In May of 2009, I had the distinct pleasure of assuming the role of Composer-In- Residence for a Music Festival in Zagreb, Croatia. The invitation had come more than a year earlier from Tomislav Spoljar, one of the nicest men I’ve had the pleasure of meeting – and a trumpet player too!

In addition to the performance of many existing works of mine, I offered to write a new piece for the festival, composed for the somewhat unusual combination of flute, trumpet and piano. The piece would be for ...