Based in Bath, this is his fourth visit to Croydon since last October when his collaboration with Croydon Bach Choir began. The Adopt A Composer scheme, run by Making Music in partnership with Sound and Music and in association with BBC Radio 3, (which recorded this premiere performance), PRS for Music Foundation and the Philip Dorothy Green Music Trust, supports professional composers to create new pieces in close collaboration with amateur musicians. Mark spent six months composing the piece, far longer than he envisaged, because "it mattered more and more" as he became part of the ensemble.