I was working on a little exercise in a classical passacaglia form, when I got asked to contribute a short piece for the Quatuor Alfama string quartet, and their 22/23 concert season. What started as a short exercise that I wanted to finish in a week, suddenly became a vast exploration into new possibilities. I sketched and discarded and re-ordered the material that I already had, and kept sculpting it for a few months before sending it in to the concert organizers. The theme that kept me company throughout the writing process was one of the central motifs from Bartók's seminal masterwork, "Concerto for Orchestra".

Thanks to Ruben De Gheselle and Michaël Penson for organizing this collaboration, and of course my composition teacher Dominique for his continued guidance.