While writing this music a vague little story came to mind. Something to do with a king of olden times who dies. The atmosphere in the city is initially muted and surreal. But this was a hateful and contemptuous king so pretty soon small, cautious celebrations erupt here and there. That’s not what this has to be about of course, but it’s what was playing out in my mind at times.
The section towards the end is meant to be improvised so that part would vary from one playing to the next, potentially stretching out much longer. I otherwise don't expect to change much about this piece.
There’s an unusual timing to this, which is (intentionally) not entirely consistent throughout. This was part of the thing I was stuck on, which made me put this one aside when I instead shared “In the Meantime” the other day. But now I’m happy with it. The timing is how it should be, I think.
Thanks for listening and reading. I’ll soon be moving to a less frequent posting schedule of “whenever I can” but I’ll be back in a few days with, yet again, something a little different.
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