“It’s a message of hope many of us can use during this dark time.”
– WholeNote Magazine
- Earth Hour 2 Frank Horvat (piano) 1:00:00
- Heat Island Frank Horvat (piano) 09:57
- Life For Mars Frank Horvat (piano) 05:28
Composer and pianist Frank Horvat returns a decade later with a follow-up album to his original instrumental ode to the planet. A Little Dark Music 2 is introspective and powerful, a very personal reaction to the current state of our environment ten years on. Angry yet full of hope and beauty, this album also features a sequel to Horvatās frequently performed 60-minute composition Earth Hour, a solo piano piece always experienced in the dark. Earth Hour 2 is similar in concept to the original but creates a very different in-the-dark experience. More meditative and self-examining it gives listeners time and space to become grounded within themselves.
The album also includes two shorter works. Heat Islandās rumbly and murky start emulates the oozing heat-from-pavement effect we experience in our concrete jungles. As the piece progresses, a calm emanates from the piano signifying our ability to return the planet to a more natural state, allowing us and the Earth to breath once again. The album concludes with Life for Mars (named after a person, not the planet or Bowie song), a soothing statement on the positive impact of connecting to ourselves and our surroundings.
Type
Contemporary Classical Piano
Musicians
Frank Horvat (piano)
Composed By
Frank Horvat
Produced By
Frank Horvat
Recorded At
The Canterbury Music Co.
by Jeremy Darby
Mastered By
Dennis Patterson
Cover Photo
Louis Maniquet
Label
I Am Who I Am Records
Release Date
27 March 2020
Earth Hour 2 is a masterpiece, far exceeding its progenitor…deeply moving and beautiful; this is my favourite work by Frank Horvat.
ā David Dalle, CKCU FM
Horvat’s music is always an excursion into the soul of an artist who has much to say about the state of our world and its inhabitants.
ā MainlyPiano.com, March 2020
Story behind the tracks
01 Earth Hour 2
02 Heat Island
03 Life for Mars
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