Throughout the piece, the music emulates the effects of time-lapse photography and the hectic lives of the busy people by evoking senses of both urgency and peacefully passing time, along with images of people and vehicle lights that linger on even afterthe source has left. These concepts are very easy to portray by writing for euphonium, as the instrument is agile with rapid performance abilities, and also has a very full, mellow sound which gives great sounding sustained notes. Both of these qualitieslet the instrument mimic the miniscule aspects of everyday life, as well as the elements of human interaction that hover over a lifetime; it’s perfect for painting a portrait of our lives. -the publisher