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Here is the story of a little girl learning to play the violin. She struggles to play, and through her struggle she creates a new way of practicing: she imagines bringing her stuffed animal to life; a simple, Orange Elephant. He awakens, sits at a tiny piano (which is the same size as him now) and, for a moment,  plays a tune for her. She is taken by a melody, and plays it, completely enraptured by the intensity and simpleness of the piece.
...you get the idea?

Special thanks to my family who supported me to get to this point. This is an old one I made in 2007-2008 finally finished (I seem to have a large archive of old stuff to finish out). I hope you enjoy the song!

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The Orange Elephant

February Snow

The anonymous twentieth-century melody A New Commandment was written for the well-known passage from St John’s Gospel (chapter 13, verses 34-35), beginning: 'A new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another as I have loved you'. This fantasia builds on the theme with colour and drama, using two complete statements and several interludes based on fragments of the melody.
Alan Bullard's Piano Prayer and Praise series contains solo piano pieces, mainly based on well-known hymns or worship songs, suitable for use in church services – either played complete or using sections as shorter interludes.
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Alan Bullard: A New Commandment - fantasia for solo piano

Pandora's Imran

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Original Soundtrack)

Gustave

Original composition for YouGoCulture, landmarking Lavrion and Sounion

Laurio - Sounio

an improv for testing VSL Synchron Stage Reverb (General Purpose - Middle Center - Amount 44%).

2025-04-23 VSL Synchron F308 + Synchron Stage Reverb

Between Chords and Silences

The June Hydrangeas

April Waltz

Sometimes a melody appears out of nowhere, as if someone were guiding their fingers by drawing a line that ends up being beautiful, without having put in any intention, any previous idea, any structure and, obviously, no architecture. It flows and emerges. It happens to me often and I don't know how to explain it. It is an easy air. It lets go and fills the environment. If sound is vibration in the air, I can find no other explanation than feeling that the air facilitates the vibration having its echo. The air accompanies this composition-improvisation. And the air structures it. And the air amplifies it. And that's how it is and that's how it flows.
A voltes una melodia apareix del no res, com si algú guiés els dits dibuixant una línia que acaba sent bonica, sense que hagi posat cap intenció, cap idea prèvia, cap estructura i, evidentment, cap arquitectura.  Flueix i sorgeix. Em passa sovint i no sé explicar-ho. És un aire fàcil. Es deixa anar i omple l'ambient. Si el so és vibració en l'aire no trobo més explicació que el sentir que l'aire facilita que la vibració tingui el seu eco. L'aire acompanya aquesta composició-improvisació. I l'aire l'estructura. I l'aire l'amplifica. I així és i així flueix.
A veces una melodía aparece de la nada, como si alguien guiara los dedos dibujando una línea que acaba siendo bonita, sin que haya puesto ninguna intención, ninguna idea previa, ninguna estructura y, evidentemente, ninguna arquitectura. Fluye y surge. Me pasa a menudo y no sé explicarlo. Es un aire fácil.  Se deja ir y llena el ambiente. Si el sonido es vibración en el aire no encuentro ninguna explicación más que el sentir que el aire facilita que esa vibración tenga su eco. El aire acompaña esta composición-improvisación. Y el aire la estructura. El aire la amplifica. Y así es y así fluye.

Les airs faciles

Petit-Poucet

Sonatine pour piano, II. Mouvement de Menuet

Solo Piano.  Created in Real-Time LIVE at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Carmel Valley Village CA.

Year of Music: September 20, 2025

'Air' from the 3rd Suite in D minor (From 8 Keyboard Suites) by G.F. Handel

Recording at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, 2018.

'Air', Suite in D minor no.3, G.F. Handel

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