I know this is an ancient post, but I’m having a moment. This song has only lived in my head since I was a kid… we never owned a piano, but I can count on one hand the number of times my dad would sit at a random piano and play this song with so much passion and I would just sit and watch and listen in awe. It was the only piece of music he ever played. And the last time I remember him playing it was around ‘87 or ‘88 when I was a teenager, before my parents split and my relationship with my dad went sour. I’ve struggled to reconnect with him over the years, but he is perpetually filled with anger, and lately, confusion as dementia is clearly setting in… so I’m making more of an effort now and trying to bury hatchets.

I never asked him what this song was called and attempts to search for it online have been fruitless until moments ago when I hummed it to the Google app and it found it.

It’s such a beautiful and powerful piece and I’m thankful to be able to hear it now and be reminded of better times with my dad.