The 8th and final movement is titled "let peace pervade your dreams". It is performed by members of the Duo + Ensemble, with Masayoshi Ubukata on clarinet, Oji Hall, Tokyo, May 2009.

Movement 7 is titled "there is joy in just the thought of it" - and there is! The performance is by members of the Duo + Ensemble with Masayoshi Ubukata on clarinet, Oji Hall, Tokyo, May 2009

Movement 6 is titled "a young girl, a gun, a flower" - when writing it, I had in mind that wonderful photo taken after National Guard troops occupied the Kent State campus. The performance is by members of the Duo + Ensemble with Masayoshi Ubukata on clarinet, Oji Hall, Tokyo, May 2009.

Movement 5 is titled, "angels guard them while they sleep with dreams of peace". The performance is by members of the Duo + Ensemble with Masayoshi Ubukata on clarinet, Oji Hall, Tokyo, May 2009

Performed by the Duo + Ensemble, conducted by Kyosuke Matsushita, Oji Hall, Tokyo, May 2009

This movement is subtitled "the innocence of children" - we all come into this world innocent of the violence that surrounds us. The performance is by members of the Duo + Ensemble, with clarinetist Masasyoshi Ubukata, Oji Hall, Tokyo, May 2009.

This is the first part of "Two Sad Songs" settings of poems by W.B. Yeats. The performance is by the Duo + Ensemble conducted by Kyosuke Matsushita with soprano Kimiko Hata, performed at Oji Hall, Tokyo, May 2009. The poems in “Two Sad Songs” seemed to be companion poems, expressing in different words a similar sentiment, although Yeats did not intend them as such. When you are Sad was published in 1892 in The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics and The Cloak, the Boat, and the Shoes was included in Yeats’ first published work, the 1889 Crossways.

"everywhere the same sun..." is performed by the Duo + Ensemble with clarinetist Masayoshi Ubukata, Oji Hall, Tokyo, May 2009

"benediction of the wind" is performed by the Duo + Ensemble with clarinetist Masayoshi Ubukata, Oji Hall, Tokyo, May 2009

"it starts with the thought of it" is performed by Duo + Ensemble, with clarinetist Masayoshi Ubukata, Oji Hall, Tokyo, May 2009