Dormant Beauty

I was feeling completely uninspired and non-creative, for a long time, and then I went on tour in June 2012, which reignited a flame of inspiration in me. I came home feeling completely energized and alive, the creativity flowing out of me faster than I could keep up. Most of the music from this album was written during that time, when my muse had been awoken.

Luigi Perrachio (1883-1966) and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) were both part of the flowering of Italian instrumental music in the first decades of the twentieth century. Perrachio was born in Turin, and spent his life in that city, performing as a pianist, composing, organizing concerts, and incorporating Piedmontese folk elements in his music.

After circumnavigating Africa by bicycle and rowing from Africa to America, Riaan Manser is, one of the most accomplished adventurers.

A contemplative guide to finding satisfaction right where you are, by understanding what it is within us that leads to dissatisfaction and creating long-lasting fulfillment—inspired by the ancient Christian tradition of Benedictine stability.