David Cunniff, Piano

Day 18 of the 25 Days of Christmas. This is one of the very first songs I learned to play on the piano. My mom taught me to play "Greensleeves" back when I was 5 years old, almost immediately after we acquired our first family piano - a brand new Kimball spinet. I didn't make a video of me playing the song for this series (although rest assured, it is me playing and arranging the tune). I think the imagery in this video is striking. Although I don't own the rights to this video, and it's widely available on various free sites so I'm not too worried about using it. The baby Jesus is God Incarnate - the Good News for all creation. Even as a 5 year-old kid myself, I remember being fascinated by the baby in the manger. Baby Jesus and pianos - my 5 year-old memories.

Day 17 of the 25 Days of Christmas. I literally recorded this at midnight the other day, and the video I took was not good. So I used royalty-free stock video instead to set the mood. This one starts out a little strained and dissonant. Things aren't always clear at first when it's dark. Right?

My tribute to 9/11 that I recorded a few years back. If you really want to go down the rabbit hole, read Henry Wallace's speech that inspired this work back in 1942. https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/henrywallacefreeworldassoc.htm