From Secret Springs
Jane Brockman
About this work:
Not inspired by, but perfectly described by Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem, Mont Blanc (1817) first stanza:
The everlasting universe of things
Flows through the mind, and rolls its rapid waves,
Now dark--now glittering--now, reflecting gloom
Now lending splendour, where from secret springs
The source of human thought its tribute brings
Of waters--with a sound but half its own,
Such as a feeble brook will oft assume
In the wild woods, among the mountains lone,
Where waterfalls around it leap forever,
Where woods and winds contend, and a vast river
Over its rocks ceaselessly bursts and raves.
Version: for flute, viola, cello and piano
Year composed: 2006
Duration: 01:31:41
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Other Combinations, 2-5 players
Instrumentation: 1 Flute, 1 Piano, 1 Viola, 1 Cello
Instrumentation notes: flute, viola, cello, and piano.