Living quietly in a room full of beautiful things, I am touched deeply by the swarm of tender notes. It is late here. The day was warm. Now, it is mostly just me in the building awake. Such an apt rendition of light to the soul. Thank you, Your Honor.

A meditative piece for Ukraine!

if you want to use this piece in film or other media: https://sonata.media/artist/richard-hellgren/c81d29e3-0780-41e4-a8a3-e2d0fbb07314

Litany

This composition was inspired by the poem "Day is Done" by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882).  

Day is Done

The day is done, and the darkness 
Falls from the wings of Night, 
As a feather is wafted downward 
From an eagle in his flight. 

I see the lights of the village 
Gleam through the rain and the mist, 
And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me 
That my soul cannot resist: 

A feeling of sadness and longing, 
That is not akin to pain, 
And resembles sorrow only 
As the mist resembles the rain. 

Come, read to me some poem, 
Some simple and heartfelt lay, 
That shall soothe this restless feeling, 
And banish the thoughts of day. 

Not from the grand old masters, 
Not from the bards sublime, 
Whose distant footsteps echo 
Through the corridors of Time. 

For, like strains of martial music, 
Their mighty thoughts suggest 
Life's endless toil and endeavor; 
And to-night I long for rest. 

Read from some humbler poet, 
Whose songs gushed from his heart, 
As showers from the clouds of summer, 
Or tears from the eyelids start; 

Who, through long days of labor, 
And nights devoid of ease, 
Still heard in his soul the music 
Of wonderful melodies. 

Such songs have power to quiet 
The restless pulse of care, 
And come like the benediction 
That follows after prayer. 

Then read from the treasured volume 
The poem of thy choice, 
And lend to the rhyme of the poet 
The beauty of thy voice. 

And the night shall be filled with music 
And the cares, that infest the day, 
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, 
And as silently steal away.

Day is Done

"Reckless" - Piano Improv

Chopin: Raindrop Prelude (Op. 28, No. 15)

Raindrop Prelude / Regentropfen-Präludium by Sandra Labsch Piano Solo 2023

Raindrop Prelude / Regentropfen-Präludium - Sandra Labsch

Improvised variations (on a theme of Shostakovich from the Second Movement of his Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 102).

For my dear friend, British lawyer and novelist David Nathan, who first brought the piece to my attention over dinner. David is the greatest orator I know. A wonderful novelist and raconteur. I am proud to count such a brilliant man amongst my friends.

Improvised variations on Shostakovich Op. 102

Khlum II

A Musing #2 (User song #18)
  
I sat and played the
Piano so free
My head in a fog
My eyes blurry
There were no songs in my head
I found my way to the end!

A Musing #2

Pastorale - Igor Stravinsky

Pastorale - For Piano and Woodwind

Pastorale - For Piano & Woodwind - Igor Stravinsky

music: ClassicalGlass and Oddrun Eikli

pianocomposition and piano: ClassicalGlasshttps://soundcloud.com/classicalglass-1
Vocalcomposition, vocal and words/photo: Oddrun Eikli

For A Moment, to understand, and see.
Thank you Philip, for beautiful pianocomposition for these words, thank you for this moment.

For A Moment

A door wide open
I had never seen before
in the light
of sparkling water streams
for a moment
eyes blink open
eyes like the ocean
in and out a shore
light and golden sea breaths

for a moment 
eyes blink open

For A Moment. ClassicalGlass & Oddrun Eikli

I was inspired to write this piece after having read a book called "Cilka's Journey" by Heather Morris, a true story about a young woman who survived Auschwitz.... (a more detailed explanation you will find on Musicar's page)
Julien Morency was so kind to add his own orchestration to it, which has really brought my piece to another dimension...
My heartfelt thanks go out to him...
I hope you will enjoy listening!

To listen to more music by Julien Morency please follow this link
https://soundcloud.com/julien-morency

Art work is by Sandra Ahn Mode on Unsplash

Un Triste Périple by Elisabeth Dicker & Musicar

Piano mostly. Original compositions.
Paul Maurice Roche,
Leamington Spa, United Kingdom.

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My favourite pianist (by a considerable margin) is Murray Perahia.

Improvised variations on Shostakovich Op. 102

Paul Maurice Roche, Composer

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