Svou sílu si beru zpět

Inspired by the painting "Refuge" by the American realist painter Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009).

Refuge

2 AM: A Nocturne

New wars are raging, now in Gaza, I wish I could hug all the people who suffer them in first person, for all the hugs not given. Hold me close.


SI DEBO MORIR

Si debo morir, tú debes vivir para contar mi historia,  para vender mis cosas, comprar un trozo de tela y algunas cuerdas, (hazlo blanco con una cola larga) para que un niño, en algún lugar de Gaza…

mientras mira el cielo a los ojos esperando a su padre que se fue en llamas —y no te despidas de nadie, ni siquiera a su carne, ni siquiera a si mismo— Ve la cometa, mi cometa que tú hiciste, volando arriba  y piensa por un momento que un ángel está ahí, trae de vuelta el amor.

1979-2023 Refaat Alareer

Si debo morir  deja que traiga esperanza… deja que sea un cuento.

Artwork cover by aura.songs

Hold Me Close

hold me close

Inspired by the final lines from the poem Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood by the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

"The Clouds that gather round the setting sun
Do take a sober colouring from an eye
That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality;
Another race hath been, and other palms are won.
Thanks to the human heart by which we live,
Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears,
To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears."



Intimations: A Prelude

Piano track from "Nightsongs" new album released on January 2025

Music, piano, mix: Vicente Bueso

Please, unravel me

Solo guitar interpretation of Sonic Youth's "The Diamond Sea", in honour of the 30th anniversary of Washing Machine (premiered live on Sept 26 at the Jumping Bean in St. John's in somewhat less noisy form). Complete take, no edits. Play loud for dynamic range.

Interprétation sur guitare solo du morceau « The Diamond Sea » de Sonic Youth, en hommage au 30e anniversaire du disc Washing Machine. (Donnée en première au café Jumping Bean à St. John's le 26 sept.) Enregistrée comme une prise complète sans modifications. Écoutez à un niveau assez haut pour apprécier les nuances du son.

The Diamond Sea

Original score inspired by the Collin Armstrong novel Polybius

Project Lethbridge

good things happen too 10.7.25

The Commonplace for solo piano. Composed for Piano Day 2016

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The Bleak Midwinter

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The Commonplace

Sometimes longed for, sometimes unbearable...

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Solitude

“A painter paints pictures on canvas but musicians paint their pictures on silence.” -  Leopold Stokowski

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"The most powerful and magical language is music. The reason for this is that music is the original language. Music is not ornamented poetry, and poetry is not ornamented prose. Poetry is fallen music, and prose is fallen poetry. Prose is not the original language; it is poetry made practical. Even poetry is not the original language; it is music made speakable, it is the words of music separated from their music. In the beginning was music." (Peter Kreeft, Philosophy of Tolkien)

2 AM: A Nocturne

Classical Glass