Composed by Germaine Goh
Performed by Chan Yee Shen
Engineered by Ernest Foo

36,000 ft was inspired by the incredible depth of the ocean (as suggested in the title) and how much of it still remains unexplored till this day. The piece journeys through the whole depth of the ocean - it starts confidently as heard in a declarative motif and slowly transitions into a grand feel as the proverbial diver revels in the beauty of the ocean. As the music progresses, it grows more mysterious, whimsical and eventually tense as one uncovers strange and almost alien-like creatures the deeper they go into the ocean. Finally, there is a mad struggle at the end as if the diver is wrestling with strange creatures, or perhaps starting to grow insane from being too deep and too far from known civilisation. Slow lento chords illustrate the diverʼs almost lifeless body sinking closer to bottom. A string of low left hand notes jolts away from the stillness, signalling the diverʼs final plummet down to the ocean floor.

36,000 ft - Germaine Goh

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The Living Composers Series is a project to produce digital albums of compositions written for the LASALLE Piano Anthology. These pieces are composed by students and alumni from the composition stream of LASALLE College of the Arts, and performed by students from the classical stream. This project aims to promote these composers and their works, and bring more contemporary piano music into the world.

36,000 ft - Germaine Goh

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