When you come back to a place you like so much that you feel right at home again. 

Thanks for listening!

Feels Like Coming Home

The winds of the East pass through, child memories brew. Memories related to the time my grandfather spent teaching me Chinese poetry, art, and calligraphy.

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

© SHIRLEY LY

Easterly Winds by Shirley Ly | Violin and Cello Duet

Thank you forever to Mr. Clapton for sharing such beauty from such pain... Tears in Heaven originally composed by Eric Clapton.

It may me pitchy and raw, but read the lyrics and try to avoid feeing the same.

Tears In Heaven - LANG|V Music [Eric Clapton Cover]

The Canadian people dare not forget the atrocities that our ancestors committed against the children of Peoples whom they had named savages.  Nor can we forget the myriad injustices that we continue to commit against Peoples with whom, on paper at any rate, the British Crown had supposedly forged a "Nation-to-Nation" relationship.  There can be no reconciliation without truth.
#EveryChildMatters

WE WERE CHILDREN

Lyrics:

Summer’s vanished and a growing ache 
tells you leaving love was a cold mistake, 
Chilling feeling of the fall says you lost it all. 
Melancholy makes a lonely day 
when the one you want to hold is far away, 
Leaves you wanting to reclaim what you can’t recall. 

Now, as the greens turn to rose, there’s a part of you knows, 
You regret what you chose, the wind still blows,  
Piling leaves at your feet, and you have to retreat. 
Moved, by the call of the loon, all the sounds that commune, 
Sing a similar tune, it was too soon, 
For the long days to end, to depart and pretend. 

Lonely fire in the evening air;
you consider the images that flicker there, 
Eyes that held you in a thrall when you had it all, 
Now dissolve into dancing flights 
while the sky is painted by the northern lights, 
Leaving writing in a scrawl that you still recall, saying, 

“Soon, when the greens turn to rose, there’s a part of me knows, 
That in spite of it all, we just might fall, 
If you go away then, when the long days will end. 
Here, in the glow of the moon, our hearts can commune, 
Sing a harmony tune, it’s not too soon, 
To commit to the end, to a love that won’t bend.“ 

There, with the damp in the air, when you kneeled as a pair, 
You resisted the call, you began the fall, 
Down a hill of regret, and you haven’t stopped yet, as you think of it all,  
There, by the edge of the lake, a decision to make, 
You resisted the call, you began the fall, 
Down a hill of regret, and you haven’t stopped yet, as you think of it all. 

Instrum:    

Melancholy makes a lonely day 
when the one you want to hold is far away 
Summer images have faded now you’ve made the fall.

The Fall

Saturday evening fun jam project while we're waiting for midnight to go to a Halloween Party.
It's the first Party after a... i don't know... 15 months?
We'll get in the right mood. Because soon we're going "Where there's music and there's people And they're young and alive"
"Because we want to see people And we want to see life."

so: take me out!!!

Oli Boli - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (saturday fun jam "Smiths" cover)

Vocals: Simone Cole
Synth 1-3: Espen Skaar
Lyrics:
Riding on the cusp.
Direction is focusing.
A pledge for all to sing!
Can we all just be friends? 
Its just not that easy.
Taking it on baby.
In the middle with the crow.
Is your side dying to sting?
It's just not that easy...
In more ways I'm alone when I'm without you.
You're elsed the night on myself.
Another day I look onto the porch.
To that evening you'll come home.

Your pain

Russell and I would like to present to you our latest Ambient Release:   So You Dare.....
The Idea came about as I was watching a wonderful Musician Play the cello so beautifully as the bombs were dropping all around her shelter. ..Its As If she Was saying So you Dare!!  Music is a universal language . There is no room for war but we as humans still cannot find the way to peace .  Thank you Russell you really brought this to life   We truly hope you feel the emotion and the tension  and resolve.   Peace to all 
for more outstanding music visit Russell at https://soundcloud.com/0pentrax
Cheers G Peace to all

So You Dare    Gina & Xitb

Sojurn May 2025 - Music for String Quartet

Where are you?

pianissimo

Nostalgia

NEW ALBUM, WINDS OF THE EAST (2025) IS OUT NOW!

Instagram: @shirleylymusic

Shirley Ly is a self-taught British female contemporary classical music composer from Greenwich in London, United Kingdom, with Chinese and Vietnamese heritage. She has composed over 50 pieces for solo piano / violin / cello, duets, trios, quartets and quintets. She has produced 5 albums: Winds of the East (2025), 9 Lives (2023), Paradise (2023), Blossom (2021), and Impetus (2018) and released multiple singles i.e. Olive Tree (2024), Emerald (2023), and London Strive (2023). Her music has been played around a million times across more than 100 countries around the world spanning six continents, including by BBC radio. Shirley plays the piano in all of her pieces.
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The pieces in her albums aim to capture her reflections on life experiences relating to nature (i.e., swallows' journeys to their nests, the seasons, swans), living in London, dance, relationships with family and other loved ones, travel (i.e. to Berlin, Amsterdam), and dreams. 

Winds of the East (2025) is inspired by Shirley’s Chinese and Vietnamese heritage, her grandfather who was a distinguished painter and poet in China and her recent travels in South East Asia particularly in areas of natural beauty. 

Paradise (2023) is inspired by her experiences of swimming, diving, sailing, and surfing in the ocean, and she hopes that her music can further emphasise its importance. 
 
9 Lives (2023) is inspired by the beauty, charm and mysteriousness of cats. She lives in London with her five cats, and gain a lot of inspiration from them. This album aims to raise money for animal charities in areas which need support the most.

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© Shirley Ly

Easterly Winds by Shirley Ly | Violin and Cello Duet

Shirley Ly | Classical Music Composer & Pianist