Nearly all the pieces I've written over the last five years have been in
moments when I'm alone and deep in thought, and feeling our Lord's
presence very near.
Many of the compositions here were also written with people in
mind. Some of these include Reflections and Simple Things, both of
which were written for friends dear to me. But by far, the song
From the Heart, to which this recoding took its name, is the song
that personifies much of how I feel for people; and in particular for
one person during that period of my life.
| Reflections (1993) |
friend I knew back in college ages ago, Siang Ling- the two very different people we were. In a sense,
this composition is a simpler one when compared to the more mature works I wrote in the latter
years.
| Reflections (1993) |
piece. Of all the pieces I've written so far, I think of this piece being the most beautiful. In all my life,
I have met people, some of whom I have loved very dearly. There was one person that I in May 1995
that I was deeply attracted to, even if the circumstances of our friendship were not ideal. It's a really
quiet and very human song of a gentle and unassuming love I felt for that friend who was a close part
at one point of my life. This piece was dedicated to Adeline, a close friend I knew back four years
ago.
| Waltz in F (1995) |
melody is distinctly modern though, sounding like a quiet dance between two people in a ball room.
One experienced, and the other learning its steps slowly but surely. The waltz consist of six parts; the
first part sets the theme for the waltz, followed by a variation of the same melody. The third part is a
pizzicato-like variation of the theme, followed by a D minor variation of the melody again, but
introducing a melodic idea in bars 103-110 that would be echoed in the next variation. The fifth part in
A Major starts with a different melody, echoing the central melody again only as the variation closes.
The last part repeats the central melody again, but builds up towards a conclusion starting from bars
223, and the dance ends in the traditional ritard and bow by both partners.
| Eve (1994) |
whether we pictured our Christian lives as one in which there were exuberant joy, festivities, dancing
and noise. Or one where thunder and lightning were raging amidst a land of chaos and misery- but in
the middle of the storm laid a tree with a family of doves quietly nesting in comfort, despite the raging
weather outside. I think of my relationship with God as the latter- more than anything else, knowing
God has filled me with a sense of purpose in the present, and hope for the future in this less-than
perfect world of ours. God's Love, later renamed to simply Eve, written on the Christmas eve of
1994, sings of this beauty of His love for us, and how it always remains there, even when we make
the most terrible mess of our lives.
| Prelude in F (1994) |
the University. It's a modest piece with a lovely, quiet sound to it. The perfect sort of thing to listen to
at night.
| Impromptu in D (1994) |
Heart. The main melodic line is actually drawn from a beautiful Christian song, In Moments Like
These.
