This terrific work is a wonderful adaptation of the middle movement of the larger work Wine-Dark Sea: Symphony for Band. It's meant to represent the song of the beautiful and immortal nymph Kalypso who saves Odysseus, falls in love with him, and ultimately loses him. The music is very expressive, with quiet moments of tenderness that swell to moving climaxes, finally subsiding to close with a moving touch of sadness and loss.