Steve Schwartz said: >Yet Sowash does bring off big things. The Harvest Hymn and Harvest Dance >for cello and piano has a stark, Romantic, yet human-scale dignity. I heard these on an overnight program on Connecticut Public Radio and went out and tracked down the recording. I believe it's only available from the composer's Web site. It's pretty unusual for me to indulge in listen once then buy. But there is something different about Sowash's music. There seems to be a streak of optimism that permeates much of it. Or maybe that's the Midwesternness, or both. If you'll permit me a metaphor, the more music-mad among the volunteers at your local animal shelter might relate to the sentiments implied in the music of Rick Sowash. Edward Janusz