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The Same River: Mvmt. 2

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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Begin as rock, somewhere above, in mountains of cosmic generations. Submit to ice in cracks and splits, stubborn demands of change. Let pieces fall, roll sliding down to creek then stream then river. The beginning and the end are common at the edge of a circle.
River remain true. Small at first, pick up time pieces of stone and roll them toward a second chance through avenues and bends--carve signatures of landscape. Collect these grains, smooth them in gathering, and deliver them downward, from forgotten to sea; spread them out into the vastness of deep. Make telegrams for oysters. Remember what was once of mountains.
Restless, relentless; nature loves to hide. We step and we do not step into the same river. We are and we are not.

- John Knight

credits

from The Same River, released September 1, 2016
Performed by:
Domenica Fossati, alto flute and voice
Eleonore Oppenheim, double bass and voice
Owen Weaver, percussion and voice

Audio engineering by Brett Parnell at Bear in a Barn NYC
Special thank to St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, NY

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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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