written for the wedding of Nick Flower & Tammy Bull in March 1999; recorded by TONUS PEREGRINUS and released on Hyperion in June 2005 (CDA67507); duration: c.3'45"

Another piece exploring the structural properties of the number 7. Each verse - composed in the familiar 'rainbow mode' of the composer (here: F, G, A, B, C, D, Eb, Gb, Ab) starts a note higher than the previous verse; the refrain combines a pentatonic melody with four rotating chords to produce increasingly overdriven harmonic effects.