Red Leaf, Grey Sky
Catherine Marie Charlton
Performed By
Catherine Marie Charlton
Album UPC
680162809224
CD Baby Track ID
8751355
Label
River Dawn Productions
Released
2011-10-01
BPM
146
Rated
0
ISRC
ushm81153663
Year
2011
Spotify Plays
1,875
Writers
Writer
atherine Marie Charlton
Pub Co
Birds Flower Music
Composer
atherine Marie Charlton
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Rights Controlled
Master and Publishing Grant
Rights
One-Stop: Master + 100% Pub Grant
Original/Cover/Public Domain
original
Country
United States - Pennsylvania
Description
Contemplative, stirring & intricate piano improv. "...genius, sensitivity and strength to fuse contemporary improvisation with classical styling in a way that stops you in your tracks ...a star in ascension." - Phil'a Society for Art, Literature & Music
Notes
Red Leaf, Grey Sky was recorded on October 24, 2010. The day was sunny and crisp and the leaves were just starting to peak into brilliant colors. The recording opportunity came up spur-of-the-moment on my first solo road trip with my then 11-month old son. Babe was pushed around in a stroller while Mommy played, and the emotions of the year poured forth into the piano. “Lullaby for Swingtime” came to be over the course of several months while I improvised on folk tunes while my son napped in his swing in the piano studio. “The Sun is Shining, the Birds are Singing” was originally written in 1993 during my study abroad in Hamburg, Germany. This joyous piece about a huge life adventure had never been recorded, and it seemed to me a fitting bookend to a studio session marking the beginning of new adventures in my life as a mother. The remainder of the tracks are spontaneous compositions/free improvisations created in the studio. For six weeks following the session the music was my driving companion while I watched the leaves turn and fall against a backdrop of everchanging sky. As you listen my wish is for the music to guide your reflections on gentle changes of season and your own life journeys. -CMC
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