My Brother As A Young Man Poem by Sheena Blackhall

My Brother, Ian Middleton C.A. as a young man:

I am currently skint, and life is a bummer
Beethoven Sonata Op27 no 2

I have to play a kirk organ on Sunday and the choir are tone deaf
Benjamin Britten, Holiday Diary, suite for piano op5 (1934)

I am madly in love
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no 1 in B flat minor op23

She's called things off. My heart is broken forever.
Chopin's Prelude in E minor op 28 no 4

I am madly in love again.
Mozart's Piano Sonata no 17 in B flat

My kid sister dresses like a tart. She is a pleb and an affront.
Erik Satie: Vexations

I have had six Bicardis and coke and I'm feeling tickety-boo
Prokofiev's 1917 Classical Symphony no 1

I've been hired by a global firm. Hurray! I'm out of here!
Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D minor

PS I have bought a clavichord from Bruce Miller's to take to Sao Paulo with me. I shall give recitals of Baroque music. They will be rapturously received.
Scarlatti: Allegretto in D minor