This work was commissioned by Pembroke College Cambridge to celebrate the 600th anniversary of' their foundation. It was first performed at St. John's Smith Square London on the 18th of March 1998 by Emma Johnson and theVanbrugh Quartet.My idea in writing this piece was to depict a journey. The title comes from a poem of that name by W.H. Auden. I have used one or two simple musical ideas and tr…