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Moving in to an Empty Space

from Scatter My Ashes by Octet Ensemble and William Susman

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    Signed cover and disc of Scatter My Ashes. Comes in a 6-panel gatefold digipack card case including bios of the musicians, song lyrics, liner notes with artwork by Ben Swift and photography by Ken Goodman.

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about

This song is from "Moving in to an Empty Space," a three part song cycle
from poems by Sue Susman

lyrics

Tonight I stood watching the stars
twinkling through the bare branches.
The air is cold and I am alone
here in this quiet faraway place.
And I am at peace, in myself,
still somewhat afraid.
I stood watching the night sky,
as if it would change,
as if the tiny white lights would move
or rearrange themselves
the better to please my eye.
But there was no change; the night was fixed,
immutable and cold.
I am a shifting star, fallen down
from the vast empty blackness
to burn on the earth.
I look up to see where I came from.
And the lights return my gaze.
There is no message, no sound
just the silent reflection of my own face
shining in the night to remind me
that I have always been here.

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from Scatter My Ashes, released August 5, 2022

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William Susman San Francisco, California

William Susman is a composer and pianist.

His music has earned praise from Gramophone as “texturally shimmering and harmonically ravishing,” from Fanfare, "crystalline . . . and gloriously lyrical,” and The New York Times, “vivid, turbulent, and rich-textured.” Textura describes Susman as “not averse to letting his affection for Afro-Cuban, jazz, and other forms seep into his creative output.” ... more

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