Du var vinden

Conceived as a pair of pieces, Du var vinden (You Were the Wind) and Spring Memories may be performed one after the other, or simultaneously. This work may also stand alone as a setting of a short, thought-provoking poem by Norwegian poet Olav H. Hauge using the metaphor of a boat needing wind to describe a relationship between two people and the exciting directions the wind takes it. There is an additional performance option to have Edvard Grieg's piano miniature Til varen (from the Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43) emerging from this piece, with a coda bringing choir and piano together at the end.