The haunting strains of a distant melody, the resplendent majesty of an angelic choir; the echoing criesof circling birds, the thundering clomp of charging hoofbeats; the menace of an ominous growl, the soul- stirring chime of a tolling bell, the urgency of a percussive rhythm: Sophie Tassignon conjures all ofthese with only that most beautiful, boundless and mysterious of instruments, the human voice.