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Saudade is a Portuguese word meaning something like nostalgia - the Portuguese are such specialists in this emotion that a single English word can't really reach it. After the high winds of the Two Shamans I felt a period of calm, and this piece gave a form to the sweet sadness of something that has passed, but left a great gift behind.

My wife, who is partially of Portuguese lineage, heard the piece and said it should be called Saudade, as it carried that particular sense. In a way, it is somewhat a song for her, though indirectly, like an aperatif...