 The material is always growing and proliferating into polyphonic lines, canons, inversions and retrogrades which representing cells dividing, multiplying and grouping.Eventually a central climax is reached after graphical ‘contractions’ from the orchestra; this represents the moment of birth and brings about a sense of release.The second half of the work symbolises the rapid development of the newborn and suggests the sequence of an intermezzo, scherzo and finale.