A Gift of Moments, by Louis Anthony deLise

A Gift of Moments

by Louis Anthony deLise

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1.	A Gift of Moments 04:18	info	buy track
2.	Always In My Heart 03:21	info	buy track
3.	A Time for Peace 03:25	info	buy track
4.	All Alone 04:42	info	buy track
5.	The Heart of An Angel 04:30	info	buy track
6.	In the Before Times (February 2020) 05:06	info	buy track
7.	Gentle Heart 03:04	info	buy track
8.	A Song for My Children 03:24	info	buy track
9.	Ripples On the Pond 03:31	info	buy track
10.	At the End of the Tunnel 03:36	info	buy track

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The title, A Gift of Moments, comes from something a friend wrote about her deceased husband. She described their too-short time together as, “a gift of moments.” (Time with someone you love is always “too short,” isn’t it?)

Since February 2020, (since I’ve been locked down at home with my patient and loving wife, Theresa), like the rest of us, I’ve been reminded each day of just how delicate life is. My friend’s comment about her lost love has gradually revealed itself as a worthy title for the collection of music I was creating during this time of lockdown. All of the pieces on A Gift of Moments are in some way about love: of a mate, of family, our way of life, and those beliefs we consider particular to us.

The recordings on A Gift of Moments are personal to me: the music is from my heart. I performed and recorded most of it myself and wrote every note that others performed. The compositions are varied in style as they encompass musical gestures reflective of the many disparate musical traditions alive in my soul.

Writing on the renewal of music in the second half of the twentieth-century, the American composer, George Rochberg, used the term ars combinatoria to describe a music that would include “all the gestures, old and new, of which music is capable.” This is one of my versions of Maestro Rochberg’s ars combinatoria.

With this unapologetically sensitive, perhaps even nostalgic, music of mine I intend to blur the arbitrary boundaries of genre classification, like classical or pop, ambient or orchestral. That’s all OK with me, too.

Louis Anthony deLise,
Cherry Hill, NJ
January 2021

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released April 16, 2021

Composed, orchestrated, conducted, engineered*, and mixed by
Louis Anthony deLise

Louis Anthony deLise: piano, percussion
John McMurtery: flute and alto flute soloist
Vivian Barton Dozor: cello soloist

Igor Szwec, and Gregory Teperman: violins
Ellen Trainer: viola
Natasha Jaffe: cello
Elizabeth de Lise: acoustic guitar
Christine Hansen: flute

*Strings recordist for “Always in My Heart,” James Gallagher
Mastered by Peter Humphreys at Masterwork Recording

Cover design: Caffeinated Press (www.caffeinatedbrew.com)
Cover Photography: Lisa Lake; Model: Erin Neupauer
Additional photography: Robert Szatmari

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Louis Anthony deLise Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Louis Anthony deLise is an American composer, pianist, and percussionist. He describes his music as “Post-Genre,” as it often features the juxtaposition of disparate musical elements including serial technique, frequently changing meters, the urgency and drive of rock and roll, and the lush harmonies of 1960’s Cool Jazz. ... more

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