in 2001, french producer philippe ghielmetti heard copland with his trio in paris, and invited him to record his debut solo piano album. the album featured almost all copland originals. three years later, swiss producer werner uehlinger followed. in "poetic motion", references to bill zavatsky's poem of the same title are everywhere. in "time within time" copland wrote his own verse, which helped unify the theme of "time" that is present in the cd title, the cover photograph, and the musical titles and content.