acqua alta

[...] With its subtle instrumentation and its lovely long static spans, the piece, which lasts almost half an hour, beautifully touches the atmosphere of the nocturnal, desolate, ancient, mysterious, staggeringly graceful, flooded San Marco Square. [...] The fact that all those small self-contained movements are made directional in one large sweep is remarkable, plus that surprising details are constantly placed on the smallest level and well timed, makes this work - for the time being - Rijnvos's Masterpiece.
Roeland Hazendonk, De Telegraaf, 3 February 2003

[...] Long pauses are pregnant with tension, pregnant with sounds that are about to explode, which simply have to explode under enormous pressure. [...] Rijnvos was the only composer on the programme capable of creating his own universe. [...]
Ernst Vermeulen, NRC Handelsblad, 3 February 2003

[...] A sounding bocage unfolds, light flaring up, darkness, and emptiness, of a shimmering beauty. [...]
Saskia Törnqvist, Het Parool, February (?) 2003

[...] Written for harpist Ernestine Stoop and the Nieuw Ensemble, the piece consists of 36 musical 'arches', each one separated by a garland of descending notes, scattered around harp, celesta and vibraphone. [...] These instruments create a constant sparkling dispersions of sounds, evoking something unreal and mysterious.
Aad van der Ven, Haagsche Courant, 21 September 2002