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Kenins retrospective no. 1 : CJRT-FM

File is an audio recording of a radio program, produced by Alex Baran and David Olds for CJRT-FM. This program contains clips from an interview with Kenins as well as some musical excerpts, including: Serenade for Oboe and Cello, performed by Normunds Sne and Diana Ozolina; Prelude, Chorale and Fugue, performed by Murray Perahia; Quintet, performed by Armands Abols, Sandis Steinbergs, Ilze Klava, Jurijs Savkins, and Reinis Birznieks; Beatae Voces Tenebrae, performed by the Beethoven Hall Orchestra, conducted by Boris Brott; Violin Sonata no. 2, performed by Rasma Lielmane and Ventis Zilberts; and Variations on a theme of Schubert, performed by Essex Winds.

Talivaldis Kenins fonds

  • CA OTUFM 12
  • Fonds
  • 1945-1997

Fonds consists of manuscript scores, compositional sketches, correspondence, programs, and teaching materials, related to Kenins's career as a composer and professor at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto.

Kenins, Talivaldis

Correspondence in French

File consists of personal and business letters from Alain Weber (Conservatoire nationale), Gordon Fraser (UNESCO), SACEM, Marius Constant, Roy Royal (Radio-Canada), Claude Delvincourt (Conservatoire nationale), Monique Grenier (RCI), Maurice Allard, Louise Aubin, Francine Aubin, Nadia Boulanger (12 letters/cards), Gilles Tremblay, Yvette Horner (Schola cantorum), Clermont Pépin, Laurence Boulay, Pierre Cochereau, Pierrat sisters, Marie-Claire Alain (6) and Simone Plé-Caussade (9)

A Kenins and Ciamaga project : music for Dizziness

File is a recording of electronic piano, electronic organ, and other electronic devices used to create music for the internationally-acclaimed film Dizziness (1975) by Dr. Hugh Barber of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. The music was recorded by Ciamaga at the University of Toronto Electronic Music Studio (UTEMS) and was not edited.

Correspondence in English

File consists of personal letters from Richard Johnston, Christopher Redsell, Gerald Corey (NACO), Steve Ellis (Baker's), Herman Bittel (Christophorus-Verlag Herder), David Kaplan (Saskatoon Symphony), Arnold Walter, Claude Bissell, Karel Husa, Steven Staryk, Boyd Neel, George Zukerman, George Fiala, Arved Viirlaid, Walter Kemp, Gerhard Wuensch, Anton Kuerti, David Ford, Heinz Unger, Diether de la Motte, and several other students and performers appreciating his works. File also contains business letters from Canada Council, CBC, Canadian Federation of Music Teachers Associations, Frederick Harris Music, Association of Canadian Orchestras, Marseg (W.E. Ward), Courtenay Music Camp (Robert Creech), Berandol (Graham Coles), CMC (Keith MacMillan), Toronto Estonia Choir (George Teres), and Stratford Music (André Gingras)

Student exercises and early works

File consists of:

  • Fugue exercises : class of Joseph Wihtol, Latvian State Conservatory, Riga, 1943/44 : photocopies of manuscript in presentation folder
  • Counterpoint and fugue exercises : class of Mme Plé-Caussaude, Conservatoire national, Paris, 1945/47 : manuscript ink, 1 file of music
  • Orchestrations of Schumann Carnaval, and Prokofiev Suggestion diabolique : class of Tony-Aubin, Conservatoire national, Paris, 1947/48 : manuscript ink and pencil, 2 scores (15, 22 p.)
  • Notes from the class of Olivier Messiaen, 1948 : manuscript ink
  • Caprice sur trois themes populaires lettons : for piano, 1946 : photocopy of manuscript, 6 p. of music ; Daina = Recit : for violin and piano, 1946 : photocopy of manuscript, 1 score (6 p. + 1 part (2 p.), "Originals at the Rare Book Section of the Library of the Music Academy of Latvia, Riga"
  • Black Bill ; Nouveau né : incidental music for chamber ensemble, 1949 : manuscript ink, 1 piano score
  • Duo, piano and orchestra : s.d. : manuscript pencil and ink, 1 file of sketches.

Concerto for 14 instruments : Music Faculty Ensemble, conducted by John Hawkins

File is an audio reel recording with the following performers: Patricia Creighton (flute), Hamish Gordon (oboe), Donald Ross (clarinet), Donald Shore (bassoon), Geoffrey Leader (French horn), Michael White (trumpet), Paule Prefontaine (violin), Marie Berard (violin), Denis Beliveau (violin), Ronald Hay (viola), Beverley Spotton (viola), Helen Kopee (cello), Pal Widner (cello), and Peter Jones (double bass). The recording took place at Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, with David Burnham, sound engineer.

Kenins retrospective no. 4 : CJRT-FM

File is an audio recording of a radio program, produced by Alex Baran and David Olds for CJRT-FM. This program contains clips from an interview with Kenins as well as some musical excerpts, including: Concertino barocco, performed by Andris Pauls and Aida Grieze; Symphony no. 4, performed by the CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, conducted by John Avison; Violin Concerto, performed by Steven Staryk and the CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, conducted by John Avison; Nonet: L'ultima sinfonia, performed by Peteri Plakidis, Andris Pauls, Inese Milzaraja, Olafs Stals, Ivars Bezprozvianovs, Andris Grunte, Uldis Lipskip, Normunds Sne, and Arvids Klisans; and, John Bayless, Improvisation on Happy Birthday in the Style of Bach's Prelude no. 1 in C Major from the Well Tempered Klavier.

Kenins retrospective no. 2 : CJRT-FM

File is an audio recording of a radio program, produced by Alex Baran and David Olds for CJRT-FM. This program contains clips from an interview with Kenins as well as some musical excerpts, including: Piano Sonata no. 1, performed by Arthur Ozolins; Piano sonata no. 3, performed by Ozolins; Suite in D, performed by Jos van der Kooy; Sinfonia notturna, performed by Patrick Wedd; Partita on Lutheran Chorales, performed by the I Musici de Montreal, conducted by Yuli Turovsky; Tenderness: Diversity no. 12, performed by Warren Mould; and Schumann Paraphrases and Fugue, performed by Talivaldis Kenins.

Kenins retrospective no. 3 : CJRT-FM

File is an audio recording of a radio program, produced by Alex Baran and David Olds for CJRT-FM. This program contains clips from an interview with Kenins as well as some musical excerpts, including: Chaconne for solo violin, performed by Rasme Lielmane; Symphony no. 7, performed by Leli Tammele and the Latvian Music Academy, conducted by Imants Resnis; Violin sonata no. 2, performed by Rasme Lielmane and Ventis Zilberts; Cantabile for Strings, performed by the Riga Philharmonic, conducted by Kriss Rusmanis; and, Sonata for 2 pianos, performed by Antra and Normunds Viksne.

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