We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Silence of a Candle

from Consorting with David by Paul Winter Consort

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Purchasable with gift card

     

about

Ralph wrote this for our Icarus album. I have always regarded it as an extraordinary song. It is a beautiful piece of music, and has, to my mind, one of the great lyrics of all time — a profound message for each of us, in the quest for our humanity.

This was the first song with lyrics Ralph ever wrote, or sang; and to my knowledge he has never written another.

I include it here as a benediction on David’s journey.

“And the voice within the candle
whispers of a timeless peace
that lies beyond.”

credits

from Consorting with David, released February 26, 2021
Written by Ralph Towner
(Distant Hills Music, ASCAP)

Ralph Towner / piano, vocal
David Darling / cello
Herb Bushler / bass

From the album Icarus
Produced by George Martin
Recorded at Sea Weed Studio, Marblehead, Mass, and Electric Ladyland, New York
August/September 1971

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Paul Winter image

Paul Winter Litchfield

Paul Winter is a seven-time Grammy-winning saxophonist, whose sextet was the first jazz group to perform at the White House in 1962. His second group, the Paul Winter Consort, interweaves sounds from the natural world with classical and ethnic traditions, and the spontaneous spirit of jazz. Their annual Winter Solstice Celebrations and Earth Mass are among the most popular events in New York. ... more

shows

contact / help

Contact Paul Winter

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Paul Winter, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Fabiana Palladino stops by to talk about her mesmeric debut LP.
listen now