Probably the most annoying thing I’ve ever written, and that’s saying something. I’d heard Michael Nyman’s ‘In Re Don Giovanni’ and also a British Rail advert on the TV. This is nothing like any of those things. I was working with the extraordinary Sarah Bennett at the time, so I blame her.
The picture is of Gwen’s imprint on the frosty grass, and although this tune was written years before she was born it suits her down to the last … woof.