Mirrie Hill
Composers' Series, The - Volume 10(a) Piano Solos (Hill)
Composers' Series, The - Volume 10(a) Piano Solos (Hill)
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Mirrie Hill (1889-1986)
27 piano solos, composed between 1909 and 1973.
Mirrie Hill contributed greatly to Australian music as a pianist, composer, teacher, and examiner. In her 76 years as a composer Mirrie wrote approximately 554 compositions many of which were published.
In her immense output of piano music there are several works that stand out as providing a good indication of her style. Although the title ‘miniaturist’ is seen by some as derogatory it is one often applied to Robert Schumann as well as many other notable composers. It can be argued that Schumann’s best and most successful works are those short movements in his larger collections of piano works.
In this volume there are many previously unpublished works as well as those composed quite early in her life when she would have been able to perform the works herself.
More comprehensive biographical notes are within the volume which also includes a CD of all the works.
Researched, edited and performed by Jeanell Carrigan
Volume 10: Mirrie Hill
Audio samples, and/or full length sound files, YouTube links
- Three Miniature Pieces
- Will O' the Wisp
- Prelude
- Fun
- Summer Rain or https://youtu.be/J7DIjIdEw1M
- The Sea or https://youtu.be/LGu8qxMcf0I
- At the Setting of the Sun
- from the Cinderella Suite
- Longing or https://youtu.be/FVt8rn91fSo
- She Dances or https://youtu.be/xOPcMWCmSmY
- Haste Away or https://youtu.be/1ycEeHHwWH4
- Maori Folk Tune (also known as A Maori Rhapsody) or https://youtu.be/RWRpE3sBAeg
- Lament or https://youtu.be/LCGk9lAwWK0
- Rhapsody or https://youtu.be/4VRrVeiwUxY
- Brolga (The Dancer) or https://youtu.be/7FLseKimN54
- Aboriginal Song or https://youtu.be/dI_OpHB_rdk
- Aboriginal Rhythms or https://youtu.be/qfcOwhuTHdU
- To the Whirlwind or https://youtu.be/-MHJ7dId4P
- The Kunkarunkara Women or https://youtu.be/zSSQymTfNFQ
- Nalda of the Echo or https://youtu.be/JpLsVCjRALo
- Study or https://youtu.be/d36VDjifvoI
- In Reflective Mood or https://youtu.be/ldhnBcYyzHM
- The Old Unquiet Ocean (Sea Study) or https://youtu.be/PiVDoNghjk4
- The Wonder of Night or https://youtu.be/weueFAv21X0
- Improvisation or https://youtu.be/REWoAC2pJDc
- Butterflies or https://youtu.be/AIdKT0auqxM
- March or https://youtu.be/LQyKCS0pkb8
- Leafy Lanes of Kent
- Willow Wind
(Many pieces have been perdormed on the CDs of Reverie, Sea Impressions, Nostalgia, and Forest Magic, available online)
ISMN 9790720231839
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As part of 'The Composer's Series' many of these works have been recorded by Jeanell Carrigan on a CDs: Nostalgia (Wirr080); Reverie (Wirr 106); Forest Magic (Wirr109)