SNR selection 27-Jun-2025

They were traveling for almost 8 years after death of the Knight and his daughter...The old Wounded Healer and The Young Man.
Long years of fighting dark creatures and curing people from the cruel illness brought both of them deep under ground, almost to the center of the world.

There, as if far from the very last soul of the earth, was a giant garden.
It was a garden of white flowers and colossal trees with white leafs. It felt like this place was the frozen in time memory of the past somewhere very far from the world they both knew for the whole time. It was so beautiful...

For some reasons, The Young Man and The Wounded Healer both understood that it is the end. They finally found the source of the problem. All that was left is to find where it comes from.

They were breaking through every dark creature they see on their way. Every last one of them was weak against our heroes, driven by one and only purpose. They were unstoppable after all they've been through.

And far away, somewhere in the end of the Garden, there was a giant Heart, patiently waiting for someone to find it here, deep under ground, in the center of this world. To tell them the bitter truth, they both was afraid of to find out in the end...

Truth That Lies Ahead

At ad21, we are delighted to present Piano Whispers 01, a unique compilation celebrating Piano Day 2025 (March 29). This album brings together 51 talented pianists from around the world, each contributing their artistic vision to the neoclassical piano music landscape.

Piano Whispers 01

Calm Lake

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Calm Lake - Jade Ashtangini

An ambient piano track that I hope will create some emotion for you, probably best heard on headphones, I hope you enjoy it.

Originally this idea came by listening to a YouTube video on composition then I used it as the basis for a short challenge piece on Max Konyi’s Sonic Sorcery channel under the title “Where I Must Return“

I turned it into this ambient track, I will possibly use the idea to create a choral piece in the future (maybe!).

Under the Moon

Hobbit -  Back in the Shire

I want your love

105 - Repudiation

Frida Boccara won the Eurovision Songfestival in 1969 with this song. It's a ballad with classical style. The Dutch pianist Louis van Dijk made an improvisation on this theme. There was no notation of it so I (16 years old) notated this piece note by note with the help of a taperecorder.
The work of a monk... By this presentation I used The new Ivory Grand selection which sounds marvellous! I recommend the Ivory sections to any serious piano player. Using the KAWAI VPC 1 with wooden, weight keys makes the total picture compleet as playing on a real Steinway!

Cent mille chansons (Performer Ad van Nederpelt)

One-take piano impro, always nice to catch these, if only one would never forget to hit the record button. The forest soundscape I recorded a few years ago was a nice addition. And cello in the back? One of those crazy ideas...

Morning In The Forest

110 - Stairs Of Shame

All for the Best

"Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." - Roald Dahl

“He does not despise real woods because he has read of enchanted woods; the reading makes all real woods a little enchanted.” - C.S. Lewis, On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature

The Enchanted Hour

117 - Old Ghosts Through You

Flowers Promise by Shirley Ly  | String Quartet

The Boxer Moms

From "Lieder ohne Worte". Piano solo
I recommend listening with headphones……

Menselssohn Op.30.N01 )performer Ad van Nederpelt)

Hi guys, I hope everyone is well. I composed this piece of music then fed the audio and the image into chatgpt, just out of curiosity, and here's the description it came up with, which I thought was pretty accurate, though somewhat pretentious..
"A man stands before the ruin of worlds, reaching toward a colossal god asleep in storm-wrought clouds. Divine flesh pulses with ancient patterns; angels spiral like torn wings in flame. Light bleeds from the man's fingertip, brushing eternity. Silence screams. Time bows. In this dream, God is not salvation—but the abyss that remembers when creation first wept".

SOFTWARE USED :
FL Studio
Cinematic Studio Series (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass)
Cinematic Strings 2
CineBrass
CinePercussion
True Strike 1
Berlin Woodwinds + Berlin Woodwinds Soloists 1
Berlin Inspire 1 Harp
Randy's Celeste
Choirs : Oceania 1, Olympus Micro, Streznov Essentials
Reverb : Cinematic Rooms
Mastering by Cloudbounce

© 2025 Paul Cassidy
THE REPRODUCTION OF THE MUSIC HEREIN CONTAINED IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR

God Dream

NEW EP, BENEVOLENCE (2025) AND 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 an EP: Benevolence (2025), and 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.

All works are protected by copyright. Please do not use them without permission.

© Shirley Ly

Soundtracks for the imaginary movies of my life. They're not necessarily meant to be beautiful, they're meant to tell a story, like an encrypted message, but better. Your likes and comments make me happy! sleepynoonradio@gmail.com

Flowers Promise by Shirley Ly | String Quartet

Shirley Ly | Classical Music Composer & Pianist

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