From the upcoming album which - after Nightflight - will be more classical again

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Opposites of Blindness

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lXyW32MWsY
Stories of the Naiades could take the form of cautionary tales with unhappy endings. The Naiad, Nomia, fell in love with a handsome shepherd named Daphnis and could not do enough for him. He repaid her love with unfaithfulness and she repaid his inconstancy by blinding him. The Naiades of a spring in Bithynia (Mysia) took a liking to Hylas (companion of Heracles) and lured him into their waters. The cautionary element is uncertain here. The fate of Hylas could have been either an abrupt death by drowning or everlasting sexual bliss.

Bliss - Classical Harp

A full-length orchestral narrative told in twenty movements, blending the architecture of early counterpoint with the tension of a crime drama. Each track unfolds like a chapter in a case file: solemn organ and strings open the investigation, harpsichord patterns tick like forensic clocks, and solo lines for cello, violin, oboe, and continuo sketch the emotional terrain of detectives, witnesses, suspects, and shifting clues.

The middle movements tighten into layered fugues, sharp dances, and atmospheric recitatives as evidence accumulates and motives collide. Elegant misdirections, analytical motifs, and shadowed harmonies push the story deeper into confrontation and revelation.

The final stretch builds toward judgment: a rising passacaglia, triumphant brass, and a canon of interlocking voices. The closing fugue gathers every motif in the album, weaving them into a towering resolution where each theme finds its place in the larger design. A full dramatic arc captured entirely through acoustic instruments, structural clarity, and noir-infused gravitas.

The Quick and the Quiet

Waiting For You

Salix Noctua

This track is from the album From Silence and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/adamhurst8

First Light

This track is from the album Festivale and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/adamhurst12

Alchemy

This track is from the album Obscura and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/adamhurst11

Alchemy

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