It was the year 2000 and as I was approaching my own wedding, "Wedding in the Night Garden" poured out of me. It is a piece about two souls, weightless, floating through a night garden in search of one another; it is my love piece to my wife Claire. The music is lyrical in style and the many linear string parts and mezzo-soprano melodies imply the harmony throughout the work. The effect of this was to create a sense of two souls floating through air. Finding the right text for this work almost seemed like an endless search. After volumes of reading through poetry, I finally turned to the "Song of Songs" and found the perfect words staring straight at me expressing all the mystery and beauty that I was yearning for in the music. Originally, the two-movement work was orchestrated for strings and mezzo-soprano. Later, a second version was developed for strings, choir and mezzo-soprano which was performed in 2002 by the Los Angeles Master Chorale. It was so well-received that conductor, Grant Gershon, programmed repeat performances at Walt Disney Concert Hall in their 2005/2006 season. In its first-ever release, this original version is performed by 15 strings and were recorded under my direction with the mezzo soprano part performed by the gifted Aleta Braxton. Both versions are available for concert rental/performances.