Anne Boyd – Goldfish Through Summer Rain

Goldfish Through Summer Rain for Flute and Piano

Composed in 1979, Goldfish Through Summer Rain is a piece for flute and piano by Australian composer Anne Boyd. Boyd studied music at the University of Sydney, where she was one of Peter Sculthorpe’s first students. Her music is regularly performed world-wide. The hallmarks of her musical style are its transparency, gentleness and delicacy – attributes which reflect her long involvement with Asian traditions especially those of Japan and Indonesia.