OLA GJEILO ANNOUNCES BRAND NEW SOLO PIANO ALBUM, NIGHT, OUT JANUARY 24

 

23 AUGUST 2019 (TORONTO, ON) - Norwegian composer and pianist Ola Gjeilo presents a stunning collection of brand-new original works for solo piano, composed and performed by Gjeilo himself. NIGHT is an intimate and meditative collection of peaceful piano music, inspired by the twilight hours in the place he now calls home – New York City. The album will be released by Decca Classics/Universal Music Canada, the country's leading music company, on January 24, 2020.

 

Gjeilo’s musical style is often described as cinematic and evocative, characterized by warm harmonies, flowing melodies and gently rocking, repeated figures. He is an exclusive Decca Classics recording artist, and the new album follows the highly successful Winter Songs (2017) and Ola Gjeilo (2016), which also feature Tenebrae, Voces8 and the Choir of Royal Holloway. NIGHT is his first solo piano album to be released on Decca.

 

Gjeilo is one of the most frequently performed composers in the choral world. He grew up outside Oslo, Norway in a musically eclectic home listening to classical, jazz, pop and folk, a broad background he later incorporated into his classical composition studies at The Juilliard School and the Royal College of Music in London.

 

Tracklist

1. Firefly
2. Sleepless
3. Still
4. City Lights
5. Night Rain
6. Before Dawn
7. Aeon
8. Crystal Sky
9. Quiet Streets
10. Sundown
11. Moonrise
12. Shadows
13. Eclipse
14. Aurora
15. Dreaming
16. Polar
17. Skyline
18. Nocturnal

 

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