Fairhaven Bay

Music by Oliver Caplan - www.olivercapla...
Performed live by the Atlanta Contemporary Ensemble, 9/29/18 - www.atlce.org
Video by Bill Woodard
Inspired by the legendary section of the Sudbury River in Concord, Massachusetts, Fairhaven Bay commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the United States Wild & Scenic Rivers Act. A favorite haunt of Henry David Thoreau, Fairhaven Bay has continued to be a source of inspiration and reflection for generations of community members thanks to its protected status.
Nature has always been the place where I feel most myself, a font for peace and creativity. Fairhaven Bay is the final section of In the Directions of Dreams, a three-movement work that includes two additional tone poems, Walden Pond and Adams Woods. Together, the three represent one of my favorite walks, a sojourn that traverses the historic setting of Thoreau’s Life in the Woods, a landscape of idyllic swimming holes, pine forests, stone walls, and a shimmering river.