few steps across the
water before losing his confidence and starting
to go down. "Why did you doubt?" says
Jesus as he hoists him back up. I can't answer
Jesus' question any better than Peter could. I
suppose Water Walker was born of the same
restless ambiguity, a mixture of the faith that
drew Peter from the boat and the doubt that nearly
drowned him.
Commission
and Performance History
Water
Walker
was commissioned by Dan Raines and the Creative
Trust through a program of the Pacific Composers
Forum. It was premiered on March 28, 1993 in Los
Angeles, CA by the Debussy Trio.
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$15.00
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$10.00
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