DAVID MUNRO – ‘UNDISCOVERED REFLECTIONS’
DAVID MUNRO IS CELTIC THUNDERS MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND PLAYS AT THE CELTIC THUNDER SHOWS .
INTRODUCTION ALBUM
As an avid lover of theatre, I took my starting point for this album from a variety of themes that I could reflect on and relate to. From these ideas I developed a series of musical portraits, which eventually evolved into ‘Undiscovered Reflections’. The narratives and images from which I worked have been noted below in order for the listener to get a sense of each piece’s origin. However, regardless of the written descriptions and figurative titles, it is both impossible and unnecessary to dictate what the listener will take from hearing this music; but rather I offer it up in the hope that in listening, you will find something for yourself.
David Munro – COMPOSER, PIANIST, MUSICAL DIRECTOR
“In listening now to his work, the musical integrity…the humility…the humanity…all shine through. And, while listening, I am looking out my window here, between the mountain and the Mask (Lough)…and I see in the outside world…the constancy of stone walls, the foreverness of fields and the wonder of wind-wavering trees…with the great Skymaster above it…above us, all..and, in the moment…in the list moment of the music, it all makes sense…and I thank him.”
“This is one of the reasons I became a musician. When I listen to music like this, it inspired and excites me about the creative and emotional side of it all.”
“Do yourself a favour…listen to this…close your eyes and let those images it creates fill your mind…It’s what beautiful music does…Bravo!”
TRACK LISTING
- Intermezzo
- Anticipation Meets Reality
- Awaken To Dreaming
- The Abandoned Palace
- I Hope Climb Is Worth It
- The Dirty Little Rag
- Nostalgia
- Getting Out Of Life
Aspects (Harmonic Variations):
- Theme
- Variation i) Searching For The Idea
- Variation ii) The Waltz Of Madness
- Variation iii) The Chase
- Variation iv) Secrets Of The Cathedral
- Variation v) Caught In The Maze
- Variation vi) Oceans
- Variation vii) Rude Man
- Variation viii) Cycle Of Thinking
- Variation ix) Mighty Nature
- Memory Remembered
- Sunflower
- Not A Care In The World