In the Mirror Heather Tuach & Yoko Misumi

• Liz Dilnot Johnson (b. 1964): In the Mirror:
• 1 Johnson: In the Mirror: I. For Hester 02:12
• 2 Johnson: In the Mirror: II. Jigbaredosh 03:43
• 3 Johnson: In the Mirror: III. Lacrimosa 02:59
• 4 Johnson: In the Mirror: IV. On Malvern Hill 03:42
• Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981): Peace (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Heather Tuach & Yoko Misumi):
• 5 Montgomery: Peace (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Heather Tuach & Yoko Misumi) 04:10
• Dobrinka Tabakova (b. 1980): Whispered Lullaby (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Heather Tuach & Yoko Misumi):
• 6 Tabakova: Whispered Lullaby (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Heather Tuach & Yoko Misumi) 04:37
• Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962): Nocturne:
• 7 Higdon: Nocturne 04:26
• Jocelyn Morlock (1969 - 2023): Halcyon:
• 8 Morlock: Halcyon 06:15
• Ester Mägi (1922 - 2021): Psalm:
• 9 Mägi: Psalm 04:13
• Barbara Heller (b. 1936): Lalai:
• 10 Heller: Lalai 06:15
• Jean Coulthard (1908 - 2000): When Music Sounds:
• 11 Coulthard: When Music Sounds 03:14
• Sarabande:
• 12 Coulthard: Sarabande 04:22
• Elizabeth Maconchy (1907 - 1994): Divertimento for Cello and Piano:
• 13 Maconchy: Divertimento for Cello and Piano: IV. Vigil 02:36
• Margaret Hubicki (1915 - 2006): Lonely Mere:
• 14 Hubicki: Lonely Mere 04:06
• Ivy Parkin (ca. 1883 - 1963): 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano:
• 15 Parkin: 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano: No. 1, Aria 02:18
• Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979): Trois Pieces:
• 16 Boulanger: Trois Pieces: I. Modéré 02:18
• 17 Boulanger: Trois Pieces: II. Sans vitesse et à l’aise 01:20
• 18 Boulanger: Trois Pieces: III. Vite et nerveusement rythmé 02:45
• Total Runtime 01:05:31

Info for In the Mirror

In the Mirror” is a selection of melodious cello and piano music by women composers from the 20th and 21st centuries. The 18 pieces were chosen by cellist Heather Tuach and pianist Yoko Misumi (of the Greenwich Trio) for their mellow, soothing, sonorous and contemplative qualities. Many of the titles, such as Peace, Vigil, Whispered Lullaby,Psalm and Nocturne, express the essence of the music. The collection includes a commission by Liz Dilnot Johnson – the title track ‘In the Mirror’ – and new arrangements for cello and piano by Dobrinka Tabakova and Jessie Montgomery.

Canadian cellist Heather Tuach was until recently a long-standing member of the Fitzwilliam String Quartet. Highlights with the FSQ include concerts at Kings Place, Wigmore Hall and Conway Hall (London), performances at the Ryedale Festival (North Yorkshire), cruises on the Aegean Sea, live broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 ‘In Tune,’ and residencies at the University of St Andrews (Scotland), Cambridge University (England) and Bucknell University (Pennsylvania). Since Heather joined the FSQ, it has toured throughout Britain as well as Canada, USA, Italy, France, Germany, Slovenia, Denmark and South Africa.

Heather pursues a range of interests. She plays in the Roskell Piano Trio. She has appeared as a soloist at the York Late Music Festival and Ryedale Festival (England), the Festival de l’Abbaye du Pin (France) and on Martin Randall Travel’s ‘Bach Journey’ (Germany). Heather was the soloist in Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 2 with the Academy of St. Olave’s Orchestra (York) and Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra. In her home province of Newfoundland, she has given recitals at the Tuckamore Music Festival and Memorial University of Newfoundland (St. John’s) and performed in numerous concerts in her hometown of Corner Brook, where she is the artistic director of the Wintertide Music Festival. www.wintertidefestival.com. She has previously featured in two highly-acclaimed albums for Divine Art and Métier {see below}.

Heather first studied cello at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She then attended McGill University (Montréal), where she was awarded a Master of Music. Following this, she went on to study for a year at the International Menuhin Music Academy (Switzerland). Finally, she attended Stony Brook University (New York), where she was awarded a Doctorate in Musical Arts in 2009. Her cello professors have included Colin Carr, Moray Welsh and Antonio Lysy and chamber music coaches have included Marcel Saint-Cyr and the members of the Emerson Quartet. Heather’s cello was made by the Yorkshire luthier Roger Hansell in 1993.

Born in Kyoto to a musical family, Yoko Misumi started piano lessons at a very young age showing even then her talent and musicianship. At age 14 she was already a prize-winner of the Kyoto Piano Competition. After graduating from Kyoto Music High School, she moved to London to continue her studies with Nina Sereda and Martino Tirimo. Yoko has appeared as a soloist with conductors such as James Judd and Barry Wordsworth. She gave performances in Kyoto Concert Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Wigmore Hall, Kings Place and Adrian Boult Hall. She has participated in master classes with Stephen Kovacevich, Menahem Pressler, Bernard Greenhouse, Dietrich Banhoeffer, Neal Larrabee, Elisabeth Dvorak-Weissmar, Kiri Te Kanawa, Ralph Kirshbaum, Rivka Golani, William Aide, Norma Fischer and Dmitri Alexeev.

Yoko is the recipient of many prizes and awards; including First Prize in the John Longmire Beethoven Competition and Second Prize in the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Intercollegiate Competion. Yoko is also the pianist in the Greenwich Trio; she is now in demand as a chamber musician and an accompanist, having performed in Japan, New Zealand, USA and Europe. She has previously recorded for Meridian and Denmore and this is her first recording for Divine Art.

Heather Tuach, cello
Yoko Misumi, piano

Heather Tuach
Canadian cellist Heather Tuach is a member of the Fitzwilliam String Quartet. Highlights with the FSQ include concerts at Kings Place, Wigmore Hall and Conway Hall (London), performances at the Ryedale Festival (North Yorkshire), cruises on the Aegean Sea, live broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 ‘In Tune,’ and residencies at the University of St Andrews (Scotland), Cambridge University (England) and Bucknell University (Pennsylvania). Since Heather joined the FSQ, it has toured throughout Britain as well as Canada, USA, Italy, France, Germany, Slovenia, Denmark and South Africa. The FSQ has made several recordings of contemporary music including the complete quartets of John Ramsay and a classical-jazz fusion album of music by Uwe Steinmetz called Absolutely! (both for Divine Art /Metier Records).

Away from the FSQ and her collaboration with Patil Harboyan, Heather pursues a range of interests. She plays in the Roskell Piano Trio. She has appeared as a soloist at the York Late Music Festival and Ryedale Festival (England), the Festival de l’Abbaye du Pin (France) and on Martin Randall Travel’s ‘Bach Journey’ (Germany). Heather was the soloist in Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 2 with the Academy of St. Olave’s Orchestra (York) and Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra. In her home province of Newfoundland, she has given recitals at the Tuckamore Music Festival and Memorial University of Newfoundland (St. John’s) and performed in numerous concerts in her hometown of Corner Brook, where she is the artistic director of the Wintertide Music Festival. www.wintertidefestival.com

Heather first studied cello at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She then attended McGill University (Montréal), where she was awarded a Master of Music. Following this, she went on to study for a year at the International Menuhin Music Academy (Switzerland). Finally, she attended Stony Brook University (New York), where she was awarded a Doctorate in Musical Arts in 2009. Her cello professors have included Colin Carr, Moray Welsh and Antonio Lysy and chamber music coaches have included Marcel Saint-Cyr and the members of the Emerson Quartet. Heather’s cello was made by the Yorkshire luthier Roger Hansell in 1993.

Yoko Misumi
was born in Kyoto, Japan. Yoko started learning piano aged three with her mother, showing talent and musicianship at an early age. Yoko studied at Kyoto Music Senior School before moving to London in 1998 to study under Russian pedagogue Nina Sereda, a pupil of Heinrich Neuhaus at Trinity College of Music. Encountering acclaimed Cypriot-British pianist, Martino Tirimo led her to achieve top prizes in competitions, and concerto debuts.

In 2006, along with Lana Trotovšek and Stjepan Hauser, Yoko formed the Greenwich Trio. With Bernard Greenhouse of the Beaux Arts Trio as mentor, they performed throughout Europe and the USA and released several CDs on Meridian Records.

Yoko completed her Master’s Degree and Artist Diploma at Guildhall School of Music, with awarded scholarships. Since then, she has been a keen lieder accompanist and chamber musician.

She has collaborated with numerous artists and conductors including Leslie Craven, Barry Wordsworth, James Judd, Boris Bizjak, Marko Zupan, Colin Scobie, Alasdair Beatson and Benjamin Appl. Her past mentors include Kazuyo Baba, Shin Takekoshi, Eugene Asti, Caroline Palmer, Gordon Back and Stephen Kovacevich. Yoko has recorded for Linn Records, Meridian Records, Hedone Records and Denmore Records. She received 5-star reviews for both “Romantic Trios” with Stjepan Hauser and Leslie Craven; and Brahms Trios volume 1 with the Greenwich Trio. “Romantic Trios” was also nominated for the BBC Music Magazine Chamber Awards.

Booklet for In the Mirror