Category: Canada
Music Of Pierre Mercure – 1957 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Pierre Mercure: La Rite du Soleil Noir – CBC Symphony – Jean Beaudet, Cond. – CBC Transcription Service – Back up to Canada this week for a performance of La Rite du Soleil Noir by Pierre Mercure. This is a broadcast session originally aired in 1957, featuring the CBC Symphony,
Jeanne Landry And Josephte Dufresne Play Music Of Roger Matton – 1955 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Roger Matton – Brazilian Dance – Jeanne Landry – Josephte Dufresne, pianos – CBC Studio recording 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Over to Quebec this week for a sampling of the work by French – Canadian composer Roger Matton. Roger Matton OC (18 May 1929 – 7 June
Moe Koffmann Quintet – Live At Artpark 1979 – Past Daily Downbeat
Moe Koffmann Quintet – live at the Artpark Festival – 1979 – NPR: Jazz Alive! – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Moe Koffmann this weekend – a name that may not ring many bells unless you a: remember his “Swinging Shepherd Blues” from the 1950s or b: Are Canadian. Koffmann
Music Of Maurice Blackburn – Canadian Composers In Wartime – 1944 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Maurice Blackburn: Charpente: Canadian Forest – 1944 – CBC Symphony – Jean-Maurice Beaudet, cond. – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Canadian composer Maurice Blackburn in this premier performance of his Charpente: Canadian Forest, written in 1944 and featuring the CBC Symphony of Montreal, conducted by Jean-Maurice Beaudet.
Arthur Garami And Charles Reiner Play Music Of Henri Barraud – 1955 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Henri Barraud – Sonata For Violin and Piano – Arthur Garami, Violin – Charles Reiner, Piano – CBC Canada Radio Session – 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Completing the Radio session a few weeks ago that also featured Arthur Garami and Charles Reiner playing the Violin Sonata of
Music Of Udo Kasemets – Arthur Garami, Violin – Charles Reiner, Piano – 1955 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Udo Kasemets – Sonata For Violin and Piano – 1954 – CBC Recital – CBC Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Udo Kasemts – Born in Estonia, migrated to Canada in 1951 – became a Canadian citizen in 1957. He taught at The Royal Hamilton College of Music
Albert Pratz And Leo Barkin Play Music Of Healey Willan – 1956 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Healey Willan – Sonata in E Minor for Violin and Piano – Albert Pratz, vln – Leo Barkin, pno – CBC Studio recording, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Up to Canada again, this time for a performance of the Sonata for Violin and Piano by Anglo-Canadian composer Healey
The CBC Symphony Plays Music Of Harry Somers – 1958 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Harry Somers – Passacaglia And Fugue – CBC Symphony – Geoffrey Waddington, Cond. – 1958 – CBC Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Harry Somers this week. Somers, who was born in Toronto in 1925 and died in Toronto in 1999, has been regarded as