Sofia Gubaidulina _ Hommage à T. S. Eliot, for octet & soprano (1987) / part VII Christine Whittlesey, soprano Gidon Kremer, violin I Isabelle van Keulen, violin II Tabea Zimmermann, viola David Geringas, violoncello Alois Posch, double bass Eduard Brunner, clarinet Klaus Thunemann, bassoon Radovan Vlatković, horn Based on T. S. Eliot's "Four Quartets" (1935-1942) Part VII (soprano, clarinet, basson, horn, violin I & II, viola, violoncello, double bass) "Sin is Behovely, but All shall be well... And all shall be well and All manner of thing shall be well When the tongues of flame are in-folded Into the crowned knot of fire And the fire and the rose are one". (from Little Gidding, III & V) Painting: Arkady Rylov, "Sunset" (1917)