I began this project with the idea of doing instrumental arrangements of some of my favorite “classical” pieces, especially melodies of some of the so called impressionistic composers. As I was working on some of the tunes, I encountered singer Rachael Tissot and decided to have her sing a song or two. Impressed with her voice it turned into four songs.

As we waited for the rights to use the words to “Morning has Broken” I encouraged her to write her own words which she sings here to the beautiful Gaelic hymn called “Bunessan”.

I was very proud of my arrangement of the traditional tune “Scarborough Fair” and was even happier with her beautiful four-part vocal interpretation.

I had recorded “Alita” (written for my wife) on an earlier CD. In that version, I had not played the song but had used some of my musical friends. Here is my own rendition of the song.

I played acoustic and electric guitars, flute, bass and arranged and played all the string parts on a guitar synthesizer.

In today’s fast-paced, noisy world, I make no apologies for recording an entire CD of simply slow, beautiful melodies that I hope you can enjoy with your morning coffee or your morning commute.

TRACK INFORMATION:

Morningsong (Bunessan-traditional) words by Rachael Tissot

Arioso (J.S. Bach)

Girl With the Flaxen Hair (La fille aux cheveux de lin) (C.Debussy)

The Water Is Wide (traditional)

Improvisation on a theme by Erik Satie (Satie/Piorun)

Scarborough Fair (traditional)

Alita (Bob Piorun)

Pavane (G. Faure’)

Danny Boy (traditional)

Sicilienne (G. Faure’)