This project included years of research, which took Einhorn to France and back. The 81-minute result is difficult to explain, Einhorn said, but easy to understand from the audience. The performance can be seen as a film with score, a music-theater event or two parallel performances, he said. Make of it what you will. I think that everybody who experiences the piece experiences it in a different way.
Interpretation is free, but the score is thoughtfully set.
Because Joan of Arc claimed to be guided by divine voices, Einhorn included voices in the score. For the libretto, he used writings of the bible, of female medieval mystics and of Joan of Arc herself. Joan, whose voice type is not known, is represented by unison soprano and alto lines. Einhorn also recorded the sound of the churchbell in Joan of Arc's birthplace and incorporated it into the final score. Einhorn is thrilled by performers' different interpretations and by the variety of responses he receives.