In my newest piece, a (lovely, if I do say so myself, but consider the source I’m stealing ideas from) ländler-like melody, very reminiscent of the Schubert ländlers I used to accompany ballet classes with, lo those many aeons ago; floating above a distant rumbling bass.
I love this melody. I just hope I can play it beautifully with no frantic energy by one week from today. (And I just made it up today!)
And that makes Drivin! a CD that will include both Robert Johnson and Franz Schubert. Really, how many piano CDs can make that claim?
[I’m fairly confident that this newest piece is named The Golden Passage, by the way. And you know I never believe I have the entire piece unless I’m confident I have the correct title as well. Because the title tells me something about the music that I cannot discover any other way, and sometimes what the title says is, “Throw out all that stuff and write me some new music!”]