I began Aphrodite’s Rock with a similar starting point, but this time also trying to capture some of the extraordinary sounds of the village where we were staying. Coming to Cyprus in the summer of 2001, there was some dramatic coastal scenery to inspire shapes and patterns to add to the earlier ideas, especially the gentle swirling waters around Aphrodite’s Rock and the ever-present evening chorus of insects and birds. The single movement which has emerged should not really be seen as a series of musical picture postcards, for in some cases the musical imagery has travelled far from the original sketches.