2019_09_23

Panta Rhei for ensemble Music by Valentina Grisafi

Panta Rhei - Valentina Grisafi

A Piano In Vienna (Piano Improv)

Face Towards the Sun, with the Shadows Behind You (Piano Improv)

Donde El Gesto Habla (“Where the Gesture Speaks”) was born from an unexpected invitation to perform at an international animal-rights event. I wasn’t ready for the stage, yet the gesture—someone truly caring about my music and what it stands for—spoke louder than words.
The piece doesn’t run; it walks. Two even steps, like two hands reaching for each other. Deep down a low heartbeat holds the breath; above it, a gentle voice answers in fragments—one held word, then two whispers—climbing and descending in small steps. The wave swells, lays down, grows quiet again. And often, before it fades, it leaves a tiny falling sigh, like a softly spoken “yes.”
Dedicated to those who give voice to the voiceless.

Donde El Gesto Habla

Reposted with the added vocals of Lien.  My many thanks to Lien for graciously enriching this composition with his amazing talent. You can find more of Lien's wonderful music here https://soundcloud.com/lien-thag

Inspired by the poem "The Peace of Wild Things" by the American poet Wendall Berry.

When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

The Peace of Wild Things (featuring Lien)

'Repeat After Me' a mid tempo Acid Jazz track

CON-FUSION

Repeat After Me

Perseverance (2022)

Rainy Day Skye (for Piano)

L. A. October

An improvisation Inspired by a poem from Walt Whitman: "And you O my soul where you stand, Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space, Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,—seeking the spheres to connect them, Till the bridge you will need be form’d, till the ductile anchor hold, Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul." 

Copyright 2025 Brian James McDonald (ASCAP)
Copyright 2025 Brian James McDonald Publishing (ASCAP)

The Noble Gossamer Thread (for Piano)

This is the final Chapter of the Musical Story.  I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed writing this piece.  Thank you as always for listening.

"Best Piano I've Ever Played"

Brian James McDonald

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