Heart Song

Heart Song

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       April 16, 2015

 

Artist – Elise Lebec   

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Elise Lebec

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http://www.eliselebec.com

A single delicate note, conception: growing into the birth of a fully fledge composition, so delicate and light, ethereal and transcendental, allowing you the time and place to simply be; to sit, to listen to think or to dream.

Thus is the introduction to a collection of often solo piano pieces and others, complete with the delicate tones of flugelhorn, the cello and vocals giving the pieces a depth of understanding: a richness of texture.

‘Ghost Ships’ immediately takes you into a world of mysterious events. You can almost smell the dampness of the mist, the haunting sounds of the bell tolling in mournful tones, the fear of the sailors as the ship lays stranded in the mists, a ghost ship forming out of the cold, dense atmosphere.

The variety of moods is presented flawlessly as the album flows across the ocean, to the wistfulness of day-dreaming love, to the depths captured in ‘A Break in the Clouds’; moving from the heaviness of the gloom to the light; the rays refreshing the soul when the sun comes shining through the clouds, brightening the day.

In a tribute to the land in ‘Sacred Land’, Labec has combined the vocals of Guatemalan elder Tara OmeAkaEhekatl Erick Gonzalez, as he talks about the earth, the blessings, being grateful for and honouring all the earth represents. This is one piece which is richer for listening deeplyto the words, accompanied by the delicate underpinning notes of the keyboards.

Each piece is representative of the beliefs held by Elise Lebec as she has captured truly the concepts of what goes into making such an interesting world; a world full of love, joy, sadness, the good, the bad.

With ‘Heart Song’ she encourages you to simply stop, to listen and enjoy the not so small things which make up the very essence of people and life.

Music, Piano