Reconstructive Variations on Deep River

Reconstructive Variations on Deep River is a set of continuous variations on the spiritual, “Deep River.” Reconstructive variations, as the title suggests, reverses the traditional variation form, which begins with the theme and advances to progressively distant variations. These variations begin with the most distant variation, consisting of brief fragments of the theme scattered throughout the texture. The remaining two variations merge these pieces into more continuous lines and leads towards the statement of the original theme, which concludes the piece.