Hraeca Leah

Hraeca Leah (Mountain Pass to the Meadow) is an Old French/English language place name which originally referred to a meadow or field. It is a pastoral A-B-A composition making lyrical use of the woodwinds sections. The first section features short solo passages in the flute oboe and clarinet. The middle section is slightly more rhythmic and agitated featuring thirty-second note triplet runs in the upper woodwinds, lyric counter melodies in the mid-range instruments and a static ostinato-like accompaniment pattern in the brass. The piece then returns to the pastoral woodwind themed melodies found at the beginning.