Peter Gregson – Love Came

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Listen to ‘Love Came’ here: https://dg.lnk.to/LoveCame British composer and Deutsche Grammophon recording artist Peter Gregson has composed a special seasonal track as part of the Christmas Calm initiative. LOVE CAME, a piano piece inspired by the words of poet Christina Rossetti, comes out as an e-single on 7 October, and will then appear on the Christmas Calm compilation album to be released on 4 November. Victorian poet Christina Rossetti’s enduring poem “Love Came Down at Christmas” implies that love is not something which can be manufactured or demanded. Instead, she speaks of it as a divine and infinite force that we receive from an external source and can pass on to and share with our fellow human beings – “Love shall be our token / Love be yours and love be mine”. With understated eloquence, the poet expresses the idea that by offering love, we also obtain it – a timely message for the holiday season, for those of any faith or none. Gregson, who was inspired by the poem for his latest piece, describes it as “a Christmas prayer, an evocative and beautiful text which has been set many times. I have composed a lyric-less interpretation of this timeless text and called it LOVE CAME.” Like the poem, his piece embodies the beauty which lies in all that is simple and uncomplicated, waiting to be discovered by us. Each note feels pure and carefully chosen, falling softly like a snowflake and bringing with it a sense of stillness. Inspired by the transcendental concept

Published 2022-10-09 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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