Vicente Bueso and Oddrun Eikli
Poem: Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886)
Keyboards, programming, all instruments: Vicente Bueso https://soundcloud.com/scienceteheran
Voice, Photo: Oddrun Eikli

Thank you from my heart Vicente, thank you so much for this collaboration. It`s a Joy to work with you. 

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry.

If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

Poem. Science Teheran and Oddrun Eikli

Aleck (Dean) Rand and Oddrun Eikli.
Guitar, musicarr. all instruments Aleck Rand https://soundcloud.com/aleckrand
Vocal and photo Oddrun Eikli

Thank you Dean for our collaborations, it`s a true JOY :)

"My One and Only Love" , music written by Guy Wood and lyrics by Robert Mellin. Published in 1953.

My One And Only Love. Aleck Rand and Oddrun Eikli

Vocal and vocal composition: Oddrun Eikli
Piano and instrumental composition: Torbjørn Vagle https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv
Orchestral composition and performance: Ad Van Nederpelt https://soundcloud.com/ad-van-nederpelt
Production for all instruments and vocals, the final mix and mastering: Ad Van Nederpelt
Poem: Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886)
Photo Torbjørn Vagle and Cover layout: Vetle Vagle
Thank you so much Torbjørn and Ad for this great JOY.
Poem:
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson  was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry.

In this poem, Dickinson discusses her love for a man. She is jealous of everything around him, the water "He rides", the Chariots, the hills that watch him going by, the sparrows, the fly, even the leaves.
"I envy Seas, whereon He rides --" can be seen as a love poem for a man, but it can also be seen as a religious poem. The mention of Heaven and Gabriel can easily make this connection. The love of God and the love of everything he created.

I envy seas whereon he rides

I envy seas whereon he rides,
I envy spokes of wheels
Of chariots that him convey,
I envy speechless hills

That gaze upon his journey;
How easy all can see
What is forbidden utterly
As heaven, unto me!

I envy nests of sparrows
That dot his distant eaves,
The wealthy fly upon his pane,
The happy, happy leaves

That just abroad his window
Have summer’s leave to be,
The earrings of Pizarro
Could not obtain for me.

I envy light that wakes him,
And bells that boldly ring
To tell him it is noon abroad,—
Myself his noon could bring,

Yet interdict my blossom
And abrogate my bee,
Lest noon in everlasting night
Drop Gabriel and me

I envy seas whereon he rides. Torbjørn Vagle, Ad Van Nederpelt, Oddrun Eikli.

Music: Yann Kifer and Oddrun Eikli.
Poem: by Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886)
Piano , keys, and instrumental composition: Yann Kifer @annkifer
Vocal and vocal composition, photo: Oddrun Eikli

Thank you so much for this JOY Yann. Thank you from my heart.

Angels, in the early morning
May be seen the Dews among,
Stooping—plucking—smiling-flying—
Do the Buds to them belong?

Angels, when the sun is hottest
May be seen the sands among,
Stooping—plucking—sighing-flying—
Parched the flowers they bear along.

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry.

Angels, in the early morning. Yann Kifer and Oddrun Eikli.

Yann Kifer and Oddrun Eikli.
Poem: by Emily Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848)
Piano , keys, and instrumental composition: Yann Kifer @annkifer
Vocal and vocal composition, photo: Oddrun Eikli

Thank you so much for this JOY Yann. Thank you from my heart.

He`s more myself
Than I am
Whatever our souls are made of
His and mine
Are the same

If raindrops
Were Kisses,
I'd send you showers.
If hugs were seas
I`d send you oceans.

And If love was a person
I`d send you me

Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She also published one book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell with her own poems finding regard as poetic genius.

Emily´s Love Poems. Yann Kifer and Oddrun Eikli

Guitar and all instruments: Aleck Rand
Vocals: Oddrun Eikli

Thank you so much Aleck (Dean) for another collab. from the Great American Songbook. It`s such a JOY :)

"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" is a popular jazz song with lyrics and music by Cole Porter. Part of the Great American Songbook, it was published by Chappell & Company and introduced by Nan Wynn and Jere McMahon in 1944 in Billy Rose's musical revue Seven Lively Arts.

Ev`ry Time We Say Goodbye. Aleck Rand and Oddrun Eikli

Poem: by Emily Dickinson (Hope. from 1862)
Hope is so beautifully described in Emily Dickinson's poem. Hope, like a fragile bird, or like a storm. The hope we carry within us.
Piano , keys, and instrumental composition: Yann Kifer @annkifer
Vocal, vocal composition and photo: Oddrun Eikli
Thank you so much for this JOY Yann. Thank you from my heart.

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (10. desember 1830- 15. mai 1886)

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.

'"Hope" is the thing with feathers is one of the best known of Emily Dickinson's poems. An extended metaphor, it likens the concept of hope to a feathered bird that is permanently perched in the soul of every human. There it sings, never stopping in its quest to inspire.

Emily Dickinson wrote this poem in 1862, a prolific year for her poetry, one of nearly 1,800 poems she penned during her lifetime. Only seven of these were published while she was still alive. Her sister, Lavinia, collected and helped publish all of her poems after Emily's death in 1886.

Her poetry was highly original but was dismissed or simply misunderstood when she sent her work out for appraisal or publication. It was only after she had passed away and her poems circulated more widely that critics began to appreciate her genius.

Hope Is The Thing With Feathers. Yann Kifer and Oddrun Eikli.

Yann Kifer and Oddrun Eikli.
Poem: by Emily Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848)
Piano , keys, and instrumental composition: Yann Kifer @annkifer
Vocal and vocal composition: Oddrun Eikli

Thank you so much for this JOY Yann.

'Tis moonlight, summer moonlight by Emily Bronte (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848)

'Tis moonlight, summer moonlight,
All soft and still and fair;
The solemn hour of midnight
Breathes sweet thoughts everywhere,

But most where trees are sending
Their breezy boughs on high,
Or stooping low are lending
A shelter from the sky.

And there in those wild bowers
A lovely form is laid;
Green grass and dew-steeped flowers
Wave gently round her head.

Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She also published one book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell with her own poems finding regard as poetic genius.

Tis moonlight, summer moonlight . Yann Kifer and Oddrun Eikli

Oddrun Eikli, vocal; Chuck Weirich,@chuck-weirich fluegelhorn; Aleck Rand, @aleckrand, guitar, keyboard, bass.
Thank you so much Aleck (Dean)and Chuck.  It`s such a JOY to collaborate with you two :)

"Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?" What Remains of Our Loves?  This song was first recorded by the French female singer Lucienne Boyer in 1942. Music by Léo Chauliac and Charles Trenet and lyrics by Charles Trenet. A version of the song with English lyrics entitled "I Wish You Love" is recognizable by the opening line "I wish you bluebirds, in the spring".

I Wish You Bluebirds in the Spring.  Aleck Rand, Chuck Weirich, Oddrun Eikli

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.

Guitar: Aleck Rand. Vocal: Oddrun Eikli
Photo: Oddrun
Thank you from my heart to Dean (Aleck Rand)https://soundcloud.com/aleckrand for beautiful guitar and music!

My heart bleeds for those who suffer today, words become poor. 
Here is one of the old lovesongs, which was composed and recorded for the first time few years after World War II.

"When I Fall in Love" written by Victor Young (music) and Edward Heyman (lyrics). It was introduced in the film One Minute to Zero. 
Jeri Southern sang on the first recording released in April 1952 with the song's composer, Victor Young, handling the arranging and conducting duties. The song has become a standard, with many artists recording it; the first hit version was sung by Doris Day released in July 1952.

When I Fall.  Aleck Rand and Oddrun Eikli

Poem Emily Jane Brontë.
Torbjørn Vagle https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv: Instrumental composition, 
guitarharp, piano, el.piano, synth and bass
Oddrun Eikli: Vocal and vocal composition, photo.
Ad Van Nederpelt https://soundcloud.com/ad-van-nederpelt; Orchestral composition, strings,  mix and mastering,
Coverlayout: Vetle Vagle
Thank you so much Torbjørn and Ad, thank you from my heart.

This music was written and finished before the outbreak of war in Europe. We feel deeply for the people who are suffering in the war.
Despite the cruelty of the war, we share this music today, 
....."let us sit and watch the while
The blue ice curdling on the stream ".....
This poem by Emily Jane Brontë takes us out into nature, where we can for a moment, move away from the painful and brutal world.
The poem focuses on the healing ability of nature. 

Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She also published one book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell with her own poems finding regard as poetic genius.

How still, how happy! Those are words
That once would scarce agree together;
I loved the plashing of the surge -
The changing heaven the breezy weather,

More than smooth seas and cloudless skies
And solemn, soothing, softened airs
That in the forest woke no sighs
And from the green spray shook no tears.

How still, how happy! now I feel
Where silence dwells is sweeter far
Than laughing mirth's most joyous swell
However pure its raptures are.

Come, sit down on this sunny stone:
'Tis wintry light o'er flowerless moors -
But sit - for we are all alone
And clear expand heaven's breathless shores.

I could think in the withered grass
Spring's budding wreaths we might discern;
The violet's eye might shyly flash
And young leaves shoot among the fern.

It is but thought - full many a night
The snow shall clothe those hills afar
And storms shall add a drearier blight
And winds shall wage a wilder war,

Before the lark may herald in
Fresh foliage twined with blossoms fair
And summer days again begin
Their glory - haloed crown to wear.

Yet my heart loves December's smile
As much as July's golden beam;
Then let us sit and watch the while
The blue ice curdling on the stream -
Emily Jane Brontë

How Still. Torbjørn Vagle. Ad Van Nederpelt. Oddrun Eikli.

Music: Yann Kifer and Oddrun Eikli.
Piano , keys, and instrumental composition: Yann Kifer @annkifer
Vocal and vocal composition, text: Oddrun Eikli

We thank the photographer Rik van den Hurk for giving us the beautiful artphoto for this song. Rik also has a site for music here at soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/soulmetricsystem

From my heart, thank you Yann for beautiful music.

Children living in war are traumatized and many children react by becoming apathetic. 
Some of the children stop talking.
Their fear is frozen.
This song is for the children.

We cannot see
The souls storms swept by sorrow
There's a sadness so deep
That tears won't come
I hold my breath
And hope
 
We are under the same stars

May we be lead down the quiet ways
Of wisdom and peace
We are under the same stars
A beam of daylight
Shines for you

What ´ll I Do. Debra Buesking and Oddrun Eikli

music and piano: Miranda Shvangiradze
words and vocal :Oddrun Eikli

please visit Mirandas site to listen her beautiful music:
https://soundcloud.com/mirandashvangiradze

A sweet farewell for those who love in springtime
Grateful hearts but time has come to part. 
A melody, and fill it in a song
a fine refrain. 
then leave without a pain. 
With music in our hearts



Goodbye. Miranda Shvangiradze and  Oddrun Eikli

Freedom:
music, lyrics, vocals: Oddrun Eikli
bass: Lorenzo Alderighi 
musicarr. and trumpet: Arne Hiorth

coverart: Åshild Eikli Hiorth
painting behind the artcover, and photo: Axel Weiss

Album Notes
I am happy and grateful to present a new music project from Loops And Bridges : Doors And Windows .
Arne Hiorth and me are writing music together as before , and some of our new songs are presented on this album .
But in addition to this we have the pleasure of including some musicians and composer/friends from the Soundcloud community.
These are my wonderful co-writers and musicians :

Leticia Gabian - 
Axel Weiss - 
Jason Woods -
Vicente Bueso -
Nitzan Sagie - 
Gigi Masin - 
Claudio Vignali - 
Lorenzo Alderighi - 

I have received independent compositions from my collaborators , and by adding my melody and text as well as all vocals , it has evolved into something else . A new song . And some of the tracks have been made the other way around , whereas I have sent my melody out to be wrapped in music .

What a great tool Soundcloud has been for me , what an excellent tool for music-collaborations , where distance does not exist .
The album is produced , mixed and mastered by Arne Hiorth , and Arne is also doing all trumpet on this album.

on cd baby today http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oddruneikli
if you want the cd, it can also be sent to you by me.
all profits of this CD will go to the Red Cross's humanitarian work

I hope you will enjoy.
video for " all in Time"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOyUdP6tE7s
video for" Fargespill"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odidsk2OxBE&feature=youtu.be

Freedom.  From cd. Doors And Windows, with Soundcloudfriends

Dedicated to Nikki. 
art photo: Åshild Eikli Hiorth
Video Werner Busch and Mali Beinhorn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlWgD_1suXE&feature=youtu.beguitar and 
Guitar and guitarcomposition: Ivan Ujevic https://soundcloud.com/themonkbythesea
melody for the vocal, lyrics and voice : Oddrun Eikli
strings and everything else: Vicente Buesohttps://soundcloud.com/scienceteheran

Dear Vicente, dear Ivan, thank you so much for the wonderful joy sharing music.

Butterfly
your purple spots
a golden ring
in lively blue
a rainbow in your wings

my butterfly fly
my butterfly fly

creature of gold
so burdenless
and innocent
flying hight
into the summersky

my butterfly

Butterfly. (Nikki`s Song.)The Monk by the Sea, Science Teheran, Oddrun Eikli

Music and piano: ClassicalGlass
Lyrics, melody for the vocal, and vocal: Oddrun Eikli

Thank you so much Philip. I am so grateful. 
please visit https://soundcloud.com/classicalglass-1
and listen more of ClassicalGlass beautiful music.

photo: Oddrun
From A Distance

We will float through the clouds
I look beyond me
And i see you there
The thought is real
So Complete
There is silence
A breath from the Wind
From a distance
I can see

From A Distance. ClassicalGlass and Oddrun Eikli

Piano-composition and piano - Eric Dartel https://soundcloud.com/ericdartel/tracks
Vocal-composition, text, photo and vocal -Oddrun Eikli
https://collectivesoundwaves.com/featured-artist


Like A Heart

Halfway through
And forever
In the corners
A puzzle missing pieces

The memories
Are like heartbeates
Never fading
Our smiles and tears
The days of sunshine
Are never more
Than a thought away
Never more than a thought away

For the days of sun
we have known
memories
are like heartbeats

Like A Heart.  Eric Dartel  and Oddrun Eikli

Arranger, bass, keyboards, guitar  Aleck Randhttps://soundcloud.com/aleckrand
Guitars:  Axel Weiss https://soundcloud.com/axelweis, Franco Quadronihttps://soundcloud.com/francoquadroni
vocal: Oddrun Eikli

Thank you Aleck for introducing me to Estate. Such a joy to sing this so special and tender song.
A everlasting beautiful Jazz-standard.
Thank you to Aleck, Axel, Franco for beautiful music!

Aleck Rand writes about this song:
Estate (1960, Bruno Martino, music; Bruno Brighetti, lyrics) began modestly enough as an Italian pop song. At the time, few noticed that it was far from ordinary. However, its sophisticated harmonics and irresistible melody didn’t escape the attention of jazz musicians. Now it is a world standard with performances all over YouTube. Still, there is no definitive version that draws out every bit of its potential. Except for possibly now. Listen.

Estate
You bath me in the glow of your caresses
You've turned my eager no to tender yeses
You sweep away my sorrow with your sigh

Estate
Oh how the golden sunlight bends the willow
Your blossoms send the perfume to my pillow
Oh who could know you half as well as I

I always feel you near me
In every song the morning breeze composes
All the tender wonder of the roses
Each time the setting sun shines on the sea

And when you sleep beneath a snowy cover
I'll keep you in my heart just like a lover
And wait until you come again to me - estate

Estate (Summer). Aleck Rand. Axel Weiss. Franco Quadroni. Oddrun Eikli.

Oddrun Eikli, vocal; Chuck Weirich,https://soundcloud.com/chuck-weirich fluegelhorn; Terry Clarke, drums; Aleck Rand, https://soundcloud.com/aleckrand, guitar, keyboard, bass.

The 1940 Broadway show "Higher and Higher" introduced the Rodgers and Hart tune, “It Never Entered My Mind.” The melody is almost transparent in its simplicity and, in the vacuum of rudimentary harmonies found in standard versions by Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, only the lyrics keep it alive. But what lyrics. Brought up to date with modern harmonies and instrumentation, this is a this love song of unheeded warning.

It Never Entered My Mind.  Aleck Rand, Chuck Weirich, Terry Clarke, Oddrun Eikli

Arranger, guitar, bass, piano, other instrument: Aleck Rand @aleckrand
vocal: Oddrun Eikli

"Speak Low" (1943) is a popular song composed by Kurt Weill, with lyrics by Ogden Nash. It was introduced by Mary Martin and Kenny Baker in the Broadway musical One Touch of Venus (1943). The 1944 hit single was by Guy Lombardo and his orchestra, with vocal by Billy Leach. The tune is a jazz standard that has been widely recorded. The opening line is a (slight mis)quotation from William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1600), where it is spoken by Don Pedro.

Speak Low. Aleck Rand and Oddrun Eikli

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

Guitar: Aleck (Dean) Rand
Vocals and photo: Oddrun Eikli

It is with great respect that I get to join Aleck Rand / Dean to make a journey in the great American songbook. Thank you Dean, thank you.

"You Go to My Head" is a 1938 popular song composed by J. Fred Coots with lyrics by Haven Gillespie.[1] Numerous versions of the song have been recorded, and it has since become a pop and jazz standard.

You go to my head and you linger like a haunting refrain
And I find you spinning 'round in my brain
Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne
You go to my head like a sip of sparkling Burgundy brew
And I find the very mention of you
Like the kicker in a julep or two

The thrill of the thought that you might give a thought to my plea
Cast a spell over me
Still I say to myself get a hold of yourself
Can't you see that it never can be

You go to my head with a smile that makes my temperature rise
Like a summer with a thousand Julys
You intoxicate my soul with your eyes
Though I'm certain that this heart of mine
Hasn't a ghost of a chance in this crazy romance
You go to my head
You go to my head

You Go To My Head. Aleck Rand and Oddrun Eikli

Music: Eric Dartel and Oddrun Eikli
Piano: Eric Dartel soundcloud.com/ericdartel/tracks
Vocal and photo: Oddrun Eikli

Poem Emily Bronte.

I had the great joy visiting the Bronte sisters' hometown Haworth in West Yorkshire, with my two sisters two years ago.
Walking in the beautiful, wild and kind nature, I met the poetry of Emliy Bronte (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848),
I met her there at the moors.

Not a vapour had stained the breezeless blue
Not a cloud had dimmed the sun
From the time of morning's earliest dew
Till the summer day was done

And all as pure and all as bright
The sun of evening died
And purer still its parting light
Shone in Lake Elnor's tide

Waveless and calm lies that silent deep
In its wilderness of moors
Solemn and soft the moonbeams sleep
Upon its heathy shores

Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She also published one book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell with her own poems finding regard as poetic genius.

Lake Elnorś Tide. Eric Dartel and Oddrun Eikli

Pianocomposition  and arrangement : Classical Glass. https://soundcloud.com/classicalglass-1
Composition for the vocal and vocal: Oddrun Eikli.
Photo Oddrun:  Haworth, West Yorkshire, England,
Poem: by Emily Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848)

Three verses from her poem Stars.

ah, why because the dazzling sun
restored our earth to joy
have you departed , every one,
and left a desert sky

oh stars ,and dreams and gentle night
oh, night and stars return!
and hide me from the hostile light,
that does not warm, but burn.

I turned the pillow, then,
to call back night, and see
Your worlds of solemn light, again,
Throb with my heart, and me!

Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She also published one book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell with her own poems finding regard as poetic genius.

Desert Sky. Classical Glass and Oddrun Eikli

Music: Classical Glass and Oddrun Eikli
Poem: by Emily Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848)
Pianocomposition and arrangement : Classical Glass. @classicalglass-1
Composition for the vocal, photo and vocal: Oddrun Eikli.

Poem: by Emily Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848)
All hushed and still within the house;
Without – all wind and driving rain;
But something whispers to my mind,
Through rain and through the wailing wind,
Never again.
Never again? Why not again?
Memory has power as real as thine

Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She also published one book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell with her own poems finding regard as poetic genius.

All Hushed and still within the house. Classical Glass and Oddrun Eikli.

Aleck Rand and Oddrun Eikli in a Blossom Deary Song.
Aleck Rand: Guitar, Bass, everything else. https://soundcloud.com/aleckrand
Oddrun Eikli: Vocal

Singer and composer Blossom Deary always makes me smile.
There are so many things to worry about, but here is a musically hopeful smile in November darkness.
Inspired by Blossom :)
Margrethe Blossom Dearie (April 28, 1924 – February 7, 2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist.

When I was young I lived in a world of dreams
Of moods and myths and illusionary schemes
Though now I'm much more grown up
I fear that I must own up
To the fact that I'm in doubt of
What the modern cynics shout of

They say it's spring
This feeling light as a feather
They say this thing
This magic we share together
Came with the weather too

They say it's May
That's made me daft as a daisy
It's May, they say
That gave the whole world this crazy
Heavenly, hazy hue
I'm a lark On the wing
I'm the spark of a firefly's fling
Yet to me
This must be
Something more than a seasonal thing

Could it be spring
Those bells that I can hear ringing
It may be spring
But when the robins stop singing
You're what I'm clinging to
Though they say it's spring It's you

If poets sing
That when a hard sympathetic
It's merely spring
Then poets plights are pathetic
Though I'm poetic too T

hey say it's spring
For lovers, there's where the lure is
That evil thing
For which September the cure is
This, they are sure is true
Though I know
That it's so
That my fancy may turn in the spring
With the right One in sight
One can find a perpetual thing

Did I need spring
To bring the ring that you bought me
Though it was spring
That wondrous day that you caught me
Darling I thought we knew
That it wasn't spring 'Twas you

They Say Its Spring. Aleck Rand and Oddrun Eikli

Oddrun Eikli: Vocals and vocal composition
Torbjørn Vagle: Instrumental composition, piano, keyboards and mix https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv/tracks
POEM OF EMILY BRONTË , May 1838
Photo: Oddrun Eikli 
Cover layout: Vetle Vagle
Mastering: Njål Frode Lie www.nflproduksjoner.

Thank you to each and every one for sharing friendship, music and support,  during this very difficult year 2020.
Warm wishes to you all, and a hope for a better New Year in 2021!

Thank you so much Torbjørn, for this collaboration that gives me such peace in a troubled time.
It`s a JOY to work with you Torbjørn, and thank you also to your son Vetle for his great cover art for our song.
...

POEM OF EMILY BRONTË 

This shall be thy lullaby,
Rocking on the stormy sea;
Though it roar in thunder wild,
Sleep, stilly sleep, thou bright-haired child.

When our shuddering boat was crossing
Eldern's lake so rudely tossing,
Then 'twas first my nursling smiled;
Sleep, softly sleep, my fair-browed child.

Waves above thy cradle break,
Foamy tears are on thy cheek,
Yet the ocean's self grows mild
When it bears my slumbering child.

May 1838
( The photo is taken in Grasmere.  A village  in Cumbria, England, in the centre of the Lake District. In my imagination it`s EMILY BRONTË`s  "Eldern's lake" from the poem :)

Lullaby. Torbjørn Vagle og Oddrun Eikli.

music, words and vocals oddrun eikli
musicarr. and trumpet arne hiorth
http://mtgmusic.no/artist/arne-hiorth-og-oddrun-eikli/

artcover: Åshild Eikli Hiorth

The song can be heard at the cd "Loops and Bridges"
and you can find this cd at Itunes or Amazone.

Waltz For You.

Long lasting story.
The song that I sing.
Summer and winter, my everything.
Tell me You are happy 
in touch of my hand.
Darling when I`m with you 
the love has a chance.

Waltz for you,
Waltz for me.
Love for you,
Love for me.

One sunny Waltz for you,
flame in the sky.
Passion undying,
love that is true.
Farewell to sorrow,
hasten to me. 
tender and warm.
You stay,
and you`r free.

Waltz for you,
Waltz for me.
Love for for you,
Love for me.


Waltz for You.   (From cd. Loops And Bridges/Oddrun Eikli and Arne Hiorth.)

Thank you for listening and for your comments.
Music is Magic:)
Thank you soundcloud 20.08.13. for SCOTD http://soundcloud.tumblr.com/post/58744738434/soundclouder-of-the-day-oddrun-eikli-if-theres 
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Biografi
Oddrun Eikli is the singer in Loops and Bridges. A project headed by Oddrun Eikli and Arne Hiorth. Oddrun Eikli sings, composes the melodies and writes the lyrics , Arne Hiorth does the arranging trumpet work and studio engineering.
Loops and Bridges released their debut album in jan 2010 (mtgmusic)
http://www.mtgmusic.no/artist/73/Arne-Hiorth-og-Oddrun-Eikli
Doors And Windows released september 2014.



New cd out mai 2013:
SPIRALI
massimo berizzi: trumpet & electronics 
oddrun eikli: vocals & lyrics
alessandro monti: bass

 CD RELEASES AUTUMN 2012:
"ENDRING" WITH Raphaelgtr and
 THE INTERNATIONAL  JAZZ CD  "FLOW"

"FLOW":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtaKeETfQ4g
The musicians on the "FLOW" album are:
Cheryl Pyle (New York City) - flute, Oddrun Eikli (Oslo) - vocals, Arne Hiorth (Oslo) - trumpet, Stanislav Zaslavsky (Kamensk) - piano), Sean O'Bryan Smith (Nashville) - bass, and Axel Weiss (Obernbreit) on guitars and art.

"ENDRING":
Raphaelgtr & Oddrun Eikli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghdVeFgfPIA

ODDRUNS COLLABS. AT SOUNDCLOUD:
you can find my collabs. in these sets:



with Arne Hiorth:
https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli/sets/oddrun-eikli-and-arne-hiorth
with Axel Weiss
http://soundcloud.com/axelweis/sets/oddrun-and-axel/
with Vicente bueso:
https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli/sets/vicente-bueso-and-oddrun-eikli
with Raphael GTR and Massimo Berizzi
https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli/sets/raphael-gtr-and-oddrun-eikli
a set with many of my souncloud-collabs:
http://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli/sets/collabs-with-my-sc-friends/

Thank you. :) Thank you to you all !:)

oddrun eikli

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