I was in this house long ago

[ted]

About time I posted another one, here is the second half of yesterday's.

[quantum]

Not knowing the full context of the title, I would think of this piece as a collection of tunes and sounds heard within the walls of the house in question.  Stories, memories, and experiences all brought together into a musical palette. 

There were times where the music and passage work reminded me of Medtner, and others where I was thinking about transcribed folk tunes by Bartok.  I also sensed episodes of concentrated impressionism weaved throughout the piece.

Beautiful music, as always.

[ted]

Thanks for listening, Neil. The title this time is an amalgam of three mystical associations: recently revisiting my grandparents' house in the country, where I stayed seventy years ago when I was very young, the vividly disquieting house imagery in Arthur Machen's writing, and an unfounded but intense conviction of familiarity with a house depicted in a television series. Although I do not believe in its external validity I enjoy the mystical component of my psyche and give it free rein in my music.