HANNAH WATSON EMMRICH
Pianist
Notes from the Undergrowth
an ecosystem of piano miniatures
Leoš Janáček - On an Overgrown Path book 2, no. 1
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Le Rappel des oiseaux / The call of the birds
Fannie Charles Dillon - Birds at Dawn
Marion Bauer - White Birches
Dora Pejačević - Blütenwirbel / A whirl of blossoms
Béla Bartók - From the diary of a fly
Joshua Borin - Grex
Olivier Messiaen - La colombe / The dove
Leoš Janáček - A blown-away leaf
Mel Bonis - Il pleut / It is raining
Amy Beach - Young birches
Amy Beach -A hummingbird
Margrit Schenker – Chinesischer Kirschbaum / Chinese cherry-tree
Robert Schumann - Vogel als Prophet / The bird as prophet
François Couperin - Les ombres errantes / Wandering shadows
Maki Gajic Murata - Fireflies
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Guebrou - Evening breeze
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
A day and night in a forest ecosystem, told through a thematic programme of piano miniatures. With music foraged from the French baroque through to the present day, the programme follows a path through familiar territory and more overgrown corners of the piano repertoire: the brief, evocative nature of the pieces makes them a perfect introduction to composers who are well worth discovering. The programme also includes new commissions by Timothy Salter, Joshua Borin and Maki Gajic Murata, tackling some less musically explored species including slime mould ('Grex'), fireflies and mushrooms!
The album was released in June 2026 on label Deux-Elles.
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Buy it here: Notes from the Undergrowth: an ecosystem of piano miniatures (DXL 1223) - Deux-Elles Classical Recordings