Nils’s music & poetry
Songwriting
This is some noise and gibberish that I heard in my head and then wrote down. To each his own, as they say.
You’re always welcome to contact me with comments or questions.
“This Is Food Indeed”
An acoustic pop song
“The King of Glory”
An acoustic pop song
“Meditation (Psalm 19)”
An acoustic pop song
“I Believe”
An acoustic pop song
“Before Your Face”
A new-Broadway-style ballad
“Lord Jesus, You Came Down”
A hymn
“Can’t Believe You Love Me, Too”
A jazz tune
Poetry
The word ‘poet,’ when it appears near my name, should be interpreted loosely; think “armchair poet.” You can read a couple of haiku I wrote on 7/13/2004 and 8/20/2003.
Classical music performances
This is also a place to find grisly butchery I’ve made of other people’s music.
Brahms’s Scherzo from the “FAE” Sonata (
hi-fi and lo-fi)
Recorded live on 8/26/2007.
Debussy’s “Beau soir” (
hi-fi or lo-fi)
Recorded live on 5/19/2002. An art song transcribed for violin and piano.
Hildebrando Pizzetti’s Canto No. 3 ( hi-fi or lo-fi)
Recorded live on 11/06/2005.
Sarabanda from J. S. Bach’s D-minor Partita ( hi-fi and lo-fi)
Recorded live on 2/21/2007. Truncated at the front due to technical difficulties in the sound system that morning.
Bruch’s “Kol Nidrei” ( hi-fi or lo-fi)
Recorded live in Concert No. 6 of West University Methodist Church’s 2005 Concert Series on Sunday, 11/06/2005. Robert Bennett is the organist.
Rachmaninov’s “Vocalise”
Recorded live on 6/20/2004. I collaborate here with the Wiggs Duo — flutist Amy Saxton Wiggs taking an unusual turn at the piano. Unfortunately, we had to cut the B section of this piece to meet the time constraints of an offertory. You may find that my buddy Bill Burris’s remix is more your cup of tea.
Gluck’s “Dance of the Blessed Spirits”
Recorded live on Ash Wednesday, 2/25/2004. Stephanie Stevens, at the piano, patiently suffers through my playing about an eighth of a tone flat through most of this.
A jig by J. S. Bach ( hi-fi or lo-fi)
Recorded live on 9/01/2002. Here I join cellist Steven Wiggs in a piano piece that was transcribed for violin and cello.
Albinoni’s Adagio ( hi-fi or lo-fi)
Recorded live on Good Friday, 3/29/2002. Robert Bennett is the organist.
