HANNAH WATSON EMMRICH
Pianist
Notes from the Undergrowth
an ecosystem of piano miniatures
Leoš Janáček - On an Overgrown Path book 2, no. 1
Fannie Charles Dillon - Birds at Dawn
Marion Bauer - White Birches
Leoš Janáček - A blown-away leaf
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Le Rappel des oiseaux / The call of the birds
Olivier Messiaen - La colombe / The dove
Dora Pejačević - Papillon / Butterfly
Dora Pejačević - Libelle / Dragonfly
Dora Pejačević - Blütenwirbel / A whirl of blossoms
Joshua Borin - Grex
Sergei Rachmaninov - Lilacs
Béla Bartók - From the diary of a fly
Amy Beach - A Peterborough Chipmunk
Amy Beach - Young birches
Amy Beach -A hummingbird
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Margrit Schenker – Chinesischer Kirschbaum / Chinese cherry-tree
Robert Schumann - Vogel als Prophet / The bird as prophet
François Couperin - Les ombres errantes / Wandering shadows
Maurice Ravel - Oiseaux tristes / Sad birds
Mel Bonis - Au crépuscule / At dusk
Maki Gajic Murata - Fireflies
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Guebrou - Evening breeze
Mel Bonis - Le moustique / The mosquito
Maurice Ravel - Noctuelles / Night moths
Timothy Salter - Midnight Mushrooms
François Couperin - Le rossignol en amour / The nightingale in love
Margrit Schenker - Palme mit Schnee / Palm tree with snow
Dora Pejačević - Nocturne Op.50 no.2
I’ve been rooting through well-trodden and more overgrown corners of the piano repertoire for this programme, which follows a day and night in the forest, through a series of colourful miniatures from the French baroque to the present day.
Many thanks to Timothy Salter, Maki Gajic Murata and Josh Borin for writing new pieces for this, tackling some less musically explored species including slime mould ('Grex'), fireflies and mushrooms!
More info and dates to follow.
More info and dates to follow.
