The compositions are the latest instalment of an ongoing series titles ‘Reveries,’ which was inspired by Jamie’s love for Dimitri Shostakovich.
In a note on on his blog last month, Jamie explained he was inspired after a months-long listening session that involved the systematic consumption of every Shostakovich symphony, brooding string quartet, and whimsical piano solo.
“I decided to sit down with my piano and have a conversation about what we wanted out of music,” he wrote on his blog. “I purposely forced myself to stray away from any of the hard-wired academic prejudices that I had the tendency to fall back on. These pieces took me far away from any notion of form, harmony, or time that I had so desperately wanted to control.”
You can listen to Jamie’s beautiful piano pieces here.
