and the ice is cracking around you, too

The title of the piece and its musical content refer to the title and musical ideas of a piano piece by the composer and pianist Balázs Futó. In conformity with his way of thinking, striking, forceful materials are ordered in Horváth's compositional method into harmonic and other sound sequences.

The work is dedicated to the musicians who gave it its first performance: Péter Földesi and Balázs Futó.