Mote o Dust Suspended in a Sunbeam (single – piano)
Mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam
a 2-track single:
1) Piano solo
2) piano and electronic ambient pads
Duration: 4:00
Release: 26 July 2017
Mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam was composed in Bremen (Germany) on 30th January 2017, shortly after knowing about the death of Uwe Kolkmeyer, musician and caricaturist to whom it is dedicated in memoriam.
The title refers to a thought by Carl Sagan: planet earth is a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. An old idea that, of course, was not expressed by him for the first and only time. In Sufism exists an allegory (attributed to Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi) according to which the essences of the possible beings do exist in the darkness before being manifested by the divine light, as the motes of dust suspended in the air in a darken room don’t become visible until they are lit by a light ray.
A certain optimistic atmosphere in this work may surprise, the opposite of what is usually associated with death. In my works the tonality of A major often expresses consolation.
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Mote of Dust Suspended in a Sunbeam, by Juan María Solare
Mote of Dust Suspended in a Sunbeam by Juan María Solare, released 26 July 2017 1. Mote of Dust Suspended in a Sunbeam [piano solo] 2. Mote of Dust Suspended in a Sunbeam [piano with ambient pads] Mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam was composed in Bremen (Germany) on 30th January 2017, shortly after knowing about the death of Uwe Kolkmeyer, musician and caricaturist to whom this piano piece is dedicated in memoriam.
Mote of Dust Suspended in a Sunbeam | piano, music: Juan María Solare
Mote of Dust Suspended in a Sunbeam: Music for piano composed by Juan María Solare. New simplicity, Neoclassical, romantic, sad piano music. In memoriam Uwe Kolkmeyer.
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