It was seemingly a late Autumn season this year and the leaves held on to their branches a little longer than average this turn of the wheel. I watched as the final remaining members of the deciduous resistance proudly held their ground and clung to their branches, while the wind tried to seduce them to give up their futile attempt at immortality and surrender to the inevitable.  In bold defiance they refused and proudly flew their colorful flags of deep crimson, rust orange, and a shade of yellow so ineffably deep it does not even bare a name. They danced gallantly and gracefully with the wind as they moved in asymmetrical rhythms and flowing tempos - the mathematics of which seemingly beyond human intelligence, boarding on the divine. The eb and flow of the motion together with the beams of sunlight that would burst through the branches and cast a glimmering shimmer onto everything was truly an epically cinematic sight to behold! If I were a cinematographer this is what I would film.  As I am only a composer, I did the best I could with the tools available to my disposal...  I hope you may enjoy it...

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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.

Andrew Souter -- The Wind Whispers To The Trees

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This is the last uploaded piece from the second collaborative album with @Stephan-Beneking : "Petits rêves bizarres XIII-XXIV". We both hope you've enjoyed this "bizarre" journey :)

The full album with all 12 "Petits" is available for purchase both digitally and on CD:

http://milana.bandcamp.com/album/petits-reves-bizarres-xiii-xxiv 
http://itunes.apple.com/album/petits-reves-bizarres-xiii/id695284812 
http://www.amazon.com/Petits-Bizarres-XIII-Xxiv-Stephan-Beneking/dp/B00EUS6XSG 
http://www.amazon.com/Petits-Reves-Bizarres-XIII-XXIV-Milana/dp/B00FFKCBH0


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Petit rêve bizarre XXII - Stephan Beneking and Milana - on iTUNES!

It was sort of a gloomy day weather-wise yesterday, so I took an excursion into pure minimalism.  :)

Thoughts?

Andrew Souter -- Missing You

My favorite Piano Concerto..youtube.com/watch?v=Y1tkY_FmWDA

Concerto for Piano #9

Video

First Snow

Sheikh

youtube teaser... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHnJO61m1BI

this one is composed to be recorded at "The Giant" soon in the frame of my 8 Pianos project. Inspired by a classical piece of Schubert/Liszt which I enjoyed very much recently when I visted the concert of Klavierklasse Ulm

Dirk Maassen - Onda (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHnJO61m1BI)

Sometimes it's possible to get through dramas in our life on our own, but there are times that we need to ask for that "Helping hand". This can be a difficult thing to admit, for some of us & this solo piano improvisation, is a reflection of these feelings put to music.

Here is a link to the Youtube clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VCm2DshWfo&feature=youtu.be


Helping Hand

Hi - here is the last piece from my concert in London last year, called Devotion.  I hope you like this :)

Devotion (Live at St James's Church)

Dirk Maassen composes wonderful short piano pieces inspired by contemporary composers such as Yann Tiersen and Ludovico Einaudi. 

I took on his invitation to record any of his piano pieces, and told him I would record 'Addio'... just to find out that there was no score! ... So after working directly with him the score was created and here is my take on it.

Reflections

Dirk Maassen: Addio

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I tell my stories through my own composed (and improvised) instrumental guitar music, using a combination of acoustic guitars, sometimes supported by orchestral instruments. Some have described my music as meditative, relaxing, and introspective, with a touch of melancholia and a distinctly Spanish flair. Listen for yourself and let me know what stories my music tells you.
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Stan Leonard