November 1998: the directors gave me a videotape. Six ninety-year-old ladies speak of their lives, childhood, first love, marriage, children, war, reconstruction, old age. They speak of their beliefs, their convictions, fears, anxieties, and dreams. I accompanied the piece on the piano and developed five short “forms” from the improvisation.

Another level: Berlin-Schlachtensee, walks in autumn, weighing up my own personal record.