that even high end,digital latest model will not able to give …

may be trick in this music vibrations that fill out the room and almost instantly overtake your mind and body…you think about long past …

and after so many  people did play  it is almost a miracle that even after 100 years in use still fully alive …

I welcome new addition to my house this nice looking old lady - Hallet,Davis of 1915 with lovely sound of music….

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Mar.4,2011 update:Some new elements was added…

halletdavis

Apr.1,2011 :Here  the final version…

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part of this melody originally  recorded in CD “Diamonds of Ukraine”

It is still in polishing stages so final version may be slightly different.

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Here nice insert as of Jan 14′11 …whole creation almost complete….sadly as it often in real life my compose mind always way ahead

my ability to play without pressing extra ‘notes’ that should not be there…but as practice

progress….polished variant with newly developed touch up extras will be posted…

20-after-insert-a

Ancient Armenian small nation near

Black Sea with very rich folklore tradition…

This is variation on Armenian Lullaby…

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While still playing this tune some new ideas was added…

Here second version few weeks later…

armenian-lullaby-2

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ukraine

Every time while playing this tune I almost  feel   rich beauty of the land

And also unsettled life of its people …while located in the center of Europe …

Its eternal struggle between East and West  and latest crazy plans from the North …

That currenly in the works - to restore old barbaric impire …

In 2004 I recorded and posted  19 tracks CD

 of classic poetry  -  ”Return ” with piano tunes in it on

 www.download.com/oleksaobriy 

Most of this tracks is not there anymore….

But  3 of them by someone unknown was taken to another sites…

You can listen them with help of Google

This piano tune is opening melody from this CD… 

This melody was inspired by two lovely verses of  O.Oles’ -

“Z zhurboyu radist’ obnyalas’ ” (Sorrow and Joy hugging…)

And “Kolu na krulax nochi” ( When on the wings of night…)

This piano short was inspired by verse about Kyiv of great Ukrainian poet Mukola Zerov-

” Vitai zamriyanuy ,zolotoglavuy

Na sunix gorax zagadavsya - sput’  “…

(Hi dreamy,goldendomed relaxing on blue hills almost sleeping…)

With this verse he challenge many generations of Ukrainians of who we are and where we going…

Is Kyiv the great capital of the biggest European country or just  south edge of despotic old impire ?

 With brutal Masters - from Barbaric Mongols of 12 century to Commy 9/11 of 20th century -

 to  the latest  2010  impire fever of  ” United Russia” …back to SU….

kyiv