Music for a Monday afternoon

It's become my tradition to start the new year with music for the piano. It's just what I need during these dark days of winter...and perhaps you do too.

Below: Between Us, a new film from Italian pianist & composer Ludovico Einaudi featuring four of his finest pieces -- "Elegy for the Arctic," "Nuvole Bianche," "Experience," and "Walk." Followed by "Divenire," an old favourite performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London (2010).

Below: "Halos" by the glorious Ana Silvera, performed with Bjarke Falgren on viola in Copenhagen (2019). Followed by "I Grew Up in a Room, Small as a Penny," performed at the Roundhouse in London (2018).

Also, have a listen to Silvera's beautiful new composition "Light, Console Me,"  inspired by The Mourner���s Kaddish during this time of global pandemic. You can read about the piece on Silvera's website, and hear all three movements on Bandcamp.

The final piece, below, is "Lionheart" by Greta Vaughan, from her forthcoming album, Braille. To hear more of her music, please visit her website.