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By Night – Sophie Hutchins

13 January 2017

I wasn’t aware of Sophie’s work until Nicole introduced me to this track for the Music to Grieve to  playlist – I immediately fell in love.  Melancholy piano – not overdone or flashy, just a simple theme that you can hear her breathe life into – and then the cello arrives –  and it’s beautiful!

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Acceptance – music2work2

13 January 2017

There is a hopefulness to this track – particularly at the end where it’s all about imperfect and perfect cadences resolving positively around the G major root.  The reality of grief is that life does go on, and while the grief may never fully subside, it does fade and we do get to feel good again.

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Floating / Sinking – Peter Broderick

7 January 2017

It’s the birdsong and background sounds that get you at the beginning – the scrunching through gravel accompanied by the sparsest piano chords and the whole mood is set. 

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Memories – music2work2

20 December 2016

Follow This Playlist Following Originally track 3 on the music to grieve to album, Memories has become one of the most popular piano tracks on the playlist.  It’s the balance between major and minor – remembering the good times but always seeing them through the veil of sadness that grief covers everything with. Full liner… More