This work investigates the potential for non-coordinated musical performance through an open-instrumentation framework. Composer Michael Finnissy developed this piece for students at the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven, focusing on the interaction between melodic lines and keyboard accompaniment. The composition explores the structural possibilities of music that lacks strict synchronization, allowing for a degree of aleatoric freedom in its execution. The title serves as a narrative anchor for a piece defined by its flexible performance requirements and collaborative nature.

Experts in contemporary music recognize this piece as a practical exercise in indeterminate performance practice. Musicians often note that the lack of specific instrumentation requires significant interpretative decision-making from the ensemble.