I didn't think anyone would play this piece. But when Christina performed it, I loved the sound and what was happening as the hands interacted. And I loved the little tunes and motifs that could be heard in the interaction between the hands. It takes a whiz-bang pianist to make those heard. I don't know how she does it."
Canadian Composers Portraits: Ann Southam
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This recording is part of the Centrediscs’ Canadian Composers Portraits series which documents the emergence of a generation of pioneering professional composers who firmly established Canada’s place on the world’s musical map. These 3 CDs are dedicated to the piano masterpieces called Rivers. Slow, Medium and Fast Rivers. This is the first performance of the entire set.