Hannibal in Antibes

This is the musical equivalent of the journey of two friends, both knowing that soon one of them will be leaving Earth forever. Though the younger of the two friends is asked three times to stay behind, the younger will not leave the elder and so travels with him until a fiery chariot pulled by fiery steeds swings low between them and takes the elder away in a whirlwind, leaving the younger only a double portion of his spirit.