grief

• 21 June 24

  Summer by the River

  This is the tenth track from my new album “Somewhere between Light and Sound”. “Summer by the River” recalls the many moments I have spent sitting by the river in a spot close to home, imbibing the sounds, colours and movements all around me, deep in thought. I have experienced many moments of sadness, joy…

• 16 June 24

  The Fig Tree

  ‘The Fig Tree’ piano solo was inspired by Elif Shafak’s beautiful novel ‘The Island of Missing Trees’. The novel explores love, grief, war and the tenuous survival of family connections – partly narrated by an enchanting fig tree uprooted from Cyprus and replanted in North London. Elif Shafak dedicates her novel: “To immigrants and exiles…

• 26 June 21

  First Light

  I wrote this little piece for my late wife, Michèle, who died just before Christmas in 2010. I found that writing a musical diary was so beneficial to my grieving process. I remember at the time feeling Michèle’s loss as if it were a deep wound in my heart. I found that music gently soothed…

• 20 February 21

  Where?

  Over the past six months I have written some new piano pieces. These “Songs Without Words” are relatively short and are unashamedly romantic in style. “Where?” seems to fit perfectly the sense of searching which I often experience as I walk in the woods.

• 25 November 19

  My Musical Diary

  Following the death of my wife, Michèle, in December 2010, I found that music and walking helped me greatly during the long hours of sustained grief. I felt I was in a bubble far from the world of people and events. Within this place, I found myself composing little pieces of music, my “rien du…