Product Description
Kittatinny Ridge Suite is composed of three movements: I. On the Delaware at Carpenter's Point, II. The Fields of Walpack at Dusk, and III. Yellow Frame's Harvest Home. The suite is a musical landscape of different points along the Kittatinny mountain ridge in western Sussex County, New Jersey.
I. On the Delaware at Carpenter's Point explores a kayaking trip at the very northern point of New Jersey. From the river one can see the High Point monument, the highest point in the state, as one crosses under bridges, passes islands, and speeds through small rapids.
II. The Fields of Walpack at Dusk paints the tiny, rural township of Walpack, with its quiet fields and forests. The central theme is "In Babilone": an old Dutch melody, echoing the regions colonial-era settlers.
III. Yellow Frame's Harvest Home is a fantasy on "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come," illustrating the late summer community dinner, "Harvest Home" run by the Yellow Frame Presbyterian Church, of Fredon township. Other hymn tunes surface in the piece, including "May the Lord Mighty God" and "St. Anne" (the colonial-era psalm tune for "O God our Help in Ages Past).
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