Paul Cardall's Performance: Unveiling 'Return Home' Album"

Get ready for an enchanting musical journey with renowned pianist Paul Cardall as he takes center stage to perform 13 mesmerizing compositions from his latest masterpiece, 'Return Home.'

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Songs Performed
1 Immigrant Ships
2 Shropshire Hills
3 Love One Another
4 An Evening In Paris
5 Red Poppy Fields
6 Castles and Cathedrals
7 Eliza’s Theme
8 Shores of Normandy
9 Land of Our Ancestors
10 I Believe In Christ
11 Ljubljana: Heart of Slovenia
12 Return Home
13 Fathers and Daughters

All song are original piano compositions by Paul Cardall except for his arrangements of Love One Another (Luacine Clark Fox) and I Believe in Christ (John Longhurst).

Recorded & Filmed January 25, 2022 in Ohio’s Baldwin College University’s Gamble Auditorium in the Kulas Musical Arts Building.

Return Home was released on September 8, 2023

CREDITS:
Paul Cardall - Producer, Director, Editor, Audio Final Mix, Master
Robert Friedrich - Head Audio Engineer, Mix
Trevor Price - Additional Mix
Gideon Klein - String Arrangements
Gabe Klein - Audio Engineered String Session, Rough Mix

Master Recordings and publishing owned by All Heart Publishing, LLC, Paul Cardall's independently owned entity. Copyright 2023.

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Press Release Synopsis:

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, UNITED STATES
September 4, 2023 (NewswireEIN)

From his youth, internationally acclaimed pianist Paul Cardall has been fascinated by his European heritage and the immigration stories of his forbearers who came to the United States from a variety of nations. Their experiences were at the heart and mind of the pianist as he improvised on a Steinway & Sons concert grand piano that became the music for his upcoming album Return Home.

Sitting at a Steinway & Sons model D concert grand, surrounded by cameras, in an empty theatre with Friedrich behind the stage recording every sound in the venue, Paul began improvising. The pianist utilized his familiar left- hand arpeggio style that is more commonly used on instruments which serve the role of melodic lead or ornamentation. Beethoven used arpeggios in Moonlight Sonata. Today, pop artists like The Eagles (Hotel California) and Coldplay (Clocks) incorporate this style. Paul has been using this method since his first album Sign of Affection was released on cassette in 1995.

After improvising several pieces Cardall shifted towards minimalistic chords allowing the listener to be aware of gradual changes. In addition, many pieces incorporated Germanic and Polish styles of counterpoint, with harmonic and motivic organization familiar in Bach and Chopin’s simple piano pieces. Patterns were repeated to create an atmosphere - and introspective - causing the pianist to go deep into a personal reflection of exploring lands of his heritage.

A month later, Friedrich mixed a rough draft of 23 pieces and delivered them to Paul to do the final mix. Though the album was intended to be a solo piano record, he felt the music needed additional cinematic depth. He hired Nashville string arrangers Josée Weigand and her husband Gideon Klein to create arrangements. They had previously worked on Cardall’s December album (All Heart Publishing, 2021). Their string ensemble brought more depth to his piano pieces.

The resulting album titled Return Home is an introspective album featuring 13 pieces for piano that take listeners on a cinematic journey through the lands of his ancestors. The uniqueness of this album is that Cardall entered the studio without any material. All of the songs were improvised.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Cardall’s has previously released 18 studio albums, 2 live recordings, 5 collection albums, and 2 EPs, and a dozen singles. He has scored original music for several independent films and collaborated with various Grammy winning and Grammy nominated artists like; CeCe Winans, Thompson Square, Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real), Rachael Yamagata, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), David Archuleta, Nathan Pacheco, Steele Croswhite, Audrey Assad, Patricia Tipoki, Ashley Hess, and The Salt Lake Children’s Choir.

A soundtrack for recognizing our heritage, legacy, and faith in the human family. Tracing family roots back through generations can help a person connect more deeply with a sense of self by learning about their family's past—where they came from, who they were, what they did, the trials they overcame, the accomplishments they achieved, the dreams they had. Learn more about your ancestors at http://www.ancestry.com or https://www.familysearch.org/