Soule: Secunda (Transcr. Trifonov for Piano)

Soule: Secunda (Transcr. Trifonov for Piano) (From "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim")

I wrote this piano track after a long November day, I was worn out after challenging software issues,  and took a moment to centre myself in the present moment. It had been a while since I composed for piano, and so after I paused, I looked out the window to the sky and found inspiration in the rain, filling the sky with a soft, misty haze.

My hope with this track is that it reflects the gentle waves of rain this time of year - and that it offers a moment of pause to reflect on the beauty and stillness of it. And then, once the notes have faded I hope you'll notice a sense of calm settling in.

Here's a poem I wrote to accompany it.

I sat adrift in time and place
Staring out beyond the window pane.
Fingers on keys finding new melodies 
Melodies coaxed out by the gentle rain.

The rain taps, it drops, it falls from high.
It splatters, it splashes, it gets in your eye. 

Relentless it comes, and down it stays
Filling the puddles and all waterways.

The rain taps, it drops, it whispers low.
It dances, it drizzles, it softens and flows.

The rain comes down, and down it stays,
And in its rhythm, my soul finds its way.

The rain comes down

"Un niño  
colgado de un hombre  
no es más niño que el hombre 
un hombre 
colgado de un puente 
no es más hombre que el  puente
 un puente
 colgado del cielo 
no es más puente que el cielo 
un cielo  colgado al poema 
no es más cielo que  verso 
y  un poema colgado a su verso 
no es más bello que  un niño” (Kleist)
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"A child hanging from a man is no more a child than the man. A man hanging from a bridge is no more a man than the bridge. A bridge hanging from the sky is no more a bridge than the sky. A sky hanging from a poem is no more sky than verse. And a poem hanging from its verse is no more beautiful than a child." (Kleist)

Soule: Secunda (Transcr. Trifonov for Piano) (From "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim")

Daniil Trifonov