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In November 2021, the amazingly talented Lithuanian composer Justina Jaruševičiūtė posted a couple of images of paintings by the Danish artist Hammershøi on her Instagram feed. I had never seen any of his works but immediately the scope for developing narrative music from his paintings was attractive to me. I am so grateful to Justina for bringing his work to my attention and thus I dedicate the music to her with thanks for the inspiration she gifted me.

This second movement, "Door of Endless Longing" was prompted by Hammershoi's 1905 painting "Interior with a woman standing". The woman appears frozen in time, waiting for the arrival of a loved one who will perhaps never return. But she does not know how to do anything other than wait.