The Saddest Word of all is Love

the saddest word of all is Love
it cries tears that turn its head
to gaze on the arguments of the undead
as they pretend to fight for life
under the shadow of another dark night
where upon the dying deeds already done
it treatens to break the hearts of everyone
to speak a spoken word so rare - so kind
under the shadow of another distant kiss
two hearts prepare to miss each other
one has given her heart to another
under the shadow of another dark night
two eyes wallow in the sadness of life.

Poem by S.D. Clifford (https://www.facebook.com/sdcliffordpoetry)
This piece is dedicated to Alison

The Saddest Word Of All Is Love

A collab with wonderfully talented Dirk Maassen. 
I listened to his piano track "East" https://soundcloud.com/ascoltadi/dirk-maassen-east-open-collab and Dirk posted that it would be an open collab... so I took the piece of him and added another piano line, string orchestra and a flute... 

Here is my version of EAST. I hope you like it and thank you very much, Dirk, for your great inspiration and music! :D

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Picture: Rainer Brückner/ pixelio.de

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MACRIMA & Dirk Maassen - East

thanks for supporting my music @ spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/758yIKdhJhWL6oTuTSFVV6

Finished all the mastering, artwork and lineup on "Anmut" and sent it to the stores... 

Thanks to Kayll Frappier, Vicente Bueso, Pessoaz, Luliby, Koen Janssen for the great collabs ! 

Thanks to Stefano Barzan for the wonderful mastering, it was an honour to work with you !

And last not least I thank Dirk Mallwitz for mastering Un Voyage, White, Scent of Rain, De Toujours, This Moment. Especially for keeping calm in every situation and for being a patient mastering engineer always open minded and ready to produce the perfect sound. -> www.soundset.de

Thanks Nick for the awesome photo, it matches 100% with what I see when listening to the music !

http://www.flickr.com/photos/leeneek/

Anmut Track #02 - La Giulia (out on spotify, iTunes, amazon..... February 28th)

Original score from 'Cilla', a three-part ITV drama series about the singing career of Cilla Black. The series was written by Jeff Pope (Oscar-Nominated for 'Philomena').

Together

This is the first of 8 new compositions for the 8 Piano project, an album I am going to record on 8 different pianos all over Europe....

Dirk Maassen - Spring (8 Pianos - Sketch)

Now on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4AF0aitUscPlkAPmS8t6m7?si=6UEkbRYAQgWPvyc6t64-Zg

Like a Swan

This set of SWWs was written in memory of a wonderful singer, teacher and friend, Diana Walkley. Here, significant reference is made to Elgar's Music Makers - a score of great insight, I now understand, into a lonely composer: a true 'dreamer of dreams'

SWW22.5

Solo Piano.  Created in Real-Time at the Midwest Music Conservatory, St. Louis MO.

Year od Muaic XIV

Year of Music: August 25, 2025

Original soundtrack for promotional film advertising Kabana, a New Mexico-based boutique jewelry manufacturer and store with national US distribution.
https://www.facebook.com/8292productions/videos/1490643824292874/

Her Dawn

WATCH VIDEO

The Letter | Oliver Sadie feat. Deryn Cullen for 82/92 Productions

Hi - here is the third piece from my live concert in London last year, featuring the Bergersen String Quartet.  I hope you like this piece :)

The Promise (Live at St James's Church)

 "This whole earth in which we inhabit is but a point is space."
 -Henry David Thoreau

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"Autumn Rains" is the second installment in a trio of neoclassical solo piano albums composed, performed, and produced by Andrew Souter. These projects have been two decades in the making and represent a return to traditional music composition, engaging song-writing, and the pure passion of emotional story-telling. This trio represents Andrew's most personal and intimate music. It is quite literally a love project. We hope it may help you on your journey, as it has us...

"Autumn Rains" is music inspired by the spirit of Agape. It is an album dedicated to the concept of spiritual love and universal compassion clothed in the metaphor of transcendental natural beauty. It is an album that simultaneously expresses deep love for both the creator as well as the creation. It is said God gave us music so that we could pray without words. It could be added that nature was provided as an example of exactly how to do this effectively. In this spirit, Autumn Rains is a prayer of gratitude for the opportunity to learn from the natural beauty of this world, and an expression of a sense of respect for the inescapable universal equality that nature imposes. It humbly attempts to capture deep feelings of awe, granduer, idealism, and a belief in the innate goodness of the world even when we all face exceptionally hard lessons.

En Passant

Andrew Souter -- En Passant

I create things.  Musical things...  Technological things...

Production of my third solo piano album to complete the trilogy is underway now! Stay tuned...

If you enjoy the music please support via Apple Music, Spotify, or other streaming/download service. My music is also available directly from my company web-store in uncompressed WAV format as well if you prefer:

http://www.designersound.com/

My other job is co-founder and primary algorithm designer of 2CAudio.  We make some pretty cool stuff for the pro audio software community including some of the best reverbs on the planet, which you are hearing in all of my personal work here too of course.

http://www.2caudio.com
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Thanks for all of your kind words and support!