OM-Age for flute, oboe, violin, viola, violoncello, piano and synthesizer (1998). The title can be read as both the 'Age of Om' and 'Homage'. The composition is my own version of music for meditation and also my homage to Nature (ecological music). Many of the elements of its rhythm and form are derived from Nature (such as the flight of birds, waves, and the beating of the heart). These extra-musical associations accompany the notation in the score and help the interpreters to achieve a unique irregularity, which is otherwise difficult to note down. The finale includes the sound of a magnetic tape, with a tape-loop created from one bar of the Firebird (the same quotation as in 'Winged Creature'); the natural harmonic tones on a D note act as an unexpected glimpse at real aural Nature, whereas the preceding music seems to imitate Nature. The composition was made to measure for Mondschein Ensemble.