Based on a text drawn from Walt Whitman's "When Lilacs Last at the Dooryard Bloom'd." A hymn to nature and the place of death within the cycle of life on earth. Approximately 13:00.
Choral score- for use with versions I & II.
Accompaniment Versions:
Orchestra Version I: Harp Piano four-hands, Timpani/Vibraphone/Glockenspiel/Xylophone (two Players), Strings (min 3-2-2-2-1)
Piano/Percussion Version II: Piano four-hands, Vibraphone/Glockenspiel/Xylophone (two Players)