I have again the pleasure and honour to share with you a piece by my good friend Philippe Blanc! I told him I like his piece which is part of his album "Les 16 Ans" but would like to add some extra notes in the left hand, which he has allowed me to do....
Thank you Philippe!
I hope you will enjoy listening to this piece....
Thank you for listening....
for more music by Philippe Blanc
@philippe-blanc-546541169

Comme un Prélude by Philippe Blanc

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Remastered by Houman (https://soundcloud.com/houmans)

But I've Got the Wings

This track is my very personal take at the Koan "Hear the Clap of your Hand". My lyrics version (https://soundcloud.com/konrad-spittelberg/the-clap-of-one-hand-pp) might make things clearer. (yes, this is my sneaky strategy to guide you from one song to another :-))

Compositionwise, the track is roughly split into two equal parts. The first part introduces its cinematic theme in the very beginning, taking it thereafter up several times with slightly different accentuations and rhythms which gives it a fresh feel with different highlighted nuances in each repetition. Several interludes contribute to the cinematic feeling. 

The second part, starting @1.53 starts by a more Jazzy version of the main theme. However, from 2.20 onwards, it is very restricted in its harmonies - only two harmonies are used from thereon until the end, C major and C# major. The tension arises purely from the rhythmic changes (such as the shift from 4/4 to 3/4 @3.17 and back), climaxing at the end.

The Clap of One Hand (Piano Miniature)

BLACKED OUT...

After the harrowing collapse (Demise) and the stark realization of utter isolation (Lost), a musical lament begins to unfold. Tears pour forth— for the loss of all that was familiar: life, hope, the rhythm of what once was.
The English horn leads the orchestra through a descent into despair, guiding it gently, relentlessly, to the edge of desolation.
This piece ends not with silence, but with one final, desperate cry— a powerful minor chord, resonating with the weight of sorrow.

Pandemic Suite – 07. Lamento

This track inspired by a Hike with friends of time to the the summit of Rondetslottet in Rondane Nationalpark in Norway. It was October 2022 and we were surprised by snowfall. No losses on the way up and down fortunately. Why post a winter song in the summer? Don't ask me, I am nuts... ;-) 
PS: so nuts that I forgot about our friends down under! Happy winter season, Steve and al. 🥶😎

Published on Soundcloud 12.07.2025

Winter Snow

Nightmare

The Snow Queen – Dance of the Village
September 2025
Duration: 3:00
Listen to more music from the Snow Queen ballet at: https://soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/the-snow-queen-music-for-danse
Based on a Russian folk melody 
Music for Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) who will be performing The Snow Queen Ballet January 2026 in Colorado.
For strings, bassoon, contra bassoon, accordion, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax and percussion

The Snow Queen - Dance of the Village

The Snow Queen – The Forest
September 2025
Duration: 2:45
Listen to more music from the Snow Queen ballet at: https://soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/the-snow-queen-music-for-danse
Music for Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) who will be performing The Snow Queen Ballet January 2026 in Colorado.
For strings, shakuhachi, bass flute, heckelphone, marimba, double bass, field recordings, timpani and percussion

The Snow Queen - The Forest

Repaired my old mill, filled it with new grain...
And this is what came out of it :)

Old watermill on Prague's Vltava

Words, Music and Image © Nic Evennett 2019

For Fran - in the shape of a hug I never got to give you, but I am now. 
Sleep easy, beauty. xxx

Available on Bandcamp. All proceeds go to Macmillan Cancer Support. 
https://nicevennett.bandcamp.com/track/colour-of-weight-song-for-fran
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I will sit here a while
We'll watch the world guiltlessly
It's wicked and beautiful
It's distance and sympathy

There are feelings they've never held,
The feelings that glued our bones.
They're hungry for everything
And eaten by nothing known.

The colour of weight - 
There's nothing left in between
But skies keep me straight...
Not wasting their time
The skies don't tell me they are wasting their time
Not wasting their time
The skies don't tell me they are wasting their time. 

There's a hole in the cloud
A trail that is left untold
With the curve of our arms
And the shapes we can never hold.

The colour of weight - 
There's nothing left in between
But skies keep me straight...
Not wasting their time
The skies don't tell me they are wasting their time
Not wasting their time
The skies don't tell me they are wasting their time.

Colour of Weight (Song for Fran)

Independent singer-songwriter from Kent, UK. 
Little video introduction here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKMPLBJBK6M

'No Sheet Music' Artist. https://www.nosheetmusic.tv/artists/nic-evennett

"Evennett’s voice is a delicate mystery, warm and lustrous, yet fragile and crystalline – a bewitching blend of Kate Bush and Linda Perhacs, surrounded by dolorous, reverb-drenched piano and woven into broken-hearted balladry." Andee Connors, Pandora 

"Moving, delicate and introspective. As always, Nic Evennett's voice washes over the listener creating an incubated space I didn't want to leave."
Rapt.

Interview: 
https://cocamidemea.wordpress.com/2018/01/30/indieterria-meets-nic-evennett/

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Part of duo Cellar Door. We're over here:
https://soundcloud.com/cdoor