Stuart Long (piano) played and recorded four pieces by Alan Hinde (composer) at Wesley. Eric Pozza tracked.
02 April 2021
For posterity, or at least for radio
I've recorded literally hundreds of jazz and classical
performers but these have all been live shows.
It was something a bit special to track original compositions and to be
asked to do it by the composer. Alan Hinde
recently provided a piece for Maruki Orchestra that we played as its world
premiere. A few weeks later I recorded
Stuart Long playing four of his piano compositions. The titles mean little and there was some
discussion over apt titles (other than Nocturne or Prelude no.x). These were seriously interesting tunes. At one time, Stuart spoke of Alan as our Canberra
Chopin. Megan mentioned Satie when she
heard some takes. Alan himself spoke of
the influence of jazz harmonies. I
enjoyed that the three of us could talk jazz as much as classical, with Alan and
Stuart having a jazz background along with their classical present. It's all music and each has its fortes. We recorded on a new Yamaha grand at Wesley
Music Centre, in that acoustically correct space. What a pleasure and a privilege. Let's now see what comes of it.
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