It almost sounds like you're channeling Philip, plus a suggestion of the Westminster Quarters. Very contemplative, powerful.

brilliant and beautiful....a clear winner in my books....absolutely loved this

Otra maravilla llena de sensibilidad. Felices Fiestas.

Very beautiful track, calm and with great melodies, beautiful piano sound very suitable with the title.

So thrilled to have been able to work with the wonderful Suzanne Ledwith @suzanne-ledwith on this song.  What a beautiful and captivating voice!!
I also have to thank Peter @user-264930040 for collaborating with me on the lyrics. He has a masterful way with words, and imbued the lyrics with poetry and life!

The Glimmering Shore

They married in haste on a bright winter’s day 
Knowing the next tide would sail him away 
But he pledged his return come the warmth of the May
 And to wait for him there on the glimmering shore

High masted whaler, fading from view 
Beyond her horizon of shimmering blue 
Steeling her heart, through tearful adieu 
Set to wait for her love by that glimmering shore

May’s softness as swallows came dancing on air 
July blessed her life with his daughter so fair 
Then autumn winds rising, whispering despair 
While she waits for her love on that glimmering shore

Darklings of winter, snow blankets the sand.
 Earth forged to ice, life stripped from the land. 
Daily returning, the horizon to scan 
To wait for her love on that glimmering shore

Weeks swelled to months that folded to years
 Hope’s light expiring, extinguished by fears 
And the salty sea roared and it crashed like her tears
As she waits for her love on that glimmering shore

Like a ship gripped by tempest ne’er to break free
 Her heart imprisoned on a turbulent sea. 
No lighthouse of guidance to lead her to lee. 
She'd wait for her love on that glimmering shore

Vocal - Suzanne Ledwith 
Guitar - Philip Hitt
Lyrics - Philip Dale & Peter Keenan 
Music - Philip Dale

Picture by Lukas Robertson via unsplash.com

The Glimmering Shore (feat. Suzanne Ledwith)

Fingerstyle playing has been a passion for me for over 45 years, having fallen in love with it when I first heard a college friend play with his fingers instead of a pick.  It was mesmerizing and I determined then and there I must learn how.  This song is the first I wrote using fingerstyle and has followed me around now for over 40 years evolving as I learned more playing technique.  I think it is still evolving, but this is where it is now; shades of light and shadow, good times, difficult times, hopefully full of the Grace of God. It is a musical portrait of me.  Performance note:  only one guitar used, the Taylor JKSM, standard tuning, no overdubbing--strictly solo fingerstyle.

Places I've Been

This was my proposal for the Westwood Scoring Competition.
Check out the full video on YT: https://youtu.be/Pdw0n3kEWG0

The Lost Piano - WESTWOOD Scoring Competition

Uilleann Pipes.(sekkepipe),  Whistle and Accordion : Phil Dale https://soundcloud.com/philleann
Piano , Cover design by Debra:  Debra Buesking https://soundcloud.com/debra_buesking
Vocal: Oddrun Eikli
I warmly thank Phil and Debra for this collaboration.
Like most people, I have heard this song many times, read the poem.
 But now I understand the depth of this poem, so sore and fragile. 
Thank you from heart Debra and Phil,  two wonderful musicians. A JOY.

If you need one poem for regrets in your life, then it must be this poem. 

Down by the Salley Gardens was written by W B Yeats (1889), who is generally known as one of Ireland’s greatest poets.

    Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
    She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
    She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
    But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.

    In a field by the river my love and I did stand,
    And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
    She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
    But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.

 Yeats published the poem in his collection, The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems in 1889. 
In a note on the poem, he said that he was trying to reconstruct an old song he had heard being sung by a woman in the village of Ballisodare in Sligo.

Down by the Salley Gardens was written as a poem and remained that way until 1909 when Herbert Hughes set it to music using the old Irish melody, The Maids of Mourne Shore.

Salley Gardens. Debra Buesking. Philleann. Oddrun Eikli.

Pastorale

The Dream of Dr Pangloss (The Seeds of Doubt)

My friend @soundsofthekosmos invited me to collab by exploring japanese mythology. This track relates the story of the very beginning, when two gods, Izanami and Izanagi, born and then create the first island Onogoroshima, where they decide to settle down. I enjoy a lot this project, still discovering and learning lot of things... Check also other collabs around this project here: @soundsofthekosmos and feel free to participate.

Artwork by Hideo

Onogoroshima (Ariad + Zanshin)

Made for Naviar Records' 480th Haiku Challenge. Details at https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/03/15/naviarhaiku480-filling-my-shadows/

Filling my shadows [naviarhaiku480]

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L'INFINI ET L'AU DELA_SONY_TC_D5M

Morceau réalisé avec le programme Sibelius et le player Note Performer (Sons BBCSO)
Lien video score :
https://youtu.be/NllP3R-2zJk

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