Angel On A Stone Wall

A WORK FOR SOLO PIANO WITH OPTIONAL ORGAN

Paul Halley writes: "This piece comes from my late night drives home following recording sessions in Litchfield. They always seemed to be misty, foggy drives with lots of moonlight. I'd pass stone walls and in my tired state, imagine seeing things. One night as I drove past a graveyard out of the corner of my eye I saw what looked like an angel sitting on the stone wall. I was so struck by this image that it has been with me ever since. - So why is this piece so sad - why the nostalgia? Maybe because that angel represents a perfect kind of Love which is unattainable in this life. We get glimpses of it from time, but the vision I saw on the stone wall spoke of a Love that was unending, and all-embracing."