Helen Hopekirk: Piano Music
The Scottish musician Helen Hopekirk (1856–1945), regarded as one of the major concert pianists of her generation, also made a lasting contribution as a piano teacher in Boston after her emigration in 1897. As a composer, she forged an intriguing path by turning to the music of her native country as the wellspring of her creativity: the early pieces can sound like Brahms in the Highlands, and her later works marry Debussyan Impressionism with Hebridean folk-music, to evocative, touching and exhilarating effect.
Gary Steigerwalt, piano
Listen To This Recording:
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Iona Memories (1902–7)
- Iona Memories: I Wandering
- Iona Memories: II Cronan: A Hushing Song
- Iona Memories: III In the Ruins
- Iona Memories: IV A Twilight Tale
- Romance in A minor
- Serenade in F sharp major
- Five Scottish Folksongs: No. 1 Land o? the Leal
- Five Scottish Folksongs: No. 2 Turn ye to me
- Five Scottish Folksongs: No. 5 Eilidh Bhan
- Sundown
- Serenata Suite: I Maestoso
- Suite for Piano: I Sarabande
- Suite for Piano: II Minuet
- Suite for Piano: III Air
- Waltz in F sharp major
- Two Compositions for Piano: No. 1, Shadows
- Robin Good-Fellow
- Two Tone-Pictures: No. 1, Dance to Your Shadow
- Two Tone-Pictures: No. 2, The Seal-woman’s Sea-joy
Romance in A minor (1885)
Serenade in F sharp major (1891)
Five Scottish Folksongs (1919)
Sundown (1905)
Serenata Suite (1918)
Suite for Piano (1917)
Waltz in F sharp major (c. 1915–20)
Two Compositions for Piano (1924)
Robin Good-Fellow (1922)
Two Tone-Pictures (1929–30)
All First Recordings
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