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This piece is one I often use as a warm-up; for many years it has been the first thing I play when I sit down to the piano.
It is about the beginnings of a journey, or the apprentice on his path towards Mastery, when all the possibilities still exist, and the eventual outcome is in the distant future.
I am fortunate enough to have many artist friends, some of whom are magicians (not that big a stretch, given that I live in Las Vegas). On occasion, I have had a magician perform his tricks while I played this live in the background. It seemed suitable for stage performance, and I wrote it with a certain amount of magic in mind.