Ives, Second Orchestral Set, “The Rockstrewn Hills”
4 min., 47 sec.
| 0:00 | Introductory |
“I remember, when I was a boy — at the outdoor Camp Meeting services in Redding (Conn.), all the farmers, their families and field hands, for miles around, would come afoot or in their farm wagons. I remember how the great waves of sound used to come through the trees. . . . There was power and exaltation in those great conclaves of sound from humanity.” Charles Ives |
| 0:17 | Dance fragment, strings; interrupted | |
| 0:29 | Dance fragment, woodwinds; interrupted | |
| 0:49 | Ragtime fragment, piano | |
| Kaleidoscopic array of fragmentary ideas; buildup | ||
| 1:27 | Brass becomes prominent. | |
| 1:58 | Cakewalk fragment | |
| 2:07 | Climax: homophony | |
| 2:34 | Slowdown and pause (solo stringed instruments) | |
| 2:44 | March fragment, trombones | |
| 3:00 | The hymn is prefigured. | |
| 3:14 | Dance fragment from beginning, brass — collapse | |
| 3:27 | Hymn, clearer | |
| 3:57 | At last the hymn emerges clearly: “I am coming, Lord!” | |
| 4:08 | Fades: a fragmentary whole- |