back on what happened to them. The last movement encroaches on the spiritual. In Judaism a body, from the time of death to that of burial, cannot be left alone. The bodies, or parts of, which were found but unidentified, were kept company by a group of women from Stern College near the medical examiners office on the East Side of Manhattan. "I actually read about this in the New York Times and I was quite struck by this as a humane thing to do, so I located a couple of these women and their voices appear in the third movement along with a cellist who sang songs when her mother died who has a very nice voice and a Cantor who does that kind of thing regularly. He sings a part of what's called the 'Wayfarer's Prayer'. I prepared the thing in English; it is, "Behold I sent an angel before you to guard you on the way and to lead you to the place that I have prepared." That's a very beautiful line. And it's something you're supposed to say before you go on a journey, particularly an aeroplane. Along with some other lines. It's something you could say over a body whose soul is about to embark on a voyage we don't know where." "But the ending of the piece is David saying, "and there's the world right here", and the telephone beep comes back on. And it's a really, you know, you're right back at the