This piece was completed during the Creative Dialogue XI Aug, 2019 in Finland under the guidance of Kaija Saariaho, Anssi Karttunen and Daniel Belcher.

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Thomas Zimmermann, tenor
Karolina Walarowksa, violin
Laura Paakkari, viola
Adele Xiang, cello

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Text is derived from Writing Down What I See by Yuan Hongdao

The Setting sun brings a pallor to the face of autumn;
Floating clouds gather quickly into clusters.
They slant down, veiling the trees.
Only two of three mountains still visible in the haze.
My horse glances back at the bridge-spanned river;
A group of monks returns along a path of pine trees.
The cliff is too high – I can see no temple;
Suddenly, through the mist, I hear a temple bell.