The Lithuanian composer Raminta Šerkšnytė wrote This too shall pass on a commission from the Kronberg Academy, to be played by Gidon Kremer and the orchestra Kremerata Baltica at the Kronberg Academy Festival in Kronberg, Hesse, Germany. She wrote it as an interpretation of the phrase "This too shall pass", dealing with the transience of time. She scored the work for solos for violin, cello and vibraphone, with string orchestra.
