The title of this work comes from a poem by Estonian poet, Kristiina Ehin, whose poetry has inspired me several times before. I think this title describes well the character and technique of this work: contrasts between “cold” airy colours in high register plus rustle, and rhythmic “rocky” sections, sometimes performed with extra pressure; and gliding between these two contrasting worlds. Like a melting iceberg, unstable on the ground, rapidly vanishing.

Mirjam Tally