COMPOSER'S NOTES
IN AN EFFORT TO COMBINE THE
BENEFITS OF MY CLASSICAL BACKGROUND AND TRAINING WITH THE BEST OF MODERN
TECHNOLOGY IN SOUND, I HAVE JOINED THE TRADITIONAL ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTS
WITH THE VAST ARRAY OF "NEW AGE" ENHANCED SOUNDS. TO ME IT SEEMS A HAPPY
MIX! I HAVE ALWAYS RELATED STRONGLY TO "PROGRAM MUSIC" OR MUSIC WHICH
TELLS A STORY OR TAKES THE LISTENER TO DIFFERENT PLACES. IN LIGHT OF THE
GREAT AND NUMEROUS DISTRACTIONS WHICH WE PACE IN DAILY LIFE, MY HOPE IS
THAT THE ANGEL'S KISS WILL TAKE YOU TO A PLACE OF QUIET REFLECTION. FROM
THE FESTIVE APPROACH WE GO TO THE MERCIFUL OCEAN OF FORGIVENESS, A PLACE
WHERE EVERYONE SHOULD BATHE FROM TIME TO TIME! IN CHERUBS AT PLAY, YOU
WILL HEAR THE PRECOCIOUS LITTLE RASCAL WHO CRIES TO HIS FRIENDS, "OVER
HERE, OVER HERE YOU GUYS, COME OVER HERE!" IN MY OPINION, ENERGY IS THE
CRITICAL ELEMENT AND FORCE IN OUR EXISTENCE AND IT IS FOR YOU TO DECIDE IN
WHICH DIRECTION THE ENERGY FLOWS IN TRAVERSING THE ETHERS BUT THE HARP
WILL LEAD YOU OUT TO THE OTHER SIDE. THE PRESENCE WILL PREPARE YOU FOR THE
DELICATE AND PURE KISS. YOU WILL ALSO HEAR THE "GOLDEN THREAD" OF ENERGY
WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE PRESENCE THROUGHOUT THE KISS. LA TENDRESSE IS A
COMFORTING AND HEALING PLACE TO BE. IN MY RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT METATRON
IS REPRESENTED AS THE ANGEL "CLOSEST TO THE THRONE" OF GOD.
THIS IS HOW I IMAGINED IT TO
SOUND WHEN METATRON SPEAKS. AS AN ENCORE, I HAVE INCLUDED AN ADAPTATION OF
THE FAMILIAR BLESS THIS HOUSE BY MAY BRAHE, WHICH I HAVE ENTITLED BLESS US
ALL. I NOW KNOW THAT MY JOB HERE IS TO UPLIFT THE SPIRITS OF OTHERS AND TO
THAT PURPOSE I HAVE CREATED THIS WORK WITH AS MUCH ELEGANCE AND JOY AS I
COULD MUSTER. (WITH THE HELP OF THE ANGELS!) SO I URGE YOU TO EXERCISE
YOUR OWN IMAGINATION IN LISTENING BEFORE THE ANIMATED VERSION COMES OUT!
SURELY THE ANGELS COME TO US WITH LOVE AND THIS IS MY LABOR OF LOVE TO ALL
WHO KNOW ME AND TO YOU, WITH WHOM I AM BLESSED TO SHARE The Angel's Kiss