This work was commissioned by the Hounslow Symphony Orchestra to mark its 60th Anniversary. Funds towards this commission and its premiere performance were provided by: Cockayne Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation, the Arts Council, Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust, Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust, and the London Borough of Hounslow. The following individuals also contributed as joint commissioners of this work: Christopher Aubrey, Charles and Karen Bartlett, Isobel Crane, Kathryn and Cameron Doley, Anne and Dave Gay, Professor Barry Kay, Elizabeth Lowe, Martin and Raili Nicholson, Christine and Tony Powell, Iwan Thomas, Christine Wilkinson, Anthony Yates-Watson.