"Light and Wind" Piano Concerto: II. Gentle Nightly Breeze; Sunrise

Piano - Lucía Caruso
Inside the piano playing - Pedro H. da Silva
Conductor - Bruce O'Neil
Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Video directed and filmed by Luther Clement
Camera 2 - Mina Fitzpatrick
Editing - Pedro H. da Silva

"Light and Wind" is a Transclassical piano concerto composed and performed by Lucía Caruso. Indian Ragas reimagined in a classical context are used throughout, as well as some unusual techniques: blackboard erasers, a felt-covered yardstick, guitar picks, drumsticks, and Lucía’s palms. It consists of three movements, each reflecting different natural phenomena. The first movement starts with a powerful windstorm, followed by the gradual settling of the storm, and then the appearance of stars in the sky. The following movement is a representation of the night air and a new day's dawn, with a guitarist—Pedro—playing the strings of the piano like a guitar: using tremolo, rasgueado, and arpeggios for an otherworldly effect. The third movement reflects a change in weather from light rain to bright sunshine, followed by a violent tempest. This work is dedicated to Maria Connor, Rosa Mafalda Caruso, Emma Gilbert, and Judy Cope.

Producer, editor: Pedro H. da Silva
Co-producer: Stephen MacLaughlin
Executive producer: Louis Levitt
Mixing engineer: Paul Geluso
Mastering engineer: Alan Silverman
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields: Director/Leader: Tomo Keller; Executive Director: Alison Tedbury
Recording engineers: Daniel Hayden, Andy Maxwell
Executive assistant: Christian Amonson
Editing and mixing assistant: Micaela Carballo
Production assistants: Wyatt Bernard, Sergio Gassmann, Carmine Mattia, Ellen Hardcastle, Byron Wu, Camille Martayan

Recorded at Abbey Road Studio 1, London, UK.

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