Archive - Praying at the Piano

Or, why Marcy Priest's 'Come thou long expected Jesus' is the sound of Advent itself

Dec 4, 2023 •

September 2023

Sep 19, 2023 •

August 2023

Holding back the forces of chaos

Aug 1, 2023 •

July 2023

Quoting Scripture

Individual verses vs. letting a fugue play out.

Jul 18, 2023 •

February 2023

Psalm 42/French Suite #4, Menuet

Photos used with permission by Kevin Delvecchio, Wolfgang Hasselmann, Rakesh Sitnoor, Nick Dunlap, and Klemen Vrankar on Unsplash.

Feb 23, 2023 •

3:36

Psalm 48/French Suite #4, Gavotte

Photos used with permission by Xavier Coiffic, Dave Hoefler, Sonu John, Braden Jarvis, and Katie Drazdauskaite on Unsplash.

Feb 16, 2023 •

3:25

November 2022

Ornamentation, part 3

shall we improvise?

Nov 14, 2022 •

Psalm 27/French Suite #4, Sarabande

Photos used with permission by Photo by Mak💛💙, Olaf Hüttemann, Akin Cakiner, Nadine Marfurt, and Brian Garcia on Unsplash

Nov 7, 2022 •

October 2022

Psalm 24/French Suite #4, Courante

Photos used with permission by Mak💛💙, Kent Pilcher, Thomas Despeyroux, Anthony Cantin, Zwaddi on Unsplash.

Oct 31, 2022 •

Psalm 19/French Suite #4, Allemande

Photos used with permission by Mathieu Bigard, Raimond Klavins, Raja Tilkian, Xavier Coiffic, and Hussan Amir onUnsplash

Oct 24, 2022 •

Ornamentation, part 2

Oct 17, 2022 •

Psalm 17/French Suite #1, Gigue

Photos used with permission by Kelly Sikkema, Javardh, Aron Jäger, Sharon McCutcheon, Arun Clarke, Sam Moghadam Khamseh onUnsplash.

Oct 10, 2022 •

5:58

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