despite the time - piano improvisation


December is a special time of year for most of the world. As children we look forward to it with eager anticipation of all of the shiny new toys and presets we will get this season.  As adults our priorities hopefully shift some and we worry more about the gift of giving than the act of receiving.  We imagine making friends and loved-ones, new ones as well as old, happy in some small way. We envision participating with them in their life for a moment or two and sharing some form of intimacy.  We celebrate the opportunity to give love with the intention of building lasting relationships, and if we are wise enough, we let go of expectations of immediate reciprocation and realize the act of giving is itself its own reward...

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"Autumn Rains" is the second installment in a trio of neoclassical solo piano albums composed, performed, and produced by Andrew Souter. These projects have been two decades in the making and represent a return to traditional music composition, engaging song-writing, and the pure passion of emotional story-telling. This trio represents Andrew's most personal and intimate music. It is quite literally a love project. We hope it may help you on your journey, as it has us...

"Autumn Rains" is music inspired by the spirit of Agape. It is an album dedicated to the concept of spiritual love and universal compassion clothed in the metaphor of transcendental natural beauty. It is an album that simultaneously expresses deep love for both the creator as well as the creation. It is said God gave us music so that we could pray without words. It could be added that nature was provided as an example of exactly how to do this effectively. In this spirit, Autumn Rains is a prayer of gratitude for the opportunity to learn from the natural beauty of this world, and an expression of a sense of respect for the inescapable universal equality that nature imposes. It humbly attempts to capture deep feelings of awe, granduer, idealism, and a belief in the innate goodness of the world even when we all face exceptionally hard lessons.

Autumn Rains

Waiting For December

Andrew Souter -- Waiting For December

18 París - soft piano

INORI(instrumental)

Deep Sleep

Sometimes my wife thinks music is a mistress that takes me away from her, but what she doesn't realise is, that she is my greatest inspiration. Softly played piano instrumental, that began it's life as an improvisation. I find this type of composing, as the purest musical artform.

Inspiration

Score for the book trailer to "Terminal Rage":
https://vimeo.com/108199387

Terminal Rage  Chapter 32

Hi - here is a new composition written for a piano quartet.  

Please check out the live version here... https://youtu.be/TK5OCHSFvQM

Please visit my Spotify page for more of my music...
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Devotion

A piano and violin cover of "Song From A Secret Garden". Originally made by Secret Garden.

Secret Garden - Song From A Secret Garden (Cover by Andy Truong)

Timeless Love Story ( Cello )

"Méditation" is a symphonic intermezzo from the opera Thaïs by French composer Jules Massenet. The piece was originally written for solo violin and orchestra; and the opera premiered at the Opéra Garnier in Paris on March 16, 1894.
Cello - Deryn Cullen
Piano - Paul Gardiner

Massenet - Méditation (Thaïs)

Link to my Spotify page: https://open.spotify.com/artist/78eAAyVeuhJQtoybIEcv27?si=yTZ3BXaEReaBH0OBZdwFRw 
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Hello everybody. I  am Andrej Zatkalík from Bratislava, Slovakia.

My first musical steps  began in childhood  at the age of 8, when I started playing the piano. I learnt at the local musical school for the next seven years. From that time on, my greatest passion has been piano improvising.  It’s like an open-ended adventure to put your fingers on the piano keys and let your soul speak with the universal language of music!

I often play around with simple musical motifs, adding changes and variations to them. That way I create my improvisations.

Sometimes I record myself playing, and by listening back I can find some interesting melodies or chord progressions, which I don’t remember playing. My music is mostly unplanned, and the majority of my piano pieces I have created during one evening, which is why I often use the word “evening“ or “night“ in title name.

Beside piano improvisations I have also recorded  some piano covers and some orchestral compositions. My main musical influences include classical music, especially the music of J.S. Bach, but I also like modern music.

Since two years ago I have been uploading  my improvisations and other pieces to Soundcloud and joined The Piano Cloud community. Two of my tracks have been reviewed on this site:

Ocean Improvisation
Night Improvisation 3
In future I would like – beside my main focus, which is the piano – to try some more orchestral music compositions.

Contact:   andrej.zatkalik@gmail.com

despite the time - piano improvisation

Andrej Zatkalik

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