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  • The Light Is Still the Same

    The sky stays clear, light falling cleanly across the floorboards. The day unfolds gently, quiet errands, a stretch of reading, maybe a walk that lingered longer than expected. The piano rests unused, absorbed into the calm. It is a quiet ease, unhurried. These pieces aren’t meant to stir emotion. They accompany the stillness without asking anything of it.

    Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118 No. 2 – Brahms

    Quiet Favourite, ~6 minutes
    Tone is warm and familiar, as if returning to a room already lived in. The phrases drift without direction, carried more by memory than momentum. Every note carries enough, nothing extra is needed.

    Sheet Music: Amazon | Digital: Virtual Sheet Music | Listen: Spotify | Watch: YouTube

    Prelude in F Minor, WoO 55 – Ludwig van Beethoven

    Hidden Gem, ~4 minutes
    It is a thought already spoken once. The rests carry equal weight, filled with presence. It holds its own contour, we are here simply to stay alongside it, steady and clear.

    Digital: Virtual Sheet Music | Listen: Spotify | Watch: YouTube

    Andante in A Major, D.604 – Franz Schubert

    Hidden Gem, ~5 minutes
    It unfolds without needing to arrive anywhere. Each phrase can hover gently, held in place by breath. A sense of quiet company, like walking beside someone in silence.

    Listen: Spotify | Watch: YouTube

    The light remains, steady and cool across the room. Within that quiet frame, something loosened, a thought softened, a pause deepened. The music answered nothing, only stayed present. Sometimes that’s all the day requires.

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  • Curtains Drawn, Heart Slightly Open

    It’s Sunday again. The light outside is bright but indirect, more gold than white. The Wimbledon final is on the television, volume low, players moving like distant punctuation. The fan turns quietly in the corner. Curtains are drawn anyway. There’s no need to watch, only to know the world is still happening. Earlier, a memory came without warning. Not sharp, not resolved. Just present. And now, in the soft repetition of the afternoon, something familiar surfaces, an old piece, once played often, returning on its own terms.

    Reverie – Claude Debussy

    Timeless Classic, ~5 minutes
    Let each phrase arrive as if from across a quiet field. Keep everything soft enough to let memory speak, but never name itself.

    Sheet Music: Amazon | Digital: Virtual Sheet Music | Listen: Spotify | Watch: YouTube

    Romance in F Minor, Op. 11 – Antonín Dvořák

    Hidden Gem, ~3 minutes
    The melody carries its own weight. No need to shape it, just stay close. Let the rests linger a touch longer than usual, as if deciding whether to say more.

    Piano Solo: Listen: Spotify

    Songs with Words Op. 19 No. 6 (“Venetian Boat Song”) – Felix Mendelssohn

    Quiet Favourite, ~3 minutes
    This one doesn’t require invention. Just kindness. Imagine playing for someone who used to be near, no explanation needed, only to remember the shape of the sound.

    Sheet Music: Amazon | Digital: Virtual Sheet Music | Listen: Spotify | Watch: YouTube

    The match continued in the background long after the music stopped. The afternoon didn’t require a decision, it just unfolded. The thought came and stayed. A phrase returned through the hands, then left. The room didn’t feel changed, it was just fuller. Something softened and didn’t ask to be named.

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  • The Week Just Went

    Rain has been tracing the windows this Sunday afternoon. Outside, the London street is washed of its usual sharpness, edges blurred, sound softened. Inside, everything feels intact but shifted. The body moves slowly, and the mind keeps returning to last night. A moment, clearer than expected, closer than intended. A pause in conversation, the way the light hit the face, the quiet that followed… The echo stays. The room carries it. So does the air. Something passed between you and remains.

    Dawn – Dario Marianelli

    Quiet Favourite, ~3 minutes
    This piece doesn’t arrive, it already exists. Step into it as if into morning light, slow, reflective, already full. Don’t explain anything. Just stay close to what lingers.

    Sheet Music: Amazon | Digital: Virtual Sheet Music | Listen: Spotify | Watch: YouTube

    Pavane pour une infante défunte – Maurice Ravel

    Timeless Classic, ~6 minutes
    Play like the room is watching. Every phrase holds breath. Let the elegance carry sadness without naming it. This isn’t about memory, it’s about grace staying where it once was.

    Sheet Music: Amazon | Digital: Virtual Sheet Music | Listen: Spotify | Watch: YouTube

    A Model of the Universe – Jóhann Jóhannsson

    Hidden Gem, ~3 minutes
    The shape is already there. Just keep it alive. Don’t build or finish, repeat gently, as if feeling the outline of something that left a mark.

    Digital: Virtual Sheet Music | Listen: Spotify | Watch: YouTube

    Rain eased into a gentle pattern, and the room settled again. A quiet stayed in the corners, shaped by what had passed through. The air felt more aware, like it had been listening. Something held its place, just present. It stayed long after the sound ended.

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