“Come back. Even as a shadow, even as a dream.” ―  Euripides

The sheet music of some of my compositions can be downloaded from my website https://pianoimprovictor.com/
If you like my music – share it with your friends!

Shadow On Your Face - Piano Improvisation

Lable: Sonder house
Mastering: Case mastering

spotify link:
open.spotify.com/track/6J7M2LFGNX…NYRxKtu_FnDwMKmA

Photo. Jessica Lindgren Wu

Threads

The Red Queen

Today my wife and I are celebrating our 49th wedding anniversary. She's amazing, and I am grateful to God for bringing us together. Never get tired of writing songs for her!

© 2022 Roger Hooper Music

Photo in the art work from Neshom on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/neshom-447256/

Always My Love

https://divineglintmusic.bandcamp.com/album/making-sick-in-the-alley-of-permanence

Betty Hammerschlag - My Lavigne

Somewhere Only We Know - Lily Allen [Piano Cover]

Another collab with Houman(https://soundcloud.com/houmans). Houman sent me the sheets of his nice melody and asked whether I could do something with it. I played it, added a couple of my melodies and here's the outcome :);) 
Performed and orchestrated by Syntaleta
Final mastering: Houman

Flying in the Dream

River of Life

River Of Life /Collab w Houman

Surge

Composition and piano Eric Dartel, https://soundcloud.com/ericdartel
Vocal, and vocalcomposition, photo: Oddrun Eikli
double bass: Philippe Noharet
and drums: Alexandre Esperet.
Poem: To the Bluebell
by Emily Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848)

Sacred watcher, wave thy bells!
Fair hill flower and woodland child!
Dear to me in deep green dells—
Dearest on the mountains wild.

Bluebell, even as all divine
I have seen my darling shine—
Bluebell, even as wan and frail
I have seen my darling fail—
Thou hast found a voice for me,
And soothing words are breathed by thee.

Thus they murmur, “Summer's sun
Warms me till my life is done.
Would I rather choose to die
Under winter's ruthless sky?

“Glad I bloom and calm I fade;
Weeping twilight dews my bed;
Mourner, mourner, dry thy tears—
Sorrow comes with lengthened years!”

To The Bluebell. Eric Dartel and Oddrun Eikli. Bass: Philippe Noharet, Drums: Alexandre Esperet

Here's a composition about nature with strings, piano, flute, horns, harp, choirs, celesta and some orchestral percussions.
Thank you for listening !

Composition: Julien Apelian
Recording studio: Audio Colors
August 2020.

Wild Nature

When I first heard chairhouse’s beautiful Single Camellia Bloom it reminded me of one of french guitarist/composer Francis Kleynjans’ graceful barcarolles and i knew i wanted to arrange it for guitar. I recorded a solo guitar version last year. 

It is also one of the chairhouse songs that caught the ear of my musical friend Guillaume Pearson who has written a beautiful orchestration to accompany and elegantly embellish a newly recorded guitar track.

As always thanks to Hitoshi Yasui of chairhouse for his wonderful daily piano improvisations and for allowing us to create our version of Single Camellia Bloom. He recorded his original piano version on August 16, 2017 as number 1340 in his piano ten thousand leaves project. As Hitoshi often writes, happy if this makes you feel peaceful. (<;

chairhouse original piano version:
https://soundcloud.com/chairhouse/single-camellia-bloom-1340-by-chair-house-08162017

Guillaume's beautiful orchestrations here: https://soundcloud.com/guillaumelecompositeur/tracks

my solo guitar version: https://soundcloud.com/naldeau/single-camelia-bloom?si=86665591ca494599b59e3170f29869eb&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

artwork: Sarah Berhardt, La Dame aux Camelias by Alphonse Mucha

Single Camellia Bloom

Richard Hellgren is a Swedish composer and multi-instrumentalist, residing on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. His music is known for its minimalistic and contemplative character, often touching upon themes of melancholy and poetry. Richard's unique style of composition stems from his special relationship with his old Malmsjö upright piano, which he uses to create most of his recordings.
As a building architect, Richard draws inspiration from the creative process of composing music. He believes that both architecture and music revolve around the concept of space and silence, respectively. In his own words, "Architecture is about encompassing space and music is about encompassing silence!"
Richard's music has been praised by notable sources, with one reviewer describing his work as "hauntingly beautiful, with a melancholic edge that lingers long after the last note has played." His first EP, Ainigma, was released on the New York label Sonder House in June 2019, followed by his second release, Felt Transience, on the same label in October 25.
Richard Hellgren's unique approach to composition and his ability to evoke emotions through his music make him a rising star in the industry. His work is not to be missed.