Title:	Wings of the Wind
Duration:	10`
Year of composition:	1997
First performance:	London Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding
	April 7 1998, Barbican Concert Hall
Publisher:	Chester

The title of this piece, Wings of the Wind, comes from Psalm 104, one of the most poetic, peaceful and descriptive among the Psalms:

...He makes the clouds his chariot
and rides on the wings of the wind.

Plenty of beautiful pictures appeared in my mind while reading it, depicted by the author of the text with astonishing distinctness and strength. I followed my reminiscences of those "frescoes" while composing the piece. It's structure consists of five bigger sections, about two minutes each.
The first part could be called "the music of clouds and flight".
The second one is "the music of water":

...at your rebuke the waters fled,
at the sound of your thunder they
took to flight...

The third one - "the music of joyfulness and happiness on the Earth":

...the earth is full of your creatures...
...when you open your hand,
they are satisfied with good
things...

The forth part is "the music of horror":

...When you hide your face,
they are terrified...

The last one is "the ancient hymn", a kind of meditation, which might be able to bring us back to the magical time when the words of the Bible were written down.