Mari

inspired by 
"To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.—Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd."
Hamlet, Act III, Scene I
William Shakespeare

to sleep; perchance to dream

voice memo, raw sketch 'the feather' (name will change) in the room on piano

Domum

Break Away

4th track from my new EP, "<a href="http://dewtone.bandcamp.com/album/halo-late-winter-tales-dtr013">Late Winter Tales</a>, now out on <a href="http://dewtonerecordings.com">Dewtone Recordings</a>. You can now download the EP in digital format at http://dewtone.bandcamp.com/, while it will be available in digital stores from May 15th.

More info about Halo at <a href="http://haloproject.co.uk">haloproject.co.uk</a>; follow our pages on <a href="http://facebook.com/halosphere">Facebook</a> or <a href="http://twitter.com/halotwtr">Twitter</a>for the latest news.

Mastered by Ludvig Cimbrelius.

Halo - Late Winter Tales - 4.Drift

Memory of a passage #2

played and recorded by Edward Sikorski
mixed and mastered at Studio B
© 2018 Edward Sikorski

Humble Trees

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This is my small contribution to celebrate Piano Day 2018. Hope you enjoy it!

What you make of it (Piano Day 2018)

入梅 (Nyūbai) literally means Entering the Rainy Season (tsuyu(梅雨)) in Japanese; the season lasts in Japan from early June to mid July.
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Photo: "June Bokeh" by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnystella/">Jonathan Spence</a>

Halo - Scenes from the four seasons - 2.Nyūbai

'Dolour' is my contribution for this years Piano Day. 

Composed, performed and produced by myself.  

Hope you enjoy


©ben stanbridge 2019

Dolour  [piano day 2019]

Stephan asked me to write a nocturne for the day of no light here in Iceland, 21. december and here it is dedicated to him :)  And today was dark, no sun at all here in SV Iceland. However this is in a way a happy day, tomorrow the day will start getting longer and every year it´s like that.

The music starts in F# major/minor, the key with so many black (night) notes and it ends in C major, the white/daylight key. Symbolic.  I thought of the motiv today while I was playing in a service for a lady that died way to soon, and the idea is to start dark and give way to the light as the improv progresses.  I think some moments came out ok, 
and the world did not end which is good.

Nocturne 10. - "21/12, 2012  the lightbringer". Dedic. to Stephan Beneking.

News:
05/05/2022
A new beautiful song for solo piano, "Inner Light" is out today on Soundcloud. After a long break, I can't wait to share new music with you.

30/11/2016
Halo is currently on hiatus. A new EP and single are in the works.. Thanks as always for listening and for your support. I will be back with more beautiful music for all of you.

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Halo is a project of contemporary classical/ambient music by Pasquale Riviezzo, 29, Italy.

Labels:
ASIP: http://astrangelyisolatedplace.com
Dewtone Recordings: http://dewtone.com
Sound in Silence: http://fb.com/soundinsilencerecords
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Releases:

15 May 2012
<a href="http://dewtonerecordings.com/album/late-winter-tales" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Late Winter Tales (EP)</a>
Dewtone Recordings [DTR013]

03 March 2013
<a href="http://haloproject.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scenes from the four seasons - B-Sides</a>

06 March 2014
<a href="http://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/halo-song-of-the-highest-tower" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Song of the Highest Tower (EP)</a>
A Strangely Isolated Place [ASIP029]

26 January 2015
Rain Says - <a href="https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/europe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Europe</a>
A Strangely Isolated Place [ASIPV002]

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Remixes:
• <a href="http://soundcloud.com/haloproject/lullatone-a-slow-waltz-halo-remix" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lullatone - A Slow Waltz (Halo Remix)</a>
• <a href="http://soundcloud.com/haloproject/not_a_number_rmx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apparat - Not A Number (Halo Remix)</a>
• <a href="http://snd.sc/YUWMw6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Need A Name - Rain, Roads and Lights (Halo Remix)</a>
•<a href="http://dewtonerecordings.com/track/after-the-rain-by-halo" rel="nofollow" target="_"> Porya Hatami - After the rain (Halo Remix)</a>

Collaborations:
• <a href="http://soundcloud.com/myristica/when-it-rains-in-mei" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">December Waltz by Myristica (Piano arr.)</a>
• <a href="http://soundcloud.com/myristica/forever-sunset-by-myristica" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Halo &amp; Myristica - Forever Sunset</a>
• <a href="http://soundcloud.com/haloproject/and-in-the-endless-night-they" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Halo &amp; TheOxfordAmbientCollectiv - And in the endless night they shed their tears</a>
• <a href="http://soundcloud.com/haloproject/beyond-the-glow_piano" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beyond the glow by Myristica (Piano arr.)</a>
• <a href="http://soundcloud.com/myristica/myristica-halo-blue" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Halo &amp; Myristica - Blue</a>
• <a href="http://soundcloud.com/haloproject/halo-for-melancholy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Halo &amp; Motohiko Hirami - For Melancholy</a>
• <a href="http://soundcloud.com/haloproject/halo_will-i-ever-be-missed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Halo &amp; Say - Will I ever be missed?</a>
• <a href="http://soundcloud.com/haloproject/heart-and-soul-piano" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heart and Soul by Myristica (Piano arr.)</a>

Halo - Scenes from the four seasons - 2.Nyūbai

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