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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
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…
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…
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…
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…
Oskar Morawetz – Overture To A Fairy Tale – CBC Symphony – Geoffrey Waddington, cond. circa 1957 – CBC Transcription Service – Back up to Canada this week for a sampling of the music of Czech-Canadian Composer Oskar Morawetz. His…
The Tragically Hip – in Concert – K-Rock Centre, Kingston Ontario – August 20, 2016 – CBC Radio 1 – When news broke this morning that lead singer and founding member Gord Downie of the much-loved Canadian Alternative band The…
John Weinzweig – Violin Concerto – Alfred Pratz, violin – CBC Symphony – Geoffry Waddington, cond – 1958 CBC Studio recording – Back up to Canada this week for a performance of the violin concerto by John Weinzweig. It was…
Five By The Paupers – 1. Magic People – 2. It’s Your Mind – 3. Tudor Impressions – 4. Simple Deed – 5.My Love Hides Your View – The Magic People – Verve-Forecast FTS-3026 – released November, 1967 – With…
Claude Champagne – Altitude – CBC Symphony – Charles Houdret – 1961 – CBC Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Back to Canada this weekend for a performance of Altitude by French-Canadian composer Claude Champagne. Composed in 1960…
Robert Turner – Opening Night, for Large Orchestra – 1955 – CBC Symphony – Charles Houdret, Cond. (1960) – CBC Transcription Service – Staying in Canada for this week’s comparative rarity. Montreal born Robert Turner (1920-2012), was a prolific composer,…