Raindrop Diaries

Composer: 
Malina Rauschenfels
Date Completed: 
August 2008
Premiere Date: 
February 28, 2009
Premiering Conductor: 
David Rentz
Premiering Ensemble: 
C4 Ensemble
Premiere Venue: 
St Luke in the Fields, NYC
Composer Notes: 

This piece was inspired by looking at pictures of the Amazon River and its tributaries. It follows a rain drop from a melting snow pile through streams, pristine lakes, stagnant waters choked with algae, polluted tributaries, huge rivers, and finally into the ocean.
 

Duration: 
8'30"
Language: 
Other
Language (other): 
none-just sounds
Choral Voicing: 
SATB-SATB
Divisi: 
Soprano (throughout)
Alto (throughout)
Tenor (throughout)
Bass (throughout)
Solo requirement: 
Tenor
Other
Solo requirement (other): 
tenor optional solo
Text Source: 
It is just nonsense sounds depicting water.
Significant Seasons or Days: 
N/A
Keyboard accompaniment: 
N/A
Instruments: 
N/A
Allow excerpts: 
Yes
Scoring notation: 
Standard notation
Difficulty Level: 
4