text: Helen Ward
duration: 10min 
instrumentation: Narrator and orchestra, 2 (pic)-3-3-3/4-3-3-1/timp, 4 perc, hp, piano, guitar/strings
premiere: Minnesota Orchestra; Mischa Santora, conductor; R.T. Rybak, narrator; Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN on 03/02/2005
commissioned: Minnesota Orchestra