Description
Patuxent Walk
Composed by Jonathan Cohen
for Alto Flute and Guitar
Published by Tetractys Publishing
Duration: ca. 10 minutes
Includes two playing scores
Contents:
Reflection at the Bend in the River
Outside at Last
The River Opens
Song for Triadelphia
Dance of the Leaves on the Water
Where the Patuxent River forms the boundaries between Howard and Montgomery Counties in Maryland, I took a walk. I reveled in the quiet green freedom of the outdoors. Moving down the river westward from what is now MD 97, I followed the waters as they curved through hardwood forest and rock, past mountain laurel and fern. Suddenly, the river opened into what is now the Triadelphia Reservoir. The reservoir is named for the town of Triadelphia, now at the bottom of the reservoir, surfacing only during severe droughts. But there was plenty of water that day, and the reservoir was wide, peaceful and beautiful.