Quicksand_Accoustic

A nice happy song about pain and loss

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Heading south on dusty roads
Headlights glow against the dark
I still hear your voice, I remember your words
Burning bright inside my heart

Not my landscape, not my home
I played the cards I was given
The beasts watch me from the shadows
As I avoid their suspicion

Sugar-coated suffering
(wonder what this one will bring?)
Food for the candle wick
(another song for us to sing)
Chords for pain everybody knows
(not my landscape, not my home)
Burn your heartbreak on the family coals
(don't let it show)

Heading south running just in case
Love has faded like an old photograph
Feed your heartbreak to the fireplace
Warm your grief in the candle glow

Not my landscape, not my home
I played the part I was given
The beasts watch me from the shadows
As I avoid their suspicion

Sugar-coated suffering
(wonder what this one will bring?)
Food for the candle wick
(another song for us to sing)
Chords for pain everybody knows
(not my landscape, not my home)
Burn your heartbreak on the family coals
(don't let it show)

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Candle Glow

Duration: ca. 9'
Music by Robert Paterson • Lyrics by David Cote

Instrumentation:  soprano, baritone, and chamber ensemble (wind doubler [flute, B-flat clarinet, oboe], violin, cello, percussion, piano)
Performed by American Modern Ensemble, Marnie Breckenridge, Soprano, and Jorell Williams, Baritone

Purchase Sheet Music (available with In Real Life II and In Real Life II): http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=103_137&products_id=2778
Extraordinary may be performed as a stand-along work, or with In Real Life I and/or In Real Life II.

For more information:
Version for Soprano,  Baritone, and Chamber Ensemble: https://robertpaterson.com/in-real-life-ii-version-for-baritone-and-chamber-ensemble
Version for Soprano, Baritone, and Piano: https://robertpaterson.com/in-real-life-ii-version-for-baritone-and-piano

PROGRAM NOTE
As a follow-up to our song cycle for soprano and chamber ensemble (or piano), Robert and I  agreed the concept of five characters looking for love online should have a male counterpart. Written for baritone and chamber ensemble, In Real Life II looks at five contemporary men clicking their way to second chances and romance. In “No Frog” we meet a prototypical player, a guy who fluffs his profile, but the truth keeps slipping out. The tone shifts with “Sola Fide,” in which a U.S. veteran of the war in Afghanistan explains the tattoo on his chest and the wounds inside. An older gentleman envisions one last fling in the irreverent “Die with Me.” In “Still Vamping,” a gay man muses on his start-and-stop romantic history. Finally, in “Nice-Plus,” an everyday guy reveals a hidden passion. In Real Life II was commissioned by American Modern Ensemble with funding from the Doctorow Family Foundation.

American Modern Ensemble: In Real Life

In Real Life

Extraordinary (Version for Soprano, Baritone, and Chamber Ensemble)

Hi everyone,

Quite different from what I've  uploaded up to now.
It all started on a lonely night. Just like that:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h34b7_k6ya8
I don't remember though if I started the recordings and composing that same night.
The percussion at the beginning is actually done on the guitar (Classical guitar).
Everything was played and recorded. Except for the rising sounds.
Enjoy
And please comment. Reading your comments is better than a coffee ;).

Purple Wind

Maple Syrup

Sunset Over Yzterfontein is the 3rd piano piece in a new cycle and series of work. It is hard work becoming who you were meant to be. It is also hard work to let go of that which does not serve us anymore. In saying this, Yoda in Star Wars says it well "Do or Do Not, there is no try". Live, you only have one life and do what creates happiness in your life. Don't try, just do and remember who you are, where you come from because it shapes you as a person. Take control of your life and allow the universe (or your higher power) to show you the way. Yzterfontein was definitely one of my happy places in South Africa. It was the place where life was easy, simple and beautiful. Nostalgic if you may... 

Enjoy the music and keep an eye out for more to come!

Reflections From Home

Sunset Over Yzterfontein

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Forget Your Sorrows

Ocean Rain In Yzterfontein is the 4th piece in a series of piano works which takes the listener to Yzterfontein which is on the west coast of South Africa. I remember the rain on the west coast being peaceful offering a sense of contentment for the soul. I remember the sound of ocean waves crashing on the shore, becoming one with the rain. I remember the happiness and the simplicity of life. Enjoy the music and keep an ear out for more music coming...

Ocean Rain In Yzterfontein

Sleepy Time Down Southeast

Duration: ca. 6'
Instrumentation: flute and harp
Performed by:
John Romeri, flute: https://www.broadwaychamberplayers.org/about
Kathryn Andrews, harp: http://www.kathrynandrews.com/
Commissioned by Aletheia Duo, Ann Yeung, harp and Jonathan Keeble, flute
World Premiere: Alethia Duo, American Harp Society's National Harp Conference in New Orleans, June 1, 2014; World Harp Congress International Conference in Sydney, Australia, July 1, 2014.

PROGRAM NOTE
Pegasus is a winged, usually white stallion, and one of the best known creatures in Greek mythology. He is the son of Poseidon, and at birth, sprang forth from the bloody neck of the Gorgon Medusa when she was beheaded by the god Perseus. According to legend, everywhere the winged horse struck his hoof to the earth, a spring would burst forth. The imagery of springs bursting forth and Pegasus flying through the skies are what inspired this piece. Pegasus was commissioned by the Aletheia Duo, Ann Yeung, harp and Jonathan Keeble, flute.

Pegasus for Flute and Harp

Snow Day

American composer Robert Paterson is a true New Yorker—born and bred in Buffalo, he lived in Rochester and Ithaca for over ten years, in New York City for over twenty years, and now lives in Saratoga Springs, near the Adirondacks. Paterson’s colorful music embraces a wide variety of themes, everything from goddesses and online dating to mathematics and the environment. His music is filled with emotion and fierce rhythmic energy, marked by elegance, wit, and meticulous craftsmanship. Named Composer of The Year by the Classical Recording Foundation at Carnegie Hall, Paterson is the winner of the Alfred I. DuPont Award, and his opera Three Way won the Grammy® under Best Classical Producer of the Year. His music is often a Best of the Year pick on National Public Radio. His orchestral tone poem, Dark Mountains, regularly airs on NPR’s Performance Today. Three Way premiered with Nashville Opera, then BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), and across the United States. Minnesota Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, The Oratorio Society of New York, Buffalo Philharmonic, Albany Pro Musica, Albany Symphony, Musica Sacra, Austin Symphony, Vermont Symphony, and ensembles worldwide perform his works. Paterson gives masterclasses at the Curtis Institute of Music, New York University, the Aspen Music Festival, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and more. He is the Artistic Director and house composer for Mostly Modern Projects. Robert is a lifelong vegan and advocates for animals and the environment, celebrating the natural world with ground-breaking works such as his Triple Concerto, A New Eaarth, Listen, and I Go Among Trees.

Pegasus for Flute and Harp

Robert Paterson Composer