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Flowers Still Bloom

A full CD of compositions by guitarist Michelle Nelson. Michelle is joined on some tracks by harpist Megan Reeve and recorder player Will Hardy.

Megan Reeve harp
Will Hardy recorder
Michelle Nelson guitar
Michelle Nelson composer

Press quote

“Her compositional style is very accessible, mostly tonal and very well-written for the instruments she employs. The CD opens with two pieces for guitar and harp: Falling Ashes and Floating Free ... it is a delightful combination (of guitar and harp). Nelson’s Isolation Suite is a grouping of 8 related solo guitar pieces reflecting, as she puts it: ‘the rollercoaster of emotions and stress induced by the sudden loss of livelihood and social connection’. No doubt the lockdowns of the last two years will have inspired many other art works. Nelson’s response in this Isolation Suite is not all doom and gloom, with the second piece, Quietude, exploring the relief as the busy world slows and falls silent, and the fourth piece, Sunset Reflection, a jaunty finger-picking number. The seventh piece, Endure, expresses the frustration of lockdown with an incessantly repeated rhythmic figure, but the last: Flowers Still Bloom, is more hopeful ...”

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— Clive Lane, classikON

Artist

Photograph of Michelle Nelson

Michelle Nelson

Michelle Nelson is a composer, guitarist and creative educator committed to developing instrumental works that are contemporary but also draw inspiration from traditional composition practice.

Track Listing

    Two Pieces for Harp and Guitar Michelle Nelson

  1. Falling Ashes
  2. Floating Free
  3. La despedida (The farewell) Michelle Nelson

    4. Short & Sweet: Three Pieces for Concert Ukulele Michelle Nelson

  4. Poco Allegro: expressivo e rubato
  5. Vivace: quasi waltz style
  6. Moderato: delicato e rubato

    7. Isolation Suite for solo guitar Michelle Nelson

  7. 1. Isolationist
  8. 2. Quietude
  9. 3. Steel Grey
  10. 4. Sunset Reflection

    11. Eight Bagatelles for Recorder and Guitar Michelle Nelson

  11. Allegro
  12. Poco allegro
  13. Giocoso
  14. Poco allegro e cantabile
  15. Piacevole
  16. Poco adagio
  17. Animato
  18. Allegro e sempre legato

    19. Isolation Suite for solo guitar Michelle Nelson

  19. 5. Rising Tensions
  20. 6. Anamnesis
  21. 7. Endure
  22. 8. Flowers Still Bloom

Performers

Where to listen

Flowers Still Bloom is available for streaming through Spotify and Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.

Flowers Still Bloom is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.

Product details

Catalogue number
MCD 621
List price
$25.00 AUD
Release date
Musical work
copyright
© 2021 Michelle Nelson
Sound recording
copyright
℗ 2021 Move Records
Categories
Australian, Classical
Barcode
EAN 9314574062120

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