Nocturne for the baby yet to be born
Song for the baby
Starting piano-lessons
Uncomplicated years with a happy whistle
Happy Whistle II
For Granny
Twenty-five years of ups and downs
Waltz San Rocco' or how to learn to walk again
Problems, solutions, problems, solutions?

Nocturne for the baby yet to be born

The yet to be born little baby of Inez and Michiel Vlam-Goossens. The theme for this song, e-e-c-e-a-g-e was obtained by using the letters from the names of the parents. Additionally the same notes backwards provided me with a second theme.

Song for the baby

Baby-son of Michiel and Inez.
The future parents made me promise to make another song at he birth of their child. However, when I learned that the baby was named OLIVIER JOHANNES WILLEM VLAM it gave me a start because, though a beautiful name, I couldn’t use the available letters e-a-e-e-a: they sounded too much like a fire-engine in action!
I decided, like I had done before in book 8 "WHAT’S IN A NAME",to make use of the rhythm of the name:
OLIVIER VLAM, OLIVIER VLAM, OLIVIER, OLIVIER JOHANNES WILLEM VLAM and to mix this cheerful boogie-like theme with elements from the song for THE BABY YET TO BE BORN. In fact he and Olivier are one and the same person.

Starting piano-lessons

A variation on one of Beethoven’s well-known teachers item.

Uncomplicated years with a happy whistle

The family-whistle served as a theme for this piece.

Happy Whistle II

As a little joke I used this theme again in the first bars for one of my sisters.

For Granny

Who loves the Waltz and me… With a shade of nostalgia.

Twenty-five years of ups and downs

For someone celebrating her jubilee while loving Chopin.

Waltz San Rocco' or how to learn to walk again

The story after a hip-operation in an Italian clinic named "San Rocco".

Problems, solutions, problems, solutions?

Sometimes a peaceful solution seems glimmering….