Nova Scotian pianist Jennifer King launches her new album, Souvenance, on Monday, April 28 at 7:00 p.m. at Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library. The event is free and open to all.

Souvenance is a collection of nocturnes, romances, and meditations grounded in the romantic era, and branching into the 20th century. Recorded in Jennifer’s living room by Stonehouse Sound, Souvenance invites the listener to sit on the piano bench beside her for a deeply personal experience of the music, which is all composed by women.

Including rarely heard music by Ethel Smyth, Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté, Clara Wieck-Schumann (her beloved Notturno) and Jennifer’s own meditation on Joni Mitchell’s Blue, the album is an introspective journey rich with heartbreak, hope, strength, and tenderness. Other featured composers are Mel Bonis, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Dana Suesse, and Cécile Chaminade.