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Voyage 6: Sunrise, Tahiti

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VOYAGE 6: SUNRISE, TAHITI
#cruiseship #pacific #neoclassical #piano #quiet

Early morning on the 7th day of the voyage: the ship's motion, never very pronounced because of the stabilisers at work, seems to have changed and, being used to sleeping attuned to sea and wind--a function of cruising in small sailboats--one inevitably awakes. The sea is calmer than normal, the south-east trades seem blocked, not just sleeping, the sun is not far below the horizon, and in the early morning moist haze, stretching across our course is an island, almost a surprise after days of ocean. To the other, trying-hard-not-to-wake-up occupant of the cabin, one calls "It's Tahiti!". To which the response is the wholly unromantic "Good for it..." and a head disappearing under bed clothes. But Tahiti is too storied a place, too much romance, the centre of the wonderful Polynesian voyages of discovery and settlement, Cook, Bligh and the Bounty, Gauguin, the archetypal South Seas, Marlon Brando even; and she finally joins me to watch the sun rise over an almost still sea and the sharp volcanic outline of #tahiti.

(As with all these fast first passes, some editing will be a Good Thing. I was looking for a smooth, sensuous rich and fruity approach, but the fruitiness is a bit overdone. One must occasionally release the sustain pedal for good effect, it seems...)

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Piano samples courtesy Garritan Personal Orchestra

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@squirrelhavenstudios 7w

This is another beautiful piece! It's certainly smooth and sensuous and had me thinking of the South Pacific (but also, at one point, the Greek islands). You have captured some romantic notions of Tahiti and managed to convey them with your playing. Excellent work!

@lowhum 10w

Wonderful! Like that modulation where it goes debussish and chopinese for a while before breezily exit. Listened with baby, she says "mmm". Handel also got "mmm", so there you are.

@nahlej381 10w

As I close my eyes I can feel the ship rocking. Hear the sounds of expedition. Feel the excitement, fears, connections being made.

Truly moving piece of music really plays the emotions as much as the notes. In a very human way, the emotional content is so mixed as they are in the world. I wish I could phrase that better and more concisely. Had an emotional adventure to this.

@billwhite51 10w

What I wouldnt give to be waking up to this vision of Tahiti. I agree that you should lighten up on the sustain pedal, but only because, at least in my headphones, the overtones are causing a a sustained distortion. It is a lovely piece nonetheless.

@atam94 10w

This sounds wonderful, Tim. It's such a beautiful piano composition.

@mahtowin 10w

I listened to you with eyes closed ... and you took me on this journey again! For various reasons I'm feeling a bit agitated and unbalanced at the moment - but this wonderful piece of music has calmed me down a bit! Thanks for that!

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