Going deeply as if the world were a pond full of opaque and still water that reflects ourselves.

Quiet and blissful.. like the transparency of the harmonic strings..and the little crackle of the 'tape'

the little forward motion is nice .. change.

Amazing Sample Orchestrations

Mare Nostrum

Calm.
cold
and broken...
This is an anonymous voice...
who was born on a cold night in the depths of darkness.
composer and piano: Kianoush Koureshi

Anonymous

"In the Bleak Midwinter" by English poet Christina Rossetti was first published in 1872. In 1906 Gustav Holst composed a setting to these verses now sung throughout the world. At this dark time in humanity it is our sincere hope that you will reflect upon these verses with us and ponder the hope and true meaning of Christmas.

Thank you dear Debbie, for your beautiful sensitive music and piano. 
Thank you for this very special journey in music, and in Christina Rossetti`s beautiful poetry.
Arrangement and piano: https://soundcloud.com/debra_buesking
Vocal arrangements and voice: Oddrun Eikli
Studio work: Arne Hiorth
Cover design: Debra

Lyrics:
In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago.

Our God, heaven cannot hold Him
Nor earth sustain,
Heaven and earth shall flee away
When He comes to reign:
In the bleak mid-winter
A stable-place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty —
Jesus Christ.

What can I give Him,
Poor as I am? —
If I were a Shepherd
I would bring a lamb;
If I were a Wise Man
I would do my part, —
Yet what I can I give Him, —
Give my heart.

All verses (1872)

    In the bleak mid-winter
    Frosty wind made moan
    Earth stood hard as iron,
    Water like a stone;
    Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
    Snow on snow,
    In the bleak mid-winter
    Long ago.

    Our God, heaven cannot hold Him
    Nor earth sustain,
    Heaven and earth shall flee away
    When He comes to reign:
    In the bleak mid-winter
    A stable-place sufficed
    The Lord God Almighty —
    Jesus Christ.
    	

    Enough for Him, whom cherubim
    Worship night and day,
    A breastful of milk
    And a mangerful of hay;
    Enough for Him, whom Angels
    Fall down before,
    The ox and ass and camel
    Which adore.

    Angels and Archangels
    May have gathered there,
    Cherubim and seraphim
    Thronged the air;
    But only His Mother
    In her maiden bliss
    Worshipped the Beloved
    With a kiss.
    	

    What can I give Him,
    Poor as I am? —
    If I were a Shepherd
    I would bring a lamb;
    If I were a Wise Man
    I would do my part, —
    Yet what I can I give Him, —
    Give my heart.

In The Bleak Midwinter | Debra Buesking and Oddrun Eikli

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

Toivo Kuula: Pikku - Gavotti - Little Gavotte. Op.3b No3.
Read & reproduced by VV Jun 11-13, 2024.

Composer	Kuula, Toivo (1883 Alavus -1918 Viipuri, Finland)
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.3b
I-Catalogue Number	ITK 52
Movements/Sections	3 pieces
Elegia / Elegy (1908)*
Häämarssi / Wedding March (1908)*
Pikku Gavotti / Little Gavotte (1906)
Year/Date of Composition	1906-1908
First Performance	No.1: 1908-03-27 in Helsinki
No.2: 1908-05-05 in St Petersburg, Finnish Church (M. Putro, organ) & 1908-05-06 Terehov Palace (T. Kuula, piano)
First Publication	1908 (Elegia, Häämarssi) - Helsinki: A. Apostol, Plate 114
1920 (Pikku Gavotti) - Helsinki: A.E. Lindgren, Plate 1165
Composer Time Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Piano

Toivo Kuula: Pikku-Gavotti - Little Gavotte. Op.3b No3

This is the 6th track and sentimental piano solo song included in '24 Piano Sketches' that is a new solo album from Yuki Murata, the Tokyo-based pianist/composer and member of the cinematic instrumental music band, Anoice, and its side projects, RiLF and Films, who fascinates music fans in the world by her lovely melodies and piano sounds.

As the name suggests, '24 Piano Sketches' includes 24 piano songs which Yuki Murata plays improvisations on her own grand and upright pianos. This long project is going to add 2 songs every month and ultimately 24 songs in one year, allowing the listeners to feel the changing of the season in real-time via the beautiful, warm, and sometimes melancholic piano sounds.

This time, she purposely selected a cassette tape recorder, a MiniDisc player, and an early generation of iPhone as the recording equipments for each song, unlike studio albums from her own bands such as Anoice. These retro and simplistic recording devices were able to capture not only a creaking noise coming from the piano and the environmental sounds outside the window, but also a noise occurred by cheap microphones, which make this album so impressive. Its nostalgic soundscape may remind her listeners of her first solo album 'Films' and second solo album 'Home'.

You should feel the changing of the seasons with the beautiful piano melodies.

24 Piano Sketches

BandCamp

squall (Anoice / Yuki Murata '24 Piano Sketches')

This is the 8th track and short but beautiful piano solo song included in '24 Piano Sketches' that is a new solo album from Yuki Murata, the Tokyo-based pianist/composer and member of the cinematic instrumental music band, Anoice, and its side projects, RiLF and Films.

As the name suggests, '24 Piano Sketches' includes 24 piano songs which Yuki Murata plays improvisations on her own grand and upright pianos. This long project is going to add 2 songs every month and ultimately 24 songs in one year, allowing the listeners to feel the changing of the season in real-time via the beautiful, warm, and sometimes melancholic piano sounds.

This time, she purposely selected a cassette tape recorder, a MiniDisc player, and an early generation of iPhone as the recording equipments for each song, unlike studio albums from her own bands such as Anoice. These retro and simplistic recording devices were able to capture not only a creaking noise coming from the piano and the environmental sounds outside the window, but also a noise occurred by cheap microphones, which make this album so impressive. Its nostalgic soundscape may remind her listeners of her first solo album 'Films' and second solo album 'Home'.

The photos taken by her bandmate of Anoice, Takahiro Kido, on his Polaroid camera every season, are adopted as the cover images of each single, and they will added together with the songs to the following BandCamp page every time a single is released.
https://riccolabel.bandcamp.com/album/24-piano-sketches

You should feel the changing of the seasons with the beautiful piano melodies.

wandering (Anoice / Yuki Murata '24 Piano Sketches')

The Weight Of Silence

CSS plays Elgar Op. 20 Mvt II

Sometimes longed for, sometimes unbearable...

Thank you for listening :-)

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Solitude

This composition was inspired by a reading of the poem, "The Swan" by Mary Oliver.

The Swan

Did you too see it, drifting, all night, on the black river?
Did you see it in the morning, rising into the silvery air -
An armful of white blossoms,
A perfect commotion of silk and linen as it leaned
into the bondage of its wings; a snowbank, a bank of lilies,
Biting the air with its black beak?
Did you hear it, fluting and whistling
A shrill dark music - like the rain pelting the trees - like a waterfall
Knifing down the black ledges?
And did you see it, finally, just under the clouds -
A white cross Streaming across the sky, its feet
Like black leaves, its wings Like the stretching light of the river?
And did you feel it, in your heart, how it pertained to everything?
And have you too finally figured out what beauty is for?
And have you changed your life?

So Says the Swan

During these dark times, remember where we came from.
During these only times, remember we're all together.
We Are Human.

Thanks to Sonixinema for the competition I had the honor of winning with this track! 

Song on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RSuYaTOhOQI

We Are Human

Piano Melody with a choir, acoustic guitar, strings, and subtle beat

Late Night Thoughts (New Ambient Mix)

A Strange New World - Dan Keen

I have used the iBach Dream Piano and Strings from the BBCSO

A New Day Dawns- IBach Dream Piano

Please welcome to join Syntaleta community on www.patreon.com/syntaleta
Remastered by Houman (https://soundcloud.com/houmans)

A Secret Door

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

A member of Cellar Door which you can find here: https://soundcloud.com/cdoor

"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)

Latest EP (February 2020) "COOL" is available on BandCamp (digital only): https://bruceirving.bandcamp.com/
It is also on Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, Amazon Music, and other music streaming sites.
I'm a singer-songwriter in Central Massachusetts (www.bruceirving.com, http://flyingsinger.blogspot.com). I have five albums available at BandCamp.com, Spotify, and many other online music sites: "Jardin du Luxembourg" (2003),  "Message from Tomorrow" (2010),  "Look at You" (2013), "Center Of It All" (2018), and "COOL" (2020 EP).

So Says the Swan

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