PrairyErth

The word "prairyerth," is an old geologic term for the soils of the American central grasslands.  Due to a drought, the spring of 1994 was a time of expansive prairie fires on the Plains.  PrairyErth represents the devastation, latency, and rebirth that is the  venerable cycle of the grasslands.  Each movement takes its' title from commentaries about the fires: 

                 I.  Fire...from sky...,
                 II.  ...calm after...
                 III.  Resurrection.

The first movement, Fire from sky, is a representation of the violent and sometimes unpredictable side of nature. The second movement, calm after, embodies the immediate devastation a prairie fire has on the land.
Resurrection depicts the rapid explosion of growth and new life which occurs after the first rain.

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