Penguin Parade by Suzanne Herman

 

Penguin Parade

By

Suzanne Herman

Written by

Steve Sheppard

 

I have had the good pleasure to listen to the works of Suzanne Herman for years now; her first musical energies came into my life back in 2021 with the album Stories From Portugal. Whilst those days are long gone now, I can reflect on another beautiful single from her called Penguin Parade, a somewhat lighted hearted solo piano reverie.

Suzanne’s trip to Antarctica certainly seems to have inspired many of her recent works and so it should, here on this innocent serene new single, she explores the fun side of the nature of the penguin, and its somewhat amusing experience, I’ve only seen them in our Zoo here in Paphos, but I can see what she means.

Suzanne’s presentation is spot on as well, the trickling piano shows the juxtaposition of movement from the creatures, at once appearing clumsy, but in reality fit for the environment, ah evolution is such a wondrous thing.

The second half of the composition is deliciously elevated to take in the backdrop perhaps, and to emphasize the total beauty of the situation, the coda equally sumptuous with its gentle refrain and slow tapering coda.

This is a special piece composed by Herman, its delicate yes, but its pristine nature allows the energies of the moment to come through, similar to watching a glorious sunrise when one is filled with nothing more that gratitude, therefore I feel that Penguin Parade by Suzanne Herman, is going to proudly treat itself to a big placement on the charts, it’s that good.