With 2008 marking the 40th anniversary of the historic Prague Spring event, the piece heard here of the same name - written for flute and orchestra- was Homans’ way of “describing the emergence of hope” which was “dashed in '68, and then finally realized in 1989's ‘Velvet Revolution’.” Appropriately, the piece was recorded with the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra and features Cathrine Saunders on solo flute.