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A Slow Peace

by Joshua Pielemeier

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melton I randomly piggybacked on someone else's purchase of this stalking the bandcamp "selling now" queue. I love it. It's really thoughtful, beautiful modern piano playing, very enjoyable and deep, no regrets, even the "The Tourist" cover but I'm biased and I still think that is a great song from a great album anyway. Nice to discover your wonderful talent Favorite track: Monsoon Memory ~ Pielemeier.
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In a Landscape ~ Cage 08:46
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Herzliebster Jesu ("Ah, Holy Jesus") ~ Crüger, arr. Pielemeier 02:03
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Excursions, I. Un Poco Allegro ~ Barber 03:40
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A Hudson Cycle ~ Muhly 03:16
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Truman Sleeps ~ Glass 02:23
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Monsoon Memory ~ Pielemeier 02:52
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The Tourist ~ Radiohead, arr. Pielemeier 05:05
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“A Slow Peace" is an EP focused on works of an earthy, unhurried, and meditative nature.

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1. "In a Landscape" by John Cage –

This slow-moving work for solo piano explores textural and subtle changes in harmony, all while keeping a mostly consistent eighth note pulse throughout its entirety. The constant alterations between Aeolian and Dorian modes leave the listener in a state of perpetual and mysterious ambivalence.


2. "Herzliebster Jesu" by Johann Crüger (arr. piano and viola, Joshua Pielemeier) –

This sacred Lutheran hymn from the 17th century is set in a simple four-part harmony. The text, composed by Johann Hermann, was published as part of a collection of hymns in Devoti Musica Cordis. The first two verses in the original German are:

"Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen,
dass man ein solch scharf Urteil hat gesprochen?
Was ist die Schuld, in was für Missetaten bist du geraten?

Du wirst gegeißelt und mit Dorn gekrönet,
ins Angesicht geschlagen und verhöhnet,
du wirst mit Essig und mit Gall getränket, ans Kreuz gehenket."


3. "Excursions, Op.20, I. Un Poco Allegro " by Samuel Barber –

From a set of four pieces for piano (which were premiered by Vladimir Horowitz at Carnegie Hall in 1945), this work explores contemporary idioms such as boogie-woogie and jazz. Over a left-hand ostinato, a conflict ensues between minor and major harmonies, as well as differing rhythms, until finally achieving a peaceful resolution.


4. "A Hudson Cycle" by Nico Muhly –

Originating as a wedding gift for the New York composer's friends, this short and tender work of minimalism explores simple polyrhythms and gorgeous harmonies that are filled with longing and resolution.


5. "Truman Sleeps" by Philip Glass –

A lovely lullaby for solo piano that is originally from the soundtrack to the 1998 film The Truman Show (wherein it is performed onscreen by Glass himself!).


6. "Monsoon Memory" by Joshua Pielemeier –

Conceived as an improvisation on piano during a desert rainstorm, this piece explores these magnificent summer gales and the complex and fierce emotions they may evoke. An initial, mysterious ascending figure leads to a second section of a more joyous nature (the raindrops dancing on the earth). This builds to a climax whereupon the ascending figure is now descending in the piano against the same rising figure in the viola – (the darkest part of the storm, where the feeling of hope may be lost, after which rays of sunshine break through as they brightly reflect off of the rain-soaked earth).


7. "The Tourist" by Radiohead (arr. solo piano, Joshua Pielemeier) –

The final track to their 1996 international success "OK Computer", this beautiful and searching melody meanders through intriguing harmonies and complex chord changes, accompanied by the earnest plea of its chorus ("Hey man, slow down!"), before finally settling down in an utterly peaceful arrival.


Early proceeds from the album went to the Coronavirus Relief Fund.

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released April 17, 2020

piano: Joshua Pielemeier
viola: Candice Amato
sound engineer: Steven Lee Tracey
album artwork: Jessica Macari

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Joshua Pielemeier is a classical pianist from Arizona.

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