Ashes to Dust was commissioned by East Spring Chorale and premiered at the Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore on 19th April 2015. The song was written during the year of the pass of of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, the first prime-minister of Singapore, and was written in commemoration of him. The work explores the grief and hope of life and death, with the sacred latin text "Kyrie Eleison" and "Dona Nobis Pacem".
