Solo piano and keyboard Christmas arrangements, with a dash of classical depth.

14 MP3 Songs
CLASSICAL: Piano solo, NEW AGE: Neo-Classical



Details:
Here I offer to you peaceful explorations of the spiritual dimension of Christmas, traditional music conveying beauty and mystery, tenderness and passion. I have tried to create music that heralds the moment of the birth of Christ, which is of course now.

The carols on The Rebirth of Light:

01 â The Rebirth of Light
âhow silently, how silently the wondrous gift is givenâ

02 â Angels We Have Heard
âwhat great brightness did you see?â

03 â God Rest Ye Merry
âO tidings of comfort and joyâ

04 â Somebody Talkin
âeverywhere I go, somebody talkin bout Jesusâ

05 â Come, All Ye Shepherds
âhasten then ... to see heaven descend to us allâ

06 â That Single Star
âages of endless dark, pierced by that single starâ

07 â I Wonder As I Wander
âhigh from the heavens a starâs light did fall and the promise of ages it then did recallâ

08 â Usher in the Morning
âbreak forth, o beauteous heavenly light, and usher in the morningâ
I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing
âthen let us all rejoice amain on Christmas day in the morningâ
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
ârejoice with heart and soul and voice: now ye hear of endless blissâ

09 â The NeverâEnding Starlit Road
âguide us to Thy perfect lightâ

10 â The Sunâs Lullaby
Away in the Manger
âfit us for heaven to live with Thee thereâ
My Dancing Day
âthis have I done for my true loveâ

11 â The Little Drummer Boy (Davis, Onorati, Simeone; arr Kathleen Ryan)
âI played my best for Himâ

12 â The Coventry Carol
âhow may we do for to preserve this day this poor youngling?â

13 â O Holy Night (Adolphe Adam; arr Kathleen Ryan)
âHe appeared and the soul felt its worthâ

14 â Silent Night
âSon of God, loveâs pure light,.... Jesus, Lord at Thy birth!â

We wish you joy and peace and a rebirth of the light that guides your spirit in this Christmas season. âThe light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never mastered it.â

Kathleen


A bit about me:
I am inspired to make music by sounds, by images, and by ideas. I can't always make a piece do what I want it to. Perhaps that's not something I should confess to, but while I can put notes where I want them, they won't always stay there. The pesky things seem to have some ideas of their own. I've read that novelists discover the personalities and intentions of their characters. Well, I discover the personalities and intentions of my musical ideas, and they don't always go where I would have led them...

but they often go somewhere I find interesting, listenable, even tantalizing. So I follow. I follow the music until it sounds true to me.

When I am composing, I don't necessarily hear music inside. Instead, I experience a subtle dissatisfaction until the sounds my hands create match the deeper emotion I feel within.