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Springs Of Living Water
A unaccompanied flute quartet with optional fourth part clarinet. The introduction begins with a “bubbling” motive which leads into the tune stated in the lower voices with responses interspersed in the upper voices. After a short flourish the melodic material resurfaces like the beginning. A modulated interlude is tossed about leading into a another modulation with extraneous motives. And yet, another modulation where the melody is more staid until it leads into another modulation which acts as a coda concluding with a celebratory flourish.
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Springs Of Living Water
Bubbly is an appropriate description of this violin duet from beginning to end. It begins with non-thematic material and then breaks into the song as a simply duet style followed by the second part carrying the theme while the first part adds a delightful obbligato. The middle section is a contrast in tempo and style with an expressive line in the first violin with a gentle underpinning of the piano. After a tempo increase the violins repeat the duet style line of earlier section and then embellishes the lines with more active rhythms. With a final acceleration, the piece comes to a solid close.