Inspired™

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Inspired music album featuring piano solos by Elspeth Young, in addition to a bonus track with Al Young on penny whistle performing Highland Cathedral. Arrangements of traditional folk tunes such as Snowy Breasted Pearl, Down By Yon Sally Gardens, The Oak and the Ash, The Foggy Dew, Thaxted, The Water is Wide, Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair, Oh Rowan Tree, The Old Oaken Bucket, as well as original compositions by Elspeth, including Dickon’s Aire, Raveloe, Leaving Home, St. Nicholas Day, Woodland Carol, and Excalibur. Total playing time [43’25]. The bonus track is not available internationally. Made in the USA.

CD Tracks and Information

Name	Length	Composer \| Arranger \| Artist(s)	Description	Track Samples (mp3)
[Full CD]	[43’25]		This music album features piano solos by Elspeth Young, and a cane whistle-piano duet featuring soloist Al Young.
Highland Cathedral*	[2’52]	Korb & Roever/Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young, piano • Al Young, cane whistle	In this arrangement of Highland Cathedral, the pensive timbre of a solitary whistle reaches out like brooding mist rising from the glen.
Dickon’s Aire	[2’59]	Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young, piano	The young boy, Dickon, who helps Mary with her secret garden, attracts woodland animals by the beautiful music of his flute. This original piece by Elspeth suggests the lyrical magic of Dickon’s song from The Secret Garden.
Raveloe	[2’16]	Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young, piano	Elspeth’s wistful composition touches the strains of the heart called forth by events in the village of Raveloe. From Miss Nancy’s love, to Silas’s discovery of Eppie, this haunting melody carries the listener to the world of Eliot’s enduring story, Silas Marner.
Ayala	[3’29]	Irish traditional melody/Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young, piano	Elspeth blends a melody by Irish composer Turlough O’Carolan, Snowy Breasted Pearl, and the folk tune Down by Yon Sally Gardens. The hope and constancy in this lilting arrangement reflect the gentle poingnancy in Trollope’s tale of love, Ayala’s Angel.
Agnes	[3’36]	Irish traditional melody/Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young, piano	This lyrical blending of The Oak and the Ash and The Foggy Dew creates a truly haunting melody. Like the life of David Copperfield, the end is sweeter for the strains of yearning endured along life’s way.
Dick and Joanna	[4’10]	British traditional melody/Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young, piano	Dick’s love for Joanna in The Black Arrow is presented in heroic scale through Elspeth’s arrangement of the traditional folk tune, Thaxted, made familiar to many in The Planets, by Gustav Holst.
Leaving Home	[2’23]	Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young, piano	As Lucia is forced to sail from her home town near Lake Como in Alessandro Manzoni’s epic work, I Promessi Sposi, she turns back and views her home one last time. Elspeth’s emotive composition expresses Lucia’s grief at parting from her beloved home.
Jane’s Favorite	[2’53]	British traditional melody/Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young, piano	O Waly, Waly—or The Water is Wide—is reputed to have been Jane Austen’s favorite folk tune. Elspeth’s arrangement of this enduring melody recalls the tenderness of Jane Bennett’s unrequited devotion to Mr. Bingley in Pride and Prejudice.
Waiting	[3’58]	British traditional melody/Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young, piano	Molly Gibson’s patient love for Roger Hamley in Wives and Daughters is passionately expressed in Elspeth’s arrangement of Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair.
Love to Father	[1’46]	Scottish traditional melody/Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young, piano	Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis wave each morning to the Green Dragon train in The Railway Children, yearning to send their love to their absent father, far away. Elspeth expresses the children’s feelings through this arrangement of Oh Rowan Tree, in which whimsy is blended with mystery.
St. Nicholas Day	[2’24]	Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young, piano	As the van Gend children anxiously await the arrival of the good St. Nicholas in Hans Brinker, they sing a tune to invite his coming. Elspeth’s original composition is inspired by Dodge’s descriptions of the happy scene and the lyrics provided in the book.
Woodland Carol	[3’34]	Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young, piano	Mouse children gather at Mole End and sing of the joy of the Savior’s birth in Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows. Elspeth’s composition is written for the lyrics provided by Kenneth Grahame, and reflect a cold woodland scene against which the warmth of Mole’s hearth is forever reaching out.
At the Cobbs	[1’59]	Scottish traditional melody/Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young, piano	This little-known version of The Old Oaken Bucket might well have been sung by the members of Rebecca’s class during Friday recitations in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
William’s Song	[2’05]	Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young, piano	Mary Todd’s brother, William, has a beautifully haunting voice described in The Country of the Pointed Firs. Elspeth wrote this composition to suit William’s shy yet thoughtful personality. It speaks of the call of sea gulls and the lapping of the timeless waves.
Excalibur	[2’36]	Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young/Elspeth Young, piano	King Arthur’s goodness and strength are embodied in this triumphant melody written by Elspeth to celebrate the legendary king.

* This track is only available in the United States.