Sara Piper - Caught In The Light
Classical, solo piano, contemporary, instrumental, new age
Illinois, United States/span>
Overall Impression: Beautifully performed and wonderfully written, Sara Piper's riveting contemporary piano piece "Caught In The Light" invites listeners into a world of striking emotional depth and profound creative expression and offers them a truly absorbing experience that is sure to stay with them for quite some time to come. Sara displays a truly accomplished sense of command over her chosen instrument, helping to give the music both its profound feeling of purpose and a great degree of emotional weight, ensuring each beautifully articulated phrase as well as each and every riveting rhythmic idea is treated with as much delicacy and importance as the one that both directly precedes and follows. This results in a piece of music that not only effectively encapsulates its listeners, but treats them as truly welcome guests.
Strongest Point(s): The performance is excellent and the attention to detail given to both phrasing and dynamics is superb, not only does this help give the music its brilliant sense of flow, but also a strong feeling of contour with regard to how it moves. This is most evident between the well-handled moments of attention-grabbing tension and ear-soothing tenderness, the way in which both the composition's many distinct melodies are articulated and dynamically expressed is what gives the music its well-defined character and graceful nature. A great example of this would be the way in which Sara finds the perfect balance between the composition's harder-edged rhythmic sensibilities and more delicate melodic explorations, it's an interesting dichotomy that is made even more effective by the push-pull dynamic in the harmony that underpins the piece, specifically the way in which the music elegantly dances around its major and minor based progressions, enabling Sara to continually explore a greater palette of sounds and feelings as the music progresses.
Target Audience Appeal: Contemporary/Neo-Classical lovers will certainly find "Caught In The Light" to be a compelling listening experience.
Artist target suggestions: Claude Debussy, Julie Hanney, Jon Anton, Max Richter, Peter Broderick, Olafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm, Joep Beving, Michelle McLaughlin, Giuseppe Verdi, Olivia Belli
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About the Reviewer:
Andre Avanessian is a freelance session musician, composer, and sound engineer based in the U.K. Having studied music production and composition at a degree level, he has taken his passion for all things audio-related to a level that has allowed him to become both a competent musician and performer. Being a self-confessed "Guitar Nerd" Andre has been continually studying the guitar, as well as teaching it, helping students both learn the instrument, develop their songwriting, and how to become proficient in home recording.