Open Heart Story Luke Howard

Album info

Album-Release:
2018

HRA-Release:
25.05.2018

Label: Decca

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Modern Composition

Artist: Luke Howard

Composer: Luke Howard

Album including Album cover

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  • 1Prelude For A Single Voice01:22
  • 2Bear Story I01:34
  • 3Bear Story II04:03
  • 4In Metaphor, Solace02:33
  • 5A Long Life03:27
  • 6Elysian Fields03:40
  • 7In Praise Of Shadows05:47
  • 8Hymn05:43
  • 9Blossom01:33
  • 10Solstice02:21
  • 11Trembling02:00
  • 12Circles01:57
  • 13I Still Dream About You, Sometimes But Not Always06:10
  • 14Remembering My Childhood02:21
  • 15Hymn (Piano Version)04:39
  • 16The Map Is Not The Territory05:28
  • 17I Still Dream About You, Sometimes But Not Always (Piano Version)03:50
  • Total Runtime58:28

Info for Open Heart Story



Open Heart Story is a contemplative and uplifting journey ranging from intimate solo piano pieces to emotive works for a 23-piece string orchestra interwoven with subtle electronics. It opens with a beautiful piano piece called “Prelude for a Single Voice” – an homage to the composer J.S. Bach whose music continues to inspire Howard. The track “Remembering My Childhood” was influenced by Ryuichi Sakamoto and the Yellow Magic Orchestra - music he used to listen to when he was growing up.

A central piece on the album, “Hymn”, is one of Howard’s personal favourites. It is presented both in its original improvised piano version as well as the string arrangement. The poignant harmonies are built upon a simple meditative pattern allowing the music to ebb and flow – increasing and then decreasing in density.

Open Heart Story follows a natural evolution from Howard’s previous recordings, especially the track “In Praise of Shadows” which is a companion to “A Softer World”, a piece off his 2013 album, Sun, Cloud.

Hailing from Melbourne, Luke Howard is an Australian Music Prize-nominated composer whose music has been described as “absolutely heavenly” (Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC Radio 6 Music) and “an ambient masterclass” (Musos’ Guide).

A pianist since childhood, Howard has scored films and performed with artists as diverse as Lior and Jeff Mills, capturing audiences with contemporary classical arrangements that curl and twist around the boundaries of emotions.

Luke Howard is one of Australia’s foremost practitioners of contemporary classical music. Having already accomplished so much and with more on the horizon, he is set to captivate audiences worldwide with his latest music, Open Heart Story.

Luke Howard, piano



Luke Howard
studied classical piano as a child before graduating with honours from the Victorian College of the Arts. He was twice a finalist in the Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition and has written music for both film and theatre.

In recent years Luke has opened for Benjamin Clementine and Ben Frost, and performed with artists as diverse as Lior and Jeff Mills. His music has been described as “totally sublime” (Headphone Commute, February 2014), “absolutely heavenly” (Mary Anne Hobbs, July 2013), and “cinematic in its approach” (The Age, October 2009).

Luke divides his time between Europe and Australia. In 2013 he released the Australian Music Prize long-listed record Sun, Cloud. Luke’s score to Where Do Lilacs Come From won Best Music for a Short Film at the 2014 APRA/AMCOS Screen Music Awards. His second solo album, Two Places, was released in April 2016.

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