Sabâ (Sabah) means morning. It is also a maqam, a scale in Ottoman and Arabic music. The piece is written in the maqam sabâ. In this particular "amanes", folk wisdom, like the chorus of an ancient tragedy, provides the frame for the story. Sisyphus climbs the mountain step by step, pushing his boulder. He must decipher the code and feel, live through, and make sense of everything that lies in his way. He finds out who he wants to be, but the boulder has already begun to weigh him down as he pushes it uphill. Folk poetry Vocals: Eleni Christou