Meditation in a Minor Mode By Heidi Breyer

 

Meditation in a Minor Mode

By

Heidi Breyer

Written by

Steve Sheppard

 

The most mood filled part of any musical construction is to manifest a composition in a minor mode or key, this is my personal favourite, I love to do this, however with regard to pianists, I once heard an incredible piece from Neil Sedaka called Lightning Ride that was so emotive and so very powerful, the minor journey is one that once started, will be your constant companion for life, and here Heidi Breyer, one of the finest female composers of her day, now takes you on that very voyage, or perhaps, a Meditation in a Minor Mode.

Breyer is a feeling composer and pianist; she is an illustrator of fine works, and has been in full flow for months now, this new single though, is a much more reflective manifestation. We can truly feel ourselves connecting to the moment through this fluent and emotive musical expression.

What Breyer has done here is actually remarkable; she has composed an almost haunting piece that seems timeless in tone and timbre, yet she has also brought into being a piano based arrangement that could with ease be used in meditation, and moreover has created an arrangement that is both full of memory, yet wonderfully confident and pleasantly articulate, which of course will transcribe into another huge chart hit for the artist, with consummate ease.