Esteemed composer and pianist Henrik Lindstrand presents his latest single, ‘Gammafly’, out now via One Little Independent Records. His singular, emotive classical craftmanship is conveyed using elegant keys and a stirring 16-piece string section recorded in Berlin by engineer Francesco Donadello and conducted by The London Contemporary Orchestra’s Robert Ames.
Following his solo piano trilogy - the personal, melodically woven soundscapes of ‘Nordhem’ (2020), ‘Nattresan’ (2019) and ‘Leken’ (2017) - Lindstrand decided to expand his sonic universe to include full strings. New material aims to take his arrangements to elevated places without losing the signature intimacy of his work.
He tells us that “Gammafly was written during a period where I had relocated with my family to the West coast of Sealand. I was about to begin composing new music again and had decided to leave the strict piano-only dogma that I used for the trilogy. After many experiments with different instrumentation, I kept coming back to the idea of using a string ensemble with the piano. The composition is a slow melodic piece with traces of Nordic folk songs”.
“Gammafly” means Silver Y, a medium-sized moth with intricately patterned forewings boasting beautiful, unique shades of brown, grey and silver making it a master at camouflage.
