Initially, the work was created as the sixth (penultimate) part of the ballet `Maa` (Earth), but later began to be performed as an independent concert number.
The title alludes to the image of a...Read more

Initially, the work was created as the sixth (penultimate) part of the ballet `Maa` (Earth), but later began to be performed as an independent concert number.
The title alludes to the image of a fall into the underworld. The musical development follows this concept: the piece begins in a high register and gradually expands its range.
The live sound of the harp is processed in real time using software (Max/MSP), which creates the effect of a three-dimensional, “cosmic” space.
In 1995, Saariaho, together with Tuija Hakkila, created an arrangement of this piece for harpsichord and electronics.

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