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Nat Bartsch - Hope (CD ALBUM (1 DISC)) ARIA-nominated, multi-award-wining Australian pianist Nat Bartschhas always written music with the intention to comfort and soothe. 'It started with the very first composition I wrote, for a friend undergoing cancer treatment. It continued with my gentle jazz ballads for Nat Bartsch Trio, and further evolved, with renewed purpose, in my Forever albums: lullabies that support people in all stages oflife.' Her new album, Hope, took what she calls 'a slight detour' as she responded to the unexpected challenges of 2020. 'In January, the Black Summer bushfires ravaged Australia. I wrote For the Koalas, The End of the Decadeand Searching for the Mapwith the smell of smoke in my house from fires hundreds of kilometres away, feeling immense frustration at our inaction on climate change. Then, just a fewweeks later, Fight Not Flightwas sketched as I realised the pandemic was upon us.' In the long months of lockdown that followed, Bartsch found herself yearning for 'forward momentum': writing driving rhythms,faster tempos, percussive piano flourishes as the tracks For Now, Brightness in the Hillsand her first string quartet, Over the River, came to life. Then, as Melbourne's second lockdown slowly lifted, her music returned to the slow and patient, with Emerging. 'My album's title is not just those four letters,' she explains. 'It's 'hope' as an abbreviation of both hopefulness and hopelessness, and this music explores the space between. Tracklistings: 1.Prologue 2.For the Koalas 3.The End of the Decade 4.Fight Not Flight 5.Interlude 6.Brightness in the Hills 7.Searching for the Map 8.Untitled 9.For Now 10.Over the River 11.Emerging 12.Hope
