Mrs Davies is watching (second half)

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Improvisation for February.

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As to who Mrs Davies is, or where she is I have no clue.  However, I can imagine her vigorously pacing about at risk of wearing out her floors.  In her space is a world filled with captivating characters that surround her, as she looks out the window at something.

Or maybe she is flying through a rain forest on a boat with wheels using her hot air balloon to collect water in order to complete her oil painting.

I liked the progression from about 17:00 to 18:00.

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...In her space is a world filled with captivating characters that surround her, as she looks out the window at something.

I liked the progression from about 17:00 to 18:00.

Thanks for listening Neil, you are actually spot on. As you know, my titles are usually Satiesque nonsense, merely personal associations for me so I can have some chance of remembering where a given musical section resides among the huge heap of recordings. Mr and Mrs Davies were my parents' neighbours when I was a child. They were a delightful old couple but didn't really have sufficient to do with their time. Mrs Davies used to sit at their front window overlooking the street much of the day and peer at people and their activities. She didn't hide, and waved at everybody passing by. Of course the music has nothing to do with this at all really.

Ten years ago I used to notice occasions in my playing which contained the illusion of two or more independent but simultaneous streams and wonder how I had done it. It is beginning to happen all the time now and has become more or less a feature without my trying. The section you mention is one such episode. Pleased you like the effect.