"Commissioned by James Roman, Houston, Texas and first performed on 13 July 2019 within the Space City New Music Festival, Houston" -- caption.
Musical themes are based on a hymn to the Greek god Apollo composed by Athénaios around 128 BC; the composer has "transformed the themes into a narrative that traces the first human spaceflight mission to leave Earth and to voyage to another celestial body--the Moon"--preface.