By David Balakrishnan, for string quartet. As heard on Danzón
“The title is taken from a Native American folk-tale in which the main character lives in a community where he doesn’t feel like he belongs–he is a misfit. In order to heal from this, he undertakes a spiritual journey, to find the “Sacred Mountain.” At one point, he comes to an impossibly wide river, which blocks his way. In order to cross and to get a glimpse of the Sacred Mountain, he must jump higher than he ever has before, into the total unknown.”