Hopekirk: Piano Music / Steigerwalt
Details
- Composer
- HOPEKIRK, HELEN
- Artist
- Gary Steigerwalt
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Toccata
- Released
- Aug 04, 2017
- Catalog #
- TOCC0430
- UPC
- 5060113444301
About
The Scottish musician Helen Hopekirk (1856-1945) was regarded as one of the major concert pianists of her generation. She also made a lasting contribution as a piano teacher in Boston, Mass., 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. This is the first album dedicated to Hopekirk's music. Gary Steigerwalt, who is writing a biography of Helen Hopekirk, recently retired as a professor on the music faculty of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusets, where he taught for 35 years. He gave the first performance in over a century of her Concertstuck with the Mount Holyoke College Symphony Orchestra in 2015.
Tracklist 19 tracks
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1 I. Wandering 06:01
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Wandering
- Duration
- 06:01
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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2 II. Cronan: A Hushing Song 03:01
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Cronan: A Hushing Song
- Duration
- 03:01
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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3 III. In the Ruins 05:22
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. In the Ruins
- Duration
- 05:22
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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4 IV. A Twilight Tale 03:03
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. A Twilight Tale
- Duration
- 03:03
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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5 Romance in A Minor 03:30
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Romance in A Minor
- Duration
- 03:30
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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6 Serenade in F-Sharp Major 03:54
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Serenade in F-Sharp Major
- Duration
- 03:54
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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7 No. 1. Land o' the Leal 02:18
- Track
- 7
- Title
- No. 1. Land o' the Leal
- Duration
- 02:18
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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8 No. 2. Turn Ye to Me 03:19
- Track
- 8
- Title
- No. 2. Turn Ye to Me
- Duration
- 03:19
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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9 No. 5. Eilidh Bhan 00:56
- Track
- 9
- Title
- No. 5. Eilidh Bhan
- Duration
- 00:56
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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10 Sundown 02:50
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Sundown
- Duration
- 02:50
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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11 Serenata Suite: I. Maestoso 03:16
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Serenata Suite: I. Maestoso
- Duration
- 03:16
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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12 I. Sarabande 01:32
- Track
- 12
- Title
- I. Sarabande
- Duration
- 01:32
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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13 II. Minuet 02:25
- Track
- 13
- Title
- II. Minuet
- Duration
- 02:25
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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14 III. Air 02:29
- Track
- 14
- Title
- III. Air
- Duration
- 02:29
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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15 Waltz in F-Sharp Major 04:18
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Waltz in F-Sharp Major
- Duration
- 04:18
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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16 2 Compositions for Piano: No. 1. Shadows 03:04
- Track
- 16
- Title
- 2 Compositions for Piano: No. 1. Shadows
- Duration
- 03:04
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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17 Robin Good-Fellow 02:12
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Robin Good-Fellow
- Duration
- 02:12
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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18 No. 1. Dance to Your Shadow 02:24
- Track
- 18
- Title
- No. 1. Dance to Your Shadow
- Duration
- 02:24
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt
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19 No. 2. The Seal-woman's Sea-joy 02:10
- Track
- 19
- Title
- No. 2. The Seal-woman's Sea-joy
- Duration
- 02:10
- Composer
- Helen Hopekirk
- Performer
- Gary Steigerwalt