In the chill of the night.Winter Journal * Luke Parkin parkin Noun Brit a moist spicy ginger cake usually containing oatmeal [origin unknown] * Pacific Whether or not you warm up to pianist Luke Parkin's Winter Journal depends largely upon how you view the CD's seasonal namesake. If the winter months are the most dismal time of the year for you, then these sparse piano compositions will seem brittle, even lifeless. But if in long, cold nights you find opportunities for romance or restorative re·stor·a·tive adj. 1. Of or relating to restoration. 2. Tending or having the power to restore. n. A medicine or other agent that helps to restore health, strength, or consciousness. meditation, then Parkin's hour of piano solos is the perfect accompaniment. Parkin's compositions avoid the predictable melodies and easy sentimentality Sentimentality Checkers dog given as gift to Nixon; used in his defense of political contributions during presidential campaign (1952). [Am. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 126] Dondi comic strip in which sentimentality is the main motif. of similar winter-themed works like Windham Hill's recordings, and Winter Journal often bears the sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. of a more seasoned composer. At 27, Parkin's age works against him only when it comes to self-editing; a less sprawling Winter Journal would be a more stirring and dramatic work. |
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