This piece, written in memory of Stephan Stein in 1989 for guitar solo and chamber ensemble, grew out from sketches made in 1978-79.

At the core of the musical texture is a choral-like sequence of guitar chords occasionally completed or interrupted by chordal or melodic commentaries of other groups of instruments. An essential element of the composition is the placing of various groups of instruments at different points of the room. Thus, space functions as a type of acoustic filter, similarl...