The word Stélé itself describes a headstone or monument, often erected on the coastline in memoriam of sailors and travellers lost at sea, or those never to return to their homeland. In a sense, they were beacons for lost souls. The Stélé of Demokleides which depicts the image of a lost sailor seated alone on a cliff, his head buried in his hands provided great inspiration for the entire work and, in particular, the first movement. The next movement, Dervish, is based on the statue of the mad galloping horse and Jockey of Artemission, its musical form being my response to the ecstatic dance of the Whirling Dervishes. The third movement, Bronze Apollo, which is inspired by the magnificent early bronze figure Piraeus Apollo, bears the sub-title "Copper, Bronze, Water, Air, Green, Perfume". Web, a short relentless drone that compresses and weaves elements used in the preceding three movements, closes the solo. Phillip Houghton