This short (44 bars) contemplation is dedicated to the memory of Hilary Cornall, and takes the form of a gentlyËflowing Andante tranquillo with frequently-changing time signatures but with a constant quaver pulse = 126. This givesthe work a haunting quality, as if in visual terms - quietly observing the passage of cloud across a balmy summer sky. Tonally, the music gradually descends from an implied A minor to G - the mode subtly indeterminate, butundoubtedly final, as the approach of evening. A...