Piano Works is the second installment of Lucy Claire’s ‘Works’ series. It is an eclectic take on what piano music can be. Featuring cellist Ren Ford (Keaton Henson’s Romantic Works) and violinist Marie Schreer (The Royal Northern Sinfonia) and surrounded in atmospheric binaural soundscapes, the piano is far from lonely. The work features a collection of pianos from grands and uprights, to electric keyboards, toy and thumb pianos. It is grounded in the real world but hints strongly at the magical and supernatural, it absorbs, transports, then delivers you back to reality with new perspective.

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Performed by Zarvan Ensemble
Violin: Babak Kouhestani
Violoncello: Nargessi Fallahpassand
Piano: Karan Salajegheh
Composer: Daniel Derakhshan

Inner Turmoil

We recently had to put down our dog, Lambeau, a most loved member of our family for these past 12 years. This melody came to me during his last night with us, as he and I slept together on the basement floor, sharing our few last hours of time in this world....

Journey of the Heart

Saying Goodbye

Gjendines bådnlåt is a traditional lullaby which can be traced back to Kaia Gjendine Slålien (1870-1971), a milkmaid from the Jotunheimen area. Well known for her repertoire of songs, she met Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) on several occasions. Many of her ballads and lullabies formed the basis for his 1896 collection of “19 Norwegian Folk Songs – Op.66” which he arranged for the piano. Gjendines bådnlåt is the last piece in the collection. My version of the lullaby is mixing up various versions of the lullaby.

Lyrics:

Bånet legges i vuggen ned
stundom gråter, stundom ler (x2)
sove nå sove nå, I Jesu namn
Jesus bevare bånet (x2)

Min mor ho tok meg på sitt fang
dansa med meg fram og tilbake
Min mor ho tok meg på sitt fang
dansa med meg att och fram
Danse så med de små, danse så
så skal borna danse (x2)


Translation:
The child is placed in the crib
Sometimes crying, sometimes smiling
Sleep now, sleep now, in the name of Jesus
Jesus keep the child safe
 
My mother takes me in her arms
danced with me back and forth
Dance with the little ones, dance
So shall they dance

Gjendine's Lullaby

Gjendines Lullaby (Gjendines bådnlåt)  | Trad. Norwegian Folk | Marianne Lihannah | Nyckelharpa

Performed by the Manhattan School of Music Orchestra under the baton of Daniela Candillari.

Welcome To The Anthroprocene (2020)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Frederick Stock, conductor

Sibelius: Valse triste, Op. 44, No. 1 (Victor 1925)

released October 12, 2020

d/l at https://abyssinsideus.bandcamp.com

Waltz of Grievance

Written for one of my piano students in December 2020
Composed + played by Matthew Lee Knowles

SCORE
https://www.scribd.com/document/489865788/For-Martha-piano

VIDEO
https://youtu.be/oT6oWKZplFQ

For Martha

Composer inspired by the connections between music, nature, and science.

Featured in National Geographic and on CBS Sunday Morning.

Author of Birdsong: A Musical Field Guide, available on Amazon.

Graduate of the Hanns Eisler School of Music, Juilliard, and Manhattan School of Music.

Photo credit: Anna Baptist

Welcome To The Anthroprocene (2020)

Alexander Liebermann