Reverberations in the Stillness This piece is about the sounds one might hear echoing across a vast river valley in the middle of an undisturbed forest. The beginning is a faint call, either animal or human, echoing in the distance. The sounds fade in and out making it unclear where they’re coming from and if there’s more than one source. Eventually the sounds change and we hear parts of a mournful song in the distance, definitely generated by humans, but with a sense of being at harmony with the environment, not fighting against it. Finally the song fades away and we’re left with echoes in the distance once again.Rachel Kincaid, Freiburg i. Br., July 2007