"I had recently recorded the score for the film Seven Years In Tibet, which included a short melodic fragment that I thought might be expanded, and which I shaped into the form of the present Elegy. The original version of the piece was for cello and piano, and several years later I decided to orchestrate it.  Yo-Yo Ma, who had been the soloist on the Tibet score, kindly agreed to record it.  
 
Presenting this work in concert over the ensuing years has been, for me, a very moving and healing experience."

–John Williams

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Duration: 9 minutes
Premiere Date: 1997