Nicholas Gunn Thirty One Nights

Classically trained, and with a reputation as one of the world's best selling flutists, Nicholas Gunn is in the upper echelon of contemporary instrumentalists. Having released over thirteen solo projects and selling over two million copies he is a double platinum artist. His music can best be described as a fusion of Native American and ambient/world music. He masterfully employs the guitar, piano, and percussion and infuses his beloved flute and other wind instruments extensively in most of his songs. Beautifully rhythmic, it deeply touches the heart, mind, and soul. Longing, nostalgia, and sentimentality are triggered by Gunn’s passion and respect for Native Americans and a purer and simpler way of life.

Nicholas Gunn is no stranger to creating music centered around our greatest natural wonders. It’s no surprise then, that on his 20th studio recording, he finds himself immersed in the grandeur that is the great “Pacific Blue”. While a metaphor for self-discovery and exploration, Pacific Blue speaks to the life journey we all find ourselves on. Framed by several exquisite vocal performances from Alina Renae, Nicholas Gunn’s lyrical and musical style is nothing short of breathtaking, lush and exquisite. With a production value born out of 25 years of experience, this album bobs and weaves through a sonic bed of absolute clarity.

Award-winning Latin Guitarist Johannes Linstead and multi-platinum selling Flautist Nicholas Gunn collaborate on this highly inspired album of original songs. Johannes masterful guitar work combined with Nicholas passionate flute create an atmosphere that is at once engaging, powerful, and sublime, and yet at times, hauntingly beautiful. Together they have accomplished a new found level of brilliance, an album that is sure to make its mark as a masterful accomplishment.

Here are the Oriental Turqueries galantes of the Opera Comique, where the lovers are captured by Corsairs and held as prisoners: the Harem for the Belle and the galleys for her knight… These enslaved Christians captivated the artistic imagination, which mixed the Thousand and One Nights and slave traders in amorous intrigues where the Sultan is deceived in his Seraglio! The young soprano Florie Valiquette embodies these captive heroines, marked by love, despair and courage, while Gaetan Jarry offers the Orchestre de l'Opera Royal the bright colours and frenzied rhythms of Oriental fantasy, from Gretry to Mozart!