1. ... Jäätyivät Umpeen Levottomat Vedet = ... Frozen Are The Restless Waters
2. ... Ah Olen Kuullut Villihanhien Huudot = ... Oh I Have Heard The Wild Geese Calling
3. ... Pitkät Yöt Sulavat = ... The Long Nights Are Melting
4. ... Soutaa Avomerta Päin Tulipunainen Laiva = ... Towards The Open Sea Rows A Fire-Red Boat

The composition was born under the influence of the playing of the famous saxophonist John-Edward Kelly who for a long time asked Aho to write something for his instrument.
The impetus for writing was the Tunisian film The Silence of the Palaces 1994 or more precisely the Arabic music that sounded in it elements of which microchromatics and ornamentation Aho integrated into the score.