Boring piano improvisation

  Lovely wool socks that Lini has knitted for me. In the beginning, she only had yarn balls of different colors. She had to decide to start knitting. That's how it must have gone. Lini used to work at the National Opera. We may be related. We both enjoy drinking sparkling wine together. We can do it without company, even though we haven´t tried it yet. This music, as well as the writing, was improvised.

This is an improvisation on a wiener Adolf Kraus grand piano (from the 1920s). Mennyböl az angyal (Angel from Heaven). A peaceful session last summer in the house of my beloved granny-in-law.

This was improvised and recorded a few years ago, and I've only just uploaded it now because, you know, it's almost Christmas. Finnish christmas carols: Varpunen jouluaamuna - Sparrow on Christmas morning (Otto Kotilainen) Joulun kellot - Christmas bells (Armas Maasalo) and Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht from Franz Gruber.

Satie´s Gymnopédie no 3 inspired this improvisation.

  Finnish Independence Day Piano Special. A joyful medley of Finnish classics, not completely improvised this time, as compositions are included. 0:03 Tuijotin tulehen kauan - Toivo Kuula 2:20 Laatokka - Oskar Merikanto 4:20 Finlandia - Jean Sibelius