The Mysterious Boot

Hoeppner, Susan; Ho, Alice Ping Yee; Wong, Lydia; Zelenka, Winona

This recording showcases music written for flute, cello, and piano in their various combinations, featuring renowned Canadian musicians: flutist Susan Hoeppner, cellist Winona Zelenka, and pianist Lydia Wong. Inspired by Susan Hoeppner’s dazzling technique and charisma as a soloist and chamber musician, the five works in this recording capture what a flutist can achieve with skill and personality. In a small chamber setting, the five compositions (written between 1992 and 2017) share the provocative theme of “eccentricity” and “seduction”. The program is designed to portray a musical journey of boundless emotions varying from dramatic to romantic, whimsical to atmospheric: The Mysterious Boot describes the effect of “trance” when Roman actors perform with spirit plagued boots; Asiatic Impression depicts a fantasy world of a surreal Asiatic city when night falls; Cœur à Cœur is desperately romantic, an intimate instrumental conversation calling out between two souls; Suite for Flute and Piano presents a capricious collection of fanciful nocturnal tales in nature; the last piece Seiren is an raging instrumental hymn sung by sea creatures to lure sailors.

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