»A Series of Actions in a Sphere of Forever« is a collection of nine piano works that explore resistance, resonance, and space with a distinctive spectral sensitivity. These pieces are nocturnes, written deep in conservation in winter, in a small rural studio in Valens, Canada.

»A Series of Actions in a Sphere of Forever« is a surprise follow-up to »From Where You Came«, and second part of a trilogy, that will be completed with »Changes in Air« in November.

The piano’s natural resonance guides the structure of the works, with Coverdale applying subtle electronic processing only to lightly blur the edges of melody and blend harmonics. Additionally, audible breaths underscore the album’s connection to the body’s inherent rhythms and multiple sonorities: the piano’s timbre and natural harmonics, as well as its effect in creating an elusive state of semi-consciousness. Unlike Satie, Debussy or Chopin, Coverdale’s nocturnes are for an even later hour, with a heightened sensitivity to “noise” – or more broadly: anything extraneous to the core harmonic and timbral structure of the piece; and anything that might interfere with clarity, slowness, or perception of space.

»A Series of Actions in a Sphere of Forever« is slow and focuses as much on the decay of piano melody as on its attack. Mood emerges from deceleration and restraint; emerging melodies, inspired by modal influences from the late Renaissance, post-war minimalism, and Coverdale’s idiosyncratic sense of musical ecology, bloom at their own pace.

In her own words: »This album is an exploration of harmony in space, music as an antithesis to silence. A silence that does not exist.«