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Fast Flows the River (2009)
ensemble Hammond organ (or MIDI keyboard) and 'cello
commissioned by Hannah Collins
premièred April 30, 2009, New Haven, CT
Fast Flows the River is a textless setting of the anonymous folk song Call John the Boatman for ‘cello and electric organ. The lyrics of the song describe a sailor who “sleeps” more deeply the worse a storm buffets his boat.
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Hannah Collins, 'cello; Timothy Andres, Hammond B3