Italian Intermezzo #2

Absolutely wonderful! The intro about 00-0,40 is brilliant, It’s like want to wait for what’s coming next. I feel that the whole piece is riding on this circle - clever. 0,45- 1,20 is soo fantastic…goosebumps. I don’t know if my brain is different  :-)   but I feel chills, lump in throat at the culmination 2,10-2,40, the most intense exciting point in the music for me, had to listen again and again. Thanks so much for this beautiful music!
Actually, for me, it is one of the most beautiful pieces I have heard in a long time.

What a nice coincidence - now I remember I used the circle of 5ths going counterclockwise, 8s. in the intro in my ”Melody for Steingraeber E - 272”, 4.10 -18 (a demo of E-272).
https://youtu.be/BEn3JQGi3N8

Thanks George for sharing this very heart-warming piece !
You are back in your church, as I can imagine ?

Very nice intro to the Steingraeber which I have not used as much as I should. As for root movement I found a most superb guide years ago which has been infinitely helpful to me  in structuring my music. Harmonic movement can be reduced to 6 basic principles.

A 5ths most often descend (like I IV viio iii vi ii V I)
B 2nds most often ascend (like iii to IV, IV to V, V to vi, and viio to I
C 3rds tend to descend (like I, vi, IV, ii, viio6 and even V to iii)

T Tonic chords are free to move wherever they wish even outside the key
R Any chord can be repeated and varied
E (MY FAVORITE!!!) The opposites of A,B, and C. Ascending fifths/descending seconds/ascending thirds. How about V going to ii, vi going to V, and iii going to V7 just for starters?