There is a fluid and unpredictable counterpoint to the music, reflecting the rushing cascades, luxuriant eddies, and meditative stillness in the music, which alternates between large kinetic strokes and delicately, detailed duets.
The counterpoint allows no breaks for the fingers. The music is fast moving and consists of repeating and changing patterns of notes for the right and left hands. These patterns overlap and interact so as to produce small rhythmic and melodic motifs within the texture of the music. Such motifs are not indicated but are left to the performer to “Find”. Considerable freedom is given to the performer in terms of tempo, dynamics and pedaling. The three sets of Rivers employ a different minimalist process, all the pieces consist of repeating patterns of notes and sequences of notes which flow through and around one another and which are subject to simple processes of change as the music progresses. The continuous ongoing nature of the music is suggestive of rivers – hence the title.

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