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

Layers: Time & Pattern [2025]

02 - Gift of Shuritashi

River Flows In You - YIRUMA

ALIEN STAGE /  ALNST

WIEGE (FULL SONG): 
https://youtu.be/DDea4MGjGk0?si=NAAF_1FGVkvbeNID

WIEGE (WITH MV):
https://youtu.be/rrngM9DmDfk?si=mjPhtqGrDUlxqJWL

WIEGE (STRING SPECIAL SOUNDTRACK): 
https://youtu.be/yh8RI4QeGJE?si=PBuDtNrvD2t1G1pg

VIVINOS:
www.youtube.com/@VIVINOS

QMENG:
www.youtube.com/@QMENG

STUDIO LICO:
www.youtube.com/@STUDIOLICO

Wiege | ALIEN STAGE (String Special Soundtrack)

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

Grandma's Home

"Intermezzo," 1969, by Jeraldine Saunders Herbison, b. 1941, USA, Piece No. 13 from Music by Black Composers, Flute Volume 1.

Created in partnership with the National Flute Association. (https://www.nfaonline.org/)

Music by Black Composers is a project of the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation. For more information, please visit www.musicbyblackcomposers.org/ and www.rbpfoundation.org/.

Dr. Paula Gudmundson, flute
Dr. Diana Shapiro, piano

Donald Schraugnagel, post-session producer and engineer

MBC Flute 1-13, Herbison - "Intermezzo" (FLUTE AND PIANO)

03 Yellow Einstein

Beautiful and evocative, "Behold The Virgin Approaching" was written for chorus and later transcribed for piano trio.  It is part of a  larger work entitled Duan Nollaig, a collection of five carols for SATB chorus and piano. 


Davidson:  Behold the Virgin Approaching

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

I was listening to The Planets by Holst when I started this.  I was working at getting deeper chords and creating more of an atmosphere.

Escape

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Parrots

Improv 11-29

59.7 Piano Improvisation 20251209-7

Key Signature: B♭ minor
Time Signature: 3/4, 4/4
Tempo: Andantino, with lots of feelings
Difficulty: Beginner

Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (18 August 1849 – 10 January 1895) was a French violinist and Romantic-era composer of Jewish extraction, best known for his opera Jocelyn. Godard composed eight operas, five symphonies, two piano and two violin concertos, string quartets, sonatas for violin and piano, piano pieces and etudes, and more than a hundred songs. He died at the age of 45 in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes) of tuberculosis and was buried in the family tomb in Taverny in the French department of Val-d'Oise.
(wikiped)

Jocelyn flows with a gentle, rocking motion typical of a berceuse/lullaby. The piano interpertation features a soft, repetitive accompaniment that supports a long, singing melody, creating a calm and tender atmosphere. The piece unfolds smoothly without dramatic contrasts, instead relying on subtle shifts in harmony and phrasing to maintain a sense of warmth, intimacy, and quiet reflection—almost as if the music is meant to soothe both the listener and the performer.

Godard originally wrote the melody for his 1888 opera Jocelyn, where it appears as a vocal lullaby expressing purity, comfort, and emotional sincerity. Its popularity led to numerous arrangements, including the well-known piano version. The berceuse reflects Godard’s lyrical Romantic style and his gift for simple, heartfelt expression, aiming less to impress with virtuosity and more to convey innocence, tenderness, and a moment of emotional stillness within a broader dramatic world.

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Layers: Time & Pattern [2025]

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