This piece has been planned several times, for several different combinations of instruments. The first version to be completed (in April 2005) was the solo version, for flute or alto flute. After finishing that version I assumed that the project would end there.

But in September 2005 I decided that I wanted to write a version for Flute, Viola and Harp. I feel that the material from the flute solo has many possibilities pointing towards this trio form, of which Claude Debussy is the spiritual father.

The title is a literal transcription of the third line of a poem by Dylan Thomas: In My Craft or Sullen Art. Thomas describes in a touching way, the thoughts of a poet (or composer?), wondering in the middle of the night for whom he is actually writing his art.

Solo version: Flute or Alto flute. Duration: 4′

Trio version: Flute, Viola, Harp. Duration: 9′

This piece is my answer to a persistent admiration for the Missa Pange Lingua by Josquin des Pres, and particularly, the last segment of the last part (Angus Dei). Dona Nobis Pacem, give us peace. Josquin brings these words to life in a way that never stops to move me.

I start my piece with the very last notes, the last cadenza of the mass, with the word ‘Pacem’. I don’t do much more than reflecting on those last words and notes, adding short recollections of fragments that precede them, and inserting chromatic alterations every now and then, slightly changing the original music without intending to harm it. It is my recollection of a wonderful Angus Dei.

Mixed Choir. Duration: 8-9 minutes