Frontenac and York, by Richard Lewis

Frontenac and York

by Richard Lewis

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1.	Gananoque Ferry 02:53	buy track
2.	Nickels and dimes 02:24	buy track
3.	Lafleur and Portsmouth 04:59	buy track
4.	Kick the can 05:16	buy track
5.	Thirty Island Lake 02:55	buy track
6.	Great Cataraqui River 02:57	buy track
7.	Odessa 04:52	buy track
8.	Frontenac and York 03:02	buy track
9.	Silver dollars 03:31	buy track
10.	Earl Street and Lily 03:30	buy track
11.	Sunfish and spinners 06:52	buy track
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"Frontenac and York is an album that’s been keeping me warm during a particularly cool Southern winter. These are intelligent, heartfelt and soulful instrumentals on the mod classical and jazz axis by Englishmen Richard Lewis, evoking an evocative period from his childhood in the late 1970’s. The nine pieces were developed from piano improvisations, sometimes built upon with orchestral sweeps, sweet flutes, staccato violins and location recordings. The music spans melancholic impressionism to bright, song-like structures, rich in images of postcard seasides, natural landscapes and the fuzzy warm glow of distant memories. This is a first class example of eclectic chamber music, nostalgic and intimate yet too enlightened to be sentimental."

Ambient Music Guide

For a time I was trying consciously to compose music that felt like memory. Before that I was attempting to capture music of the subconscious, improvising in the flow state. I began to wonder what happened if you combined the two. While writing music for the spoken word project 30 Walks, I had the opportunity to experiment with this. Focusing on a particularly evocative period from my childhood, I allowed myself to drift off and improvise at the piano. This is what the summer of '78 sounds like to me.

R.L. Bristol 2018.

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released July 29, 2018

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Richard Lewis, piano, ondes martenot, synthesizers
 Marcus Nimant, woodwinds
 Pawel Kováč, violin 
Lina Gruzska, cello, erhu
 Orchestral parts recorded at CNSO Orchestra Studios, Prague