Song for Eva
Eva gave me a prompt of a sad recurring dream where she finds a small weak boy that has drowned.
The melody of the piece was inspired by the name Eva, you can almost hear the notes singing the name in the acciaccatura at the end of the phrase. The hypnotic repetition and uncertainty of the tonality pushes it into this eerie space that the prompt put me in.
I think i’d like to fall asleep to this but I also think that i’d maybe end up having similar dreams and i wouldn’t wish that upon anybody. May this song cast away all your bad dreams x
The first ever pianist I fell in love with was Yann Tiersen - my piano teacher introduced me to the music from Amelie when I was around 11 and it soon became my obsession. I loved how the simplicity of his music resonated so deeply only using a number of notes and sequences, and how he very subtly changed the progressions as the songs went on. Every one of his piano songs owns a special place in my heart, how no words are ever used but you completely understand the emotion conveyed. So unwillingly every piano song I write will forever sound like a Yann Tiersen song, because to me every song of his is perfect. And that’s what we all strive for, isn’t it?
Amelia