Orchestration: 3(pic:pic,afl)3(ca)3(bcl)2+cbn/4331/timp.4perc/cel(pf)hp/str
Commissioned by: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Dedicated to: Hans Werner Henze
Availability: Published by Novello & Co., London
First performance: 3 March 1994
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
St George's Hall, Bradford
Listen to an excerpt from 1st movement
The Gelders Orchestra conducted by Micha Hamel
Listen to an excerpt from 2nd movement
The Gelders Orchestra conducted by Micha Hamel

Milarepa in the cave with scenes from his life surrounding the central image.