WRITTEN IN JUNE 1993 IN HOHEGEISS IN THE HARZ MOUNTAINS, THESE FOUR PIECES DEMONSTRATE THE REDUCED TEXTURE OF HIS LATE STYLE. THE MUSICAL MATERIAL IS DELIBERATELY LIMITED: EACH RESPECTIVE PIECE IS BASED ON DIFFERENT MOTIVIC CELLS CONSISTING OF TWO OR THRE THE VISITOR OF THE IDYLL - THE HERMIT AT THE WATER - THE ACTOR WITH THE MONKEY - THE SHEPHERD'S FLUTE.

Pieces may alternatively be performed with flute/alto flute solo.