From the River

Peter Sculthorpe

Commission made possible by Stanley Burnton

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Piece length: 5' 30"
Scored for: Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass
Publisher: Fabers

This work recalls my childhood in a small village outside Launceston, in Tasmania. I spent many hours swimming in the nearby river, the North Esk. There, while swimming, I often dreamed of being a composer when I grew up. This is the concern of From the River. The middle part of the work consists of a slower section in which doubts seem to be expressed: my music teacher had told me that all the composers were dead. Such a notion, however, is soon dismissed and the earlier, flowing music returns.

Peter Sculthorpe