Gibbs highlights the first in the cycle, "Song", which initially echoes "To Varuna" from Holst's Rig Veda hymns, but evolves into "a different creation, distinguished by its own uncluttered quartet writing in which the viola has a special part to play".
Gibbs salienta a primeira do ciclo, "Song", que inicialmente se fai eco de "To Varuna" dos himnos de Holst Rig Veda, mais evoluciona a "unha creación diferente, distínguese pola súa propia escritura despexada para cuarteto na que a viola ten un papel especial para tocar".