Nine glass bottles begin to hum.

A procession enters. It advances slowly, sustained by a steady vamp produced by breath alone. The sound is circular and patient, as if waiting for something inevitable.

On stage, vibraphone and marimba assume the pattern. Above it, the musical saw intones the opening of Mozart’s Lacrimosa. The melody rises to its first ascent and returns, as it does in the original.

Here, it remains.

The motion does not proceed. The harmony repeats. The gesture is held in place, neither interrupted nor fulfilled.

One by one, the sustaining instruments fall silent.
The bottles continue.

The procession turns and leaves the space exactly as it entered.

The piece concludes without development, having performed its own rite.

World premiere — and subsequent burial — at the Open Stage of the Austrian Percussion Camp 2024.