W Richard St James
Acoustic piano. Soft, romantic, impressionistic.
Song with orchestral background -- see lyrics for the poem it is based on
Song with orchestral background. See the lyrics for the poem it is based on.
I have wondered for a long time what prayer Jesus made that final night. Perhaps this one. For most of my songs I wrote the poem first, sometimes many years before the music. But this time I wrote the music first -- then the words came.
Song with orchestral background. See the lyrics for the poem.
Song with an orchestral background. See the lyrics for the poem.
Song with orchestral background. See lyrics for the poem it is based on.
When I'm not playing my own compositions on the piano, I'm playing the late Beethoven sonatas. The influence is obvious is this piece -- the simplicity of the theme, the subtle complexity of the development -- and a little surprise.
Majestic, meditative
Theme and variations -- the companion piece to Heaven's Portals
Vibrant and lyrical, with comtemplative interludes.