Promises

Sam Shepherd, who records as Floating Points, composed it and arranged the strings. The piece opens with a central motif on synthesizer, piano and harpsichord that recurs in variations, with Sanders' tenor appearing sparingly; reviewers describe it as built on a repeating figure, called a seven-note arpeggio by WFAE and a four-chord figure by Loud and Quiet. The film Promises: Through Congress, directed by Trevor Tweeten, plays the full piece over a painting by Julie Mehretu, premiering at the Whitney Museum on April 24, 2021. The world premiere of the live performance was at the Hollywood Bowl on September 20, 2023, with guests including Shabaka Hutchings, Four Tet, Caribou and the Sun Ra Arkestra; the source does not say whether the LSO played that show.