For the ensemble’s tenth commercial album, New York Polyphony has assembled a program of Renaissance compositions by William Byrd and Orlando Gibbons, ingeniously complemented by 20th and 21st century works composed in the same timeless spirit – often by composers with personal and collaborative ties to New York Polyphony. The album’s evocative title comes from the text of a poem by the Buddhist priest-poet Saigyō (1118–90), which is set to music by Akemi Naito on this album. The recording also features a piece by the late Father Ivan Moody (a frequent collaborator to the ensemble), a New York Polyphony commission from Becky McGlade, and a Nico Muhly work in honor of Orlando Gibbons – as well as selections from John Tavener, Paul Moravec, and Andrew Smith. LeStrange Viols is featured on the pieces by Byrd, Gibbons, and Muhly.