Cherry Blossom

Cherry Blossom

Each and every Season for each and every moment. All Seasons for Love.

Value the moment.

The Origin

I contemplated upon the Cherry Blossom tree itself when considering the formation of this piece. It needed to convey a sense of seasons and how the Cherry Blossom blooms at a very precise moment to announce Spring and only blooms for a short while. The piece of music encapsulates two years in the life of this beautiful and yet humble tree and commences immediately with the point of bloom. The phrased chords then move to each season thereafter (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and then back through the seasons again for the second year). It ends at a high point returning on the point of the bloom of the Cherry Blossom. The final notes create a sense of echo as we know that the Spring and the bloom will one day return, like an echo into eternity.

The Emotion

Value every moment in life. It is short and drifts away like the passing of seasons.

The Connection

There are themes in the book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible that remind me of the Cherry Blossom. Chapter 3 speaks explicitly about seasons and the Cherry Blossom is certainly a seasonal tree. The book also speaks to me about the shortness of life and not to waste it on futile things. How quickly a Cherry Blossom seems to awake in full splendour and then fall asleep waiting for the next year. It is a very humble tree created for a very specific moment. If your life is full and busy, may this piece of music bring you a moment to focus on the important things in life and to value the moment.

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