Christmas Moonlight Skate in D
By Daisy on September 27, 2022 5:39 pm
As usual, I wrote this and didn't know what it was. A friend of mine suggested a solitary ice skater at night on a lake. My husband thought it was about schlepping through some large task that had to be completed. He said he was projecting, his trying to get through the work-day.
It has the feel of the Corelli Christmas Concerto--at least somewhat with the suspensions(the Corelli Clashes)---and also the nuance of the Pachelbel Kanon in D-due to the descending scale, and a repetitive motif that might every so slightly hint at the Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.
Given that I am teaching the Corelli at present, and have taught and played the beloved Tacobell endlessly (still love it, though I try to talk brides out of it if possible) and the darkness of the Moonlight Sonata--which is like Advent--
Maybe that's what's here.
The sadness in this piece, that I couldn't name, but not a hopelessness---That is really Advent-- the period of waiting before Christmas--knowing sadness but also the good in the world, and the future.
The people who walk in darkness have seen a great light!
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