Dancing Water by Brian Wilshere

After heavy rainfall, the shallow river in the valley grows wide, and the water dances over the stones on the river bed.  This short piece for 4 mallet Marimba is a moto perpetuo, with an ostinato starting in the bottom register of the Marimba fading in gradually.  This is then overlaid with a melody, stated twice and followed both times by a chordal refrain.  After the second refrain the music subsides into quietness, followed by a crescendo that culminates in the return of the ostinato in the top register and a slow fade.