24/11/2021
Confident, original, creative, uplifting - that's yellow for you! Hopefully managed to capture some of that in this sunny little number 🌅 from 'Arc en Ciel'
03 Yellow
Third movement of Arc En Ciel by Leon Gray (C) 2016 Leon Gray Music. This video explains the symbolism and meaning of the colour, Yellow, set to original pia...
17/11/2021
I love a bit of classical clarity. 😊 The Age of Enlightenment had the cheeriest music, I think! Had to give it a go, and wrote a couple of piano sonatas. Here's the first movement of the first one - enjoy!
Piano Sonata 1 1 Allegro Molto © 2015 Leon Gray
'Allegro Molto', the first movement of Leon Gray's Piano Sonata in C, takes audiences back to the late 18th Century, where music seemed carefree and irrepres...
10/11/2021
This one's for your next tea party - dainty, sweet and fluffy - a yummy little number from "Dottystripe Lane". https://youtu.be/mtHhUJUypz0 🍰
02 Jam Sponge & a Fluffy Copyright © 2018 Leon Gray
‘Jam Sponge & a Fluffy’, just like sponge and frothy warm milk, is sweet and light. The perfect little soundtrack to your next dainty tea party.Purchase the ...
03/11/2021
Sometimes you feel just a little mysterious and brooding - maybe just for a couple of minutes 🤨; just like No. 2 from 'Tombola and Dice': Adagio Leggiero. Sometimes random chords are the best way to get that quirky melody you want to write! Buy it at the link in the description.
02 Adagio Leggiero Copyright © 2016 Leon Gray
No. 2 of the Tombola and Dice collection, this 2-3 minute mysterious and brooding piano solo explores a range of introspective and thoughtful musical colours...
27/10/2021
You don't get autumn without a little - or a lot of - falling rain; 🌧 the inspiration for No 2 of contemporary classical work, 'On Russet Floors'. Hopefully you'll enjoy the gentle trickly sounds too! Purchase links in the description.
02 Blanching Mays © 2021 Leon Gray
With the piano prelude, “Under blanching Mays…”, Leon Gray portrays the gentle falling rain of autumn, landing with energy in a puddle, combining descending ...
20/10/2021
Sometimes I feel just so orange - sociable, optimistic, enthusiastic, cheerful and self-confident. Love those days, and great inspiration for 'Orange' from Arc en Ciel. Have some fun with this one. Purchase link in the video description.
02 Orange
Second movement of Arc En Ciel by Leon Gray (C) 2016 Leon Gray Music. This video explains the symbolism and meaning of the colour, Orange, set to original pi...
13/10/2021
Yup - I did it again: got all misty-eyed and romantic with this sweeping number, 'Second Romance'. 💞 Same vein as 'First Romance', so go indulge those piano-playing fingers, and get swept away! Purchase link in the description 💝
Second Romance © 2018 Leon Gray
Unashamedly romantic, with sumptuous late-Romantic harmony, Leon Gray's Romance series of piano works are designed for lovers of fine melody, tragedy, drama ...
06/10/2021
This one's a bouncy little jig that goes all over the place! From the set "Dottystripe Lane" for the young-at-heart. Nothing like a bit of musical humour 🙃 Check it out!
01 Joke Jig Copyright © 2018 Leon Gray
‘Joke Jig’ is a jaunty little dance that, like a real jig, seems to flit from note to note, chord to chord. This short and bouncy number is all about going w...
29/09/2021
Sometimes the random chords are the coolest ones! 🎲🎰 That's what I used to start off contemporary classical 'Tombola and Dice' pieces like this one: No 1, Larghetto Delicato - introspective, delicate and graceful. Purchase link in the video description.
01 Larghetto Delicato Copyright © 2016 Leon Gray
No. 1 of the Tombola and Dice collection, this 2-3 minute delicate and graceful piano solo explores a range of introspective and thoughtful musical colours -...
22/09/2021
Love Autumn? Me too! Wrote a whole set of contemporary classical pieces inspired by its colours and invigorating chills. 🍂Here's the first: all about reflecting summer's end with stillness and space - enjoy, buy a copy at the link at the bottom ;-)
01 Soft September 2021 Leon Gray
For “In aftermaths of soft September…” Leon Gray evokes a mood of both quiet reflection and approaching coldness, combining intentional stillness and space, ...
15/09/2021
Red's the colour of power, strength, excitement, passion! 🩸 Wrote this to make a musical equivalent as part of the 'Arc en Ciel' series. Purchasing details at the bottom of the video!
01 Red
First movement of Arc En Ciel by Leon Gray (C) 2016 Leon Gray Music. This video explains the symbolism and meaning of the colour, Red, set to original piano ...