Mr Walcott writes ofplaces seen with an imagistic crispness, a snapshot-spareness; "fields of seaweed [that] reach as farasGuinea" ishisviewof the Atlantic Ocean.
Mr. Spears, a young, New York-based postminimalist composer, matches the spareness of Ms. Moshiri's text with luminous, pointillistic writing for his five-piece chamber orchestra.
Arborea is a bit melodramatic at times (the recurring rain stick could have been left out of the mix), and the spareness can leave listeners wanting something meatier.