This composition not only demands extremely high technical skills of the cellist, but also a special ability of expression which reflects the spiritual message of the piece: By thinking, feeling, speaking, humming the words 'Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison' during the cello playing, which often has a percussive character too, music and text, musician and instrument (with voice and bow) fuse into an intimate unity.

Sostenuto; ritmico - Quasi improvisato. Lamentoso - Chiaro