Nice. Reminds me of the 1700s even though I didn't exist back then.

Nice, sound similar to the one played on the titanic

Lovely sounds in this recording and a joy to listen :)

Beautifull harmony, played with heart, congrats

There she goes again
A common hooligan
I hear
Them say
'Cause everybody thinks they know
So much about you

So far your only sin
Is that you don't fit in
Their way
It's ok
'Cause none of them really know
That much about you

I think you'll find
If you give it some time
Things will get better
That's why I say

I know, you know
Everything will get better
If you let it
There I said it
But you know it's true now

I know, you know
Everything will get better
If you let it
Don't forget it
I believe in you now

Can't quite remember when
You ever blended in
With all the normies
And their ordinary days

So far your only sin
Is that you don't fit in
Their way
It's ok
'Cause none of them really know
That much about you

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Springtime blossoms,
Light pink and plum shades,
Delicate and transient,
Their sweet scents pervade.

Composer: Shirley Ly
Violinist: Anya Birchall
Cellist: Patrick Tapio Johnson

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Blossom | Violin and Cello Duet

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Not all we have is clear 
Suggestions of a tear 
And when I'm half asleep 
These secrets come so cheap 
But the way you're kissing 
Won't catch me missing 
All the dreams in my head,
All this choosing I said 
I think we need to speak 
I'm not feeling so discreet 
But the way your listening 
Won't catch you missing 
All the things I have yet to say 

Which roads we switch and take 
Mixed among this split decision 
Slow motion so I can make 
Something out this twisted vision 
Wasting all my time in wait 
Coming up on our division 
Pull me out of this collosion 

Can't see whats running on coming down  
Testing these waters in which we drown
Coz you're the only one I see 
Now you're the only one for me 

Another face on the street 
Of all the places we'd meet 
Caught your name in between 
Drowning in my own dreams
Pulled me out your show
From things I'll never know  

As we carry on through this winding road 
I can't help but feel like everything has come to show 
My love is a stranger that I'll never know
And if you never stare, up at my window  
Will you ever care? Will I ever go? 
All the pretty faces that I'll never know...


















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A song about running from your mistakes

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We rolled a rug around it
and we threw it on the floor
We rolled it down the mountain
and we dragged it to the shore

You said I had it coming
but you never told me til
the lights had turned to amber
and the beating hearts fell still

We sold off our belongings
and we headed to the hills
In solitude and longing
survived on drink and pills

The mob became and army
and they haunted us for years
The ghosts of what we could be
Inspired by others' fears

The Ghosts of What We Could Be

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Shirley Ly is a self-taught contemporary classical music composer from Greenwich in London, United Kingdom, with Chinese and Vietnamese heritage. She began composing music when she was 15 and instantly fell in love with it, writing pieces whenever she feels inspired to do so for acoustic instruments. Her music has been played around half a million times across more than 100 countries around the world spanning six continents and is described to be a bridge between classical, romantic, and minimalist music with Eastern and jazz elements. She has performed her music across a variety of venues, including churches in London, and the Palace of Westminster, and will be performing in many more venues going forward.
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She has produced two albums, Blossom (2021) and Impetus (2018), which feature 21 pieces composed for solo piano, duets, trios, and quartets. The pieces in the albums aim to capture her reflections on life experiences relating to nature (i.e., swallows' journeys to their nests, the seasons), living in London, dance, relationships with family and other loved ones, travel (i.e. to Berlin and Amsterdam), and dreams. Shirley plays the piano in all of her pieces.
   
She is currently working on her third and fourth albums, 9 Pieces About Cats and Paradise, to be released in 2023, where some of the pieces will be orchestral pieces. 9 Pieces About Cats consist of pieces inspired by her five mischievous cats in London. Paradise focuses on the beauty of the ocean and its diverse marine life. Through her experiences of swimming, diving, sailing, and surfing in the ocean, she has developed an intense admiration for the ocean. It is magnificent, refreshing, and incredibly humbling, and she hopes that her music can further emphasise its importance.  

​For Shirley, composing music helps with the discovery of self as it allows reflections to be expressed freely. She considers music to be very powerful as it can be shared, not only in a physical way where people can listen to it but in the sense that it evokes emotions, triggers memories, and makes the mind wander into an abyss of imagination. ​She sincerely hopes that her work shares in this sense with you. 

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Blossom | Violin and Cello Duet

Shirley Ly | Contemporary Classical Music Composer

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