Soundtrack to The Man who Painted his House (2025)
score by Richard Uttley
(Richard Uttley, piano; Rosalind Ventris, viola)

Layers: Time & Pattern [2025]

Prelude

clouds, fascinating how quick and slow they can change and move

Clouds 1

Saturation

Soundtrack of a Thai Movie, How to make millions before grandma dies.

Grandma's Home

Aurora Introitus

Wistful Spirit

Recorded at Zion Community Commons, August 21, 2025

Laura Harada, violin
Aaron Kerr, cello
Rebecca Hass, piano

About “Ad Parnassum” (Ad Parnassum, 1932)
The dark outline of a pyramid-shaped mountain glows beneath a warm orange sun while an open archway invites the viewer to take the first step on their journey towards enlightenment. Inspired by the pyramids and temples of Egypt, Paul Klee’s pointillistic masterpiece from 1932 is built from contrasting blocks of color built up brick by brick in a style that he called “divisionism.” In the same way, the music takes the form of a rondeau as repeated musical progressions are developed through textural variations. In Greek mythology, Mount Parnassus is associated with Orpheus and the home of the nine muses and “a step towards Parnassus” (gradus ad Parnassum) came to define the gradual process of pursuing mastery in scholarship or the arts through diligent, repeated practice. The climb towards any summit begins with a single step and although that journey can be defined as a series of steps towards a goal, there is no guarantee that the path will be straightforward. The path may be winding, or may double back on itself, or seem to disappear altogether – it is built from small victories, epiphanies, frustrations and defeats – and by the end you have come full circle, stepping through the door towards Parnassus once again, both an exit and an entrance.

Ad Parnassum (1932) - No. 144.1 from Paul Klee : Painted Songs

Solo keyboard improvisation on the Yamaha Montage M7. (No loops, samples, and no AI).

Butterfly In The Sun

Un'Ode  alla pace e alla  libertà, composta per un mondo senza guerre nè sofferenze. "THE DREAM OF BEING FREE" è un  brano composto volutamente per solo Pianoforte, per mantenere quell'intimità e valorizzare i momenti più veri della vita che invita a riflettere sulla dignità umana e a sognare un futuro di armonia. Buon ascolto a tutti.

An ode to peace and freedom. "THE DREAM OF BEING FREE" is a piece deliberately composed only for piano, to maintain that intimacy and enhance the truest moments of life that invites us to reflect on human dignity and dream of a future of Harmony Peace and Brotherhood. Happy listening everyone.

Layers: Time & Pattern [2025]

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