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Chinese New Year and others

by David Warin Solomons

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Improvisation in whole tone based on the poem by SN Solomons after Verhaeren's Les Horloges In the dark silence of the home crutches and walking sticks go up and down the stairs of time The clocks Enamelled flowers, old devices, Numerals old and lean On looming lunar faces May be seen. Hammer and ratchet, leaden chime and crafty wooden words. The conversation of the time may be heard. Dark time posts in the hall, Coffins sealed in the wall, Bones of old time devoured by the hours, The clocks, willing and vigilant, Like ancient servants, limp in their clogs along the years, And punctuate my fears. The original Verhaeren poem: La nuit, dans le silence en noir de nos demeures, Béquilles et bâtons, qui se cognent, là-bas ; Montant et dévalant les escaliers des heures, Les horloges, avec leurs pas ; Emaux naïfs derrière un verre, emblèmes Et fleurs d'antan, chiffres maigres et vieux ; Lunes des corridors, vides et blêmes, Les horloges, avec leurs yeux ; Sons morts, notes de plomb, marteaux et limes, Boutique en bois de mots sournois et le babil des secondes minimes, Les horloges, avec leurs voix ; Gaines de chêne et bornes d'ombre, Cercueils scellés dans le mur froid, Vieux os du temps que grignote le nombre, Les horloges et leur effroi ; Les horloges Volontaires et vigilantes, Pareilles aux vieilles servantes Boîtant de leurs sabots ou glissant sur leurs bas, Les horloges que j'interroge Serrent ma peur en leur compas.
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Sexy impro 04:19
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Woke up Sunday mornin' and notes went spinnin' round. What can I sing for the New Troubadours Troubadours? Woke up wake up woke up wake up. What can I sing for the New Troubadours? Oh! I just godda sing the Blues the New Troubadour Blues 'cos there's nothing they like better than the Blues. I got those New Troubadour Blues. 'cos there's not a single chord these Blues refuse; not a single note I cannot choose. Then it was Monday evenin' with no more words in mind; notes they still kept spinnin' but no cause could they find. What can I sing for the New Troubadours? So, here's a sad Blues with a walkin' bass. it'll walk all over you, leavin' muddy footprints So here's a sad Blues, Blues, Blues So here is a walkin' bass. oh! why am I walkin' with a muddy walkin' bass waitin' for words to come? Blues Blues Blues Blues Blues Blues waitin' for words to come Oh those sad Blues I got those New Troubadour Blues. New Troubadour Blues 'cos there's not a single chord these Blues refuse!
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Lookin' just lookin' is a humorous look at the personal "lonely hearts" ads, although the composer invented the actual adverts in this song, to avoid possible late-night phone calls…! The personalities advertising for the loves of their lives in this song range in age from 24 to 92, they are all very genuine people, please don't hurt their feelings as you snigger! Young man, twenty four, lookin' for a soul mate: slim dark handsome versatile. Who will answer? Will it be the man of my dreams? Will he be the one, will he write to me, will he like my style, will we get on? Looking, just looking at the personal ads, can we find true love? Are they the people waiting only for us? Waiting for a letter, waiting for a letter, looking, looking. Kindly lady, thirty eight, cuddly butch and lively, likes a laugh and country walks. Who will answer? Will it be the girl of my dreams? Will she be the one, will she write to me, will she like my style, will we get on? [Chorus] Leather wearing, fifty four, into whips and bondage: genuine answers only, please! Who will answer, will it be the whip of my dreams? Will he be the one, will he write to me, will he like my style, will we get on? [Chorus] Grey panther ninety two, into older women, cuddle to my Zimmerframe, Who will answer, will it be the crutch of my dreams? Will she be the one, will she write to me, will she like my style, will we get on? [Chorus]
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Pantheistic Catholic poem by Audrey Vaughan - the love for the Deity is found all round in nature. The guitar part reflects some of the flitting fleeting moments of insect wings. The vocal part soars up to my (then) highest broadcastable note! My love for you grows beetle's wings Black pearls sparking firedrops Under the low'ring September sun My love for you sends a winter flash Of radiant blue Between frost silver banks In the sunset time of January's afternoon My love for you blows heather scent upon the wind And tosses the cries of flying grouse And wings to beat a moorland sky My love finds wind-flowers by a Cranham lane And black bright eyes safe and wide under frets of golden fern My love for you paints God across the earth In clouds like flowers And rain like fishes' scales In waters blue of sky And birds like flakes of snow My love sings anthems with the moon And writes symphonies with rainbows My love is life and breath And breath is praise... ©Audrey Vaughan
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Electronic improvisations in melodic styles interspersed with a few original songs.
A widely varied and original CD including an Australian bush landscape (Purinjiti), a Chinese New year celebration complete with fireworks, a mock "sexy" impro (nothing explicit in it!), a mock blues song, a celebration of nature (Beetle's Wings), variations on German folk songs (Hans Dampf in Allen Possen), a version of Rossini's Cats Duet with guitar accompaniment and a satirical look at the personal ads.
All composed (or arranged in the case of the Cats Duet) and performed by David W Solomons.

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released February 23, 2015

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David Warin Solomons Sale, UK

Composer from UK born in 1953, concentrating on lyrical and tonal works for chamber music combinations, solo voice and choral works.

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