1 RiverRun is an orchestral symphony in four movements by the American composer Stephen Albert.
[1][2][3] The title comes from the novel Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, whose literature served as inspiration for the work.
For me, Albert's strategy of building up layers of activity combined with his penchant for low sonorities yields something one step up from mud.
"[5] Walter Price of the Los Angeles Times conversely praised the work, saying, "Albert's 1985 Pulitzer Prize winning symphony, inspired by the works of James Joyce, is conservatively tonal, even Romantic.
Price added, "Albert is certainly a master of lush orchestration, if his melodic material is not particularly distinguished.