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The Same River: Mvmt. 1

from The Same River by Molly Herron

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The texts I use for the two movements are two poems written by John Knight that were based on a series of conversations we had about the challenge of retaining individuality while being socially connected. The title refers to a quote from the philosopher Heraclitus which appears at the end of the second movement: “We step and we do not step into the same river. We are and we are not.”

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Everyday my branches grow.
Everyday my clothes hang out to dry.

I wander through a jungled porch--mine, I guess--with endless plants in tangles. I water, I don't, yet shoots grow haphazard. I search for beginnings, or proper joints in branches, and reach out to trim back chaos.

I want corners all at right angles.
I want a jungle to stay in its place.

Once, these were pots that I potted. Small gifts of green now unruly. I tuck my fingers into the soil, and feel the grip of roots. Every time I look, I find something invisible.

I move forward, forward I disappear.
Or I am backwards, back into branches.

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from The Same River, released September 1, 2016
Domenica Fossati, alto flute and voice
Eleonore Oppenheim, double bass and voice
Owen Weaver, percussion and voice
text by John Knight
Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Bear in a Barn

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Molly Herron New York

Composer Molly Herron “thinks deeply about motion, energy, and the physics of sound” (NPR). Whether writing for baroque strings, flower pots, or newly designed instruments, her work achieves “a wonderful consideration of counterpoint and sound in time” (Seen and Heard International). ... more

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