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Canada Council : articles, talks, and brief

File consists of copy of brief from Canadian Music Council; typescripts of preparatory articles on performance (Gilles Lefebvre, JMC), public libraries (Ogreta McNeill, CMLA), university libraries (Graham George, Queen's), foreign relations (Boyd Neel, RCM), composers (John Beckwith, CLC), and music education (Leslie Bell); photocopy of talk by MacMillan on receiving Canada Council medal, 1964.

Correspondence with composers and performers, mainly of the 1960s avant-garde

File contains correspondence with: Frances (James) Adaskin, Murray Adaskin, Bill Aide, Anne Aitchison, Istvan Anhalt, Robert and Mary Ashley, Stanley Lunetta, Larry Austin (Source magazine), John Beckwith, Michael van Biel, George Caccioppo, Barney Childs, Oliver Daniel, Marvin Duchow, Judith Dunn, Morton Feldman, Dick Higgins, Harold Henderson, Otto Joachim, Burton Kaplan, Karl Kohn, Ernst Krenek, Brian Longworth (student composer at McGill), Alvin Lucier, William Maraldo, Edward Miller, John Mills-Cockell, Gordon Mumma, Roger Reynolds, Gardner Read, Raymond Rendall, George Rochberg, Donald Scavarda, Murray Schafer, Harry Somers, Bertram Turetzky, Aurelio de la Vega, Raymond Wilding-White, Eugene Wilson, and Klaus van Wrochem.

Composer commission records

Subseries consists of records, including correspondence with composers and reports to and correspondence with granting agencies, for works commissioned by Esprit Orchestra. Esprit received commissioning support from Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Laidlaw Foundation.

Commissioned composers include: David Adamcyk, Robert Aitken, Istvan Anhalt, Sergio Barroso, Bob Becker, John Beckwith, Norma Beecroft, Allan Gordon Bell, Roger Bergs, Rose Bolton, Walter Boudreau, Brian Cherney, Brian Current, Omar Daniel, Paul Dolden, Tomas Dusatko, José Evangelista, Harry Freedman, Paul Frehner, Scott Good, Denis Gougeon, Chris Paul Harman, Vincent Ho, Peter Paul Koprowski, Harry Kucharzyk, Larry Lake, Michael Longtin, Alexina Louie, Raymond Luedeke, Andrew P. MacDonald, Bruce Mather, Maxine McKinley, Phil Nimmons, John Oswald, Alex Pauk, Yannick Plamondon, John Rea, André Ristic, James Rolfe, Erik Ross, Jeffrey Ryan, R. Murray Schafer, Ana Sokolovic, Harry Somers, Barry Truax, Owen Underhill, and John Wyre.

St. Patrick's music

File consists of a program and recording of the concert, which took place in Walter Hall.

Performers: The Aldeburgh connection ; Virginia Hatfield, soprano ; Anita Krause, mezzo ; Michael Colvin, tenor ; Alexander Dobson, baritone ; Stephen Ralls, piano ; Bruce Ubukata, piano ; Mark Fewer, violin ; Simon Fryer, cello ; Janice Lindskoog, Irish harp.

Program:

  • The lake isle of Innisfree / Healey Willan
  • St. Ita's vision / Samuel Barber
  • The star of the county down / arr. Herbert Hughes
  • The last rose of summer / arr. Benjamin Britten
  • The lover's curse / arr. Herbert Hughes
  • Two Venetian songs, op. 25, 17 and 18 / Robert Schumann
  • La belle voyageuse - Légende Irlandaise / Hector Berlioz
  • Widow Machree / Samuel Lover
  • Capriccio / Sir Arthur Sullivan
  • Down by the salley gardens / Ivor Gurney
  • I hear an army / Samuel Barber
  • Nuvoletta / Samuel Barber
  • The red-haired man's wife / arr. Hughes
  • The bard of Armagh / arr. Hughes
  • Sing, sing, music was given / arr. John Beckwith
  • Sweet power of song ; let brain-spinning swains ; dermot and Shelagh ; the wandering minstrel ; the pulse of an Irishman / arr. Beethoven
  • The harp that once through Tara's halls ; Erin! Oh Erin! / arr. Beckwith.

The Macmillan Theatre : fifty operatic years

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Artists of University of Toronto Opera ; Michael Albano, Resident Stage Director ; Sandra Horst, Director of Musical Studies ; Sandra Horst, Andrea Grant and Hyejin Kwon, pianists

Program:

  • Albert Herring. Albert the Good / Benjamin Britten
  • Nozze di Figaro. Riconosci in questo amplesso / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Gianni Schicchi. Firenze è come un albero fiorito ; O mio babbino caro / Giacomo Puccini
  • The Crucible. John, I knew you'd come back / Robert Ward
  • L'Étoile. Quand on veut ranimer sa belle / Emmanuel Chabrier
  • Paul Bunyan. Whether the Sun Shine / Benjamin Britten
  • Taptoo! Exiles are We / John Beckwith
  • Così fan tutte. Alla bella Despinetta / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Don Giovanni. Là ci darem la mano / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Lucia di Lammermoor. Chi mi frena in tal momento / Gaetano Donizetti
  • Candide. Make our Garden Grow / Leonard Bernstein.

Taptoo! : a symposium

File consists of a recording of the symposium, which took place at Walter Hall.

Performers: Joh Beckwith, composer ; Michael Albano, stage director ; Sandra Horst, conductor ; University of Toronto Opera Division, Laura Albino ; Helene Couture ; Jon Paul Decosse, Tyrsa Gawrachynsky ; Matthew Leigh ; Peter McGillivray ; Eve Rachel McLeod ; Jason Nedecky ; Steven Sherwood ; Giles Tomkins ; Katherine Whyte

Program:

  • Disscussion and excerpts from Taptoo!

Percussion ensemble

File consists of a program and recording of the concert by the Percussion Ensemble, directed by Robin Engelman.

Performers: Jamie Drake ; Lindsay Fitzsimmons ; Devon Fornelli ; Rob Foster ; Michael Gambacurta ; Ian Gibson ; Charlene Jack ; Peter Jones ; Brian Lahaie ; Christa Mercey ; Ainsley McNeaney ; Antti Ohenoja ; Steve Saijkowsky ; Patricia Sautner ; Danny Tones.

Program:

  • Four etudes for six percussionists / Bruce Mather
  • Workout - five pieces for percussion ensemble / John Beckwith
  • Ancient military aires : the closing of the long roll ; Three camps / trad.
  • See the conqu'ring hero comes / Handel
  • The British grenadiers / anon.
  • Chester / Billings
  • U. T. 2001 / Doug Kleinhans
  • The downfall of Paris / M. Ladre
  • Hell on the Wabash / trad.
  • The Mercey Brothers : Uncle Tom / D. Ballard ; D. Chchrane
  • Who wrote the words / T. Carrisse and B. Rawlings
  • Heroes / G. Fjellgaard
  • Down to the river to pray / trad.

John Beckwith : music for voice, 1949-1999

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Kathryn Domoney, Teri Dunn, sopranos ; Laura Pudwell, mezzo-soprano ; Benjamin Butterfield, tenor ; Doug MacNaughton, baritone ; Margaret Gay, cello ; Colin Savage, clarinet ; Beverley Johnston, percussion ; William Aide, John Beckwith, piano ; Jeffrey McFadden, guitar.

Program:

  • The Great Lakes suite, 1949 (text : James Reaney)
  • A Chaucer suite, 1962. Now welcome, somer ; Compleynt to his purs ; Gentilesse (text : Geoffrey Chaucer)
  • The Shivaree, 1978 (libretto: James Reaney). Aria (Miss Beech) ; Duo (Daisy, Jonathan)
  • Six Songs to Poems by e.e. cummings, 1982. o purple finch ; Jimmie's got a goil
  • Old Meg Merrillees, 1988 (text, John Keats)
  • Crazy to Kill (text, James Reaney). Freedom aria (Agatha) ; Dialogue (Agatha, Detective Fry)
  • A Birthday Greeting for HARRy FREEDmAn, 1992 (found text)
  • Taptoo, 1995 (text: James Reaney). Act 2, Scene 4 duo (Atahentsic, Mrs. Simcoe)
  • All At Once, 1995 (text, bpNichol)
  • Stacey, 1997 (text, Margaret Laurence)
  • Young Man from Canada, 1998 (arranged, traditional sources).

Percussion ensemble concert

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Robin Engelman, Director ; Dylan W. Benson, Ed Reifel, Tim Francom and Ian Gibson, drums ; Michael Gambacurta and Ainsley McNeany, vibraphones ; Charlene Jack, marimba; Christa Mercey, bells ; Colin Webster, solo marimba ; Ursula Zielinski and Katarina Kin, violins ; Peter Ing, viola; Nathan Brock, cello; Lee McPhee. double bass ; Cohn Webster, pot lids Brian Lahaie, mixing bowls ; Dean Pomeroy, wind glasses ; Mika Yoshida, solo marimba ; Dean Pomeroy, steel drums and crotales ; Charlene Jack, steel drums ; Ian Gibson, chimes and cymbals ; Anislee McNeany and Michael ; ambacurta, xylophones and vibraphones ; Ed Reifel, glockenspiel, bongoes and congas ; Julia Cleveland, glockenspiel and marimba.

Program:

  • Take That / William Albright (1972)
  • Isabeau / French Traditional (transcribed by D W. Benson)
  • Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra. Saudacau ; Lamento ; Danca ; Despedida / Ney Rosauro (1986)
  • A Game of Bowls (world premiere) / John Beckwith (1999)
  • Kala / Akira Nishimura (1989).

Martin Katz masterclass

File consists of a program and recording of a masterclass in Walter Hall by Martin Katz, piano.

Program:

  • As fair as day / Rachmaninoff (James Westman, baritone ; Emily Hamper, piano)
  • Il est doux, il est bon / Massenet (Monica Huisman, soprano ; Marc Toth, piano)
  • A Clymene / Faure (David Pomeroy, tenor ; Emily Hamper, piano)
  • Au pays ou se fait la guerre / Duparc (Michelle Neville, soprano ; Marina Taneva, piano)
  • Una voce poco fa / Rossini (Ayelet Porzecanski, mezzo soprano ; Galina Zisk, piano)
  • Standchen / Strauss (Mei Lee, soprano ; Theresa Lin, piano)
  • Bess of Bedlam / Purcell (Kathleen Flynn, mezzo soprano ; Gregory Oh, piano)
  • The glory is fallen out of the sky / Beckwith (Karen Wierzba, soprano ; Jenny Jung, piano)
  • Madamina / Mozart (Taras Kulish, bass baritone ; Gregory Oh, piano)
  • Ach, ich fuhl's / Mozart (Jooryun Kim, soprano ; Galina Zisk, piano).

Follow us

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Peter Stoll, clarinet ; Adam Piotr Zukiewicz, piano.

Program:

  • "Arpeggione" Sonata / Franz Schubert, arr. J. Brymer
  • Follow Me (2013) / John Beckwith
  • Sonata No.1, op.105 / Robert Schumann, arr. Stephan Korody-Kreutzer.

Miscellaneous tickets, invitations, and correspondence

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  • [இதன்] பகுதியானCarl Morey fonds

File contains tickets, invitations, and miscellaneous correspondence sent to Carl Morey. File includes correspondence from Istvan Anhalt, John Beckwith, Joanne Mazzoleni, Healey Willan, Mario Bernardi, Richard Bradshaw, Jean Edwards, Neil Morey, and John Weinzweig. One letter from Anhalt includes enclosed photograph of Morey, Anhalt, John Burge, Marjan Mozetich, and Gordon Smith with a display on Anhalt at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (January 11, 2002).

The University of Toronto Concert Band

File consists of a program and recording of the concert, which took place in Walter Hall.

Performers: The University of Toronto Concert Band ; Stephen Chenette, conductor ; Cameron Walter, assistant conductor ; Jean MacPhail, mezzo soprano.

Program:

  • Music for Prague / Karel Husa
  • Um Mitternacht / Gustav Mahler
  • Pentatonia / Tibor Polgar
  • Elastic band studies / John Beckwith
  • Variations for concert band / Gary Kulesha
  • Little march for small band / Christopher Weait (Cameron Walter, conductor)
  • Scherzo Alla Marcia for wind instruments / Ralph Vaughan Williams (Cameron Walter, conductor)
  • Solemn overture : op. 72 / Reinhold Gliere

Memorial tribute to Arnold Maria Walter (1902-1973)

File consists of a recording and a program from the concert, which took place in the Concert Hall in the Edward Johnson Building.

Program:

  • Agnus Dei / Morley (vocal ensemble directed by Douglas Bodle)
  • Two chorale preludes : Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier ; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme / Johann Ludwig Krebs (Stephen Chenette, trumpet ; Douglas Bodle, organ)
  • Tribute by John Beckwith, Dean, Faculty of Music
  • Larghetto from quintett : K. 581 / Mozart (Howard Knopf, clarinet ; Loran Fenyves, Victor Martin, violins ; Kathryn Wunder, viola ; Vladimir Orloff, cello)
  • Die zwei blauen Augen, from Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Mahler (Jeannette Zarou, soprano ; John Coveart, piano)

Thursday scholarship concert : An evening of music from Canada's first half century

File consists of a recording and a program from the concert, which took place in Walter Hall.

Performers: Godfrey Ridout, Master of Ceremonies ; John Beckwith, conductor

Program:

  • O Canada / Calixa Lavallée (Rosemarie Landry, soprano)
  • Sounds of the 19th century including compositions by: Stephen Codman, Wm. Horatio Clarke, Byron Tapley, E.H. Ridout, J.C. Brauneis and Herbert L. Clarke (Stephen Chenette, trumpet ; Susan Chennette, piano ; John Keane, tenor ; Elaine Keillor, piano ; Penny Speedie, soprano)
  • Whose brother am I? / arr. Leo Smith (John Keane, tenor ; Walter Buczynski, piano)
  • Nadu-Na du du / arr. Ernest MacMillan (Penny Speedie, soprano ; Walter Buczynski, piano)
  • Six bergerettes du bas Canada / Ernest MacMillan (Rosemarie Landry, soprano ; Penny Speedie, soprano ; John Keane, tenor ; Elizabeth Volpe, harp ; Barbara Bolte, oboe ; Stephen Dann, viola ; Geneviève La Rue, cello ; John Beckwith, conductor)
  • Prelude : op. 59, no. 1 / W. O. Forsyth (Elaine Keillor, piano) ; First mazurka : op. 13, no. 1 / Clarence Lucas (Elaine Keillor, piano)
  • Valse impromptu : op. 44 / Clarence Lucas (Elaine Keillor, piano)
  • Tintamarre / J. Humphrey Anger (Elaine Keillor, piano)
  • Trio pour violon, violoncelle et piano / Alexis Constant (Barbara McDougall, violin ; Jose Shapero, cello ; Walter Buczynski, piano)

New Music Concerts : [Guest composer David Bedford]

File consists of a recording and a program from the concert.

Program:

  • Solstices / Gilles Tremblay (Robert Aitken, flute ; Stanley McCartney, clarinet ; Eugene Rittich, horn ; Thomas Monahan, double bass ; John Wyre, Robin Engelman, percussion)
  • Spillihpnerak / David Bedford (Paul Armin, viola)
  • Taking a stand / John Beckwith (Canadian Brass)
  • Pentomino ; With 100 Kazoos (premiere) / David Bedford (Pentomino : Toronto Winds ; With 100 Kazoos : Robert Aitken, flute ; Melvin Berman, oboe ; Stanley McCartney, clarinet ; Howard Knopf, bass clarinet ; Graeme Page, horn ; Fred Mills, trumpet ; Eugene Watts, trombone ; Victor Martin, Fujiko Adaman, violins ; Paul Armin, viola ; Bill Findlay, cello ; Thomas Monahan, double bass ; David Bedford, conductor)

The Guarneri String Quartet ; Anton Kuerti, pianist

File consists of a program from a concert in the Concert Hall, Edward Johnson Building. Program notes by John Beckwith.

Performers: Guarneri String Quartet (Arnold Steinhardt, John Dalley, violins ; Michael Tree, viola ; David Soyer, cello) ; Anton Kuerti, piano)

Program:

  • Quartet in C minor, op. 18, no. 4 / Beethoven
  • Quartet in F major / Ravel
  • Piano quintet in A major, op. 81 / Dvorak.

Lorand Fenyves, violinist

File consists of a program from a concert in the Concert Hall, Edward Johnson Building. Program notes by John Beckwith.

Performers: Lorand Fenyves, violin ; Faculty ensemble with students from Fenyves' violin class (Adele Armin, Noriko Hayashida, Terry Holowach, Elaine Klimasko, Elaine Mossop, Isabel Vila, Kathryn Wunder, Karen Zafer, violins ; Margot Burton, Claude Hamel, violas ; Norman Abbott, David Hetherington, violoncelli ; Sandra Erdman continuo).

Program:

  • Concerto in D minor / Giuseppe Tartini
  • Concerto in C major, H. VIIa, 1 / Josef Haydn
  • Adagio and rondo concertante in A major, D. 438 / Franz Schubert
  • Concerto in D minor / Johann Sebastian Bach.

Borodin Quartet

File consists of a program from a concert that took place in the Concert Hall, Edward Johnson Building. Program notes by John Beckwith.

Performers: Borodin Quartet (Rotislav Dubinsky, Yaroslav Alexandrov, violins ; Dimitri Shebalin, viola ; Valentin Berlinsky, cello)
Revised program:

  • Third quartet, op. 22 / Hindemith
  • Quartet no. 4 in D major, op 83 / Shostakovich
  • Five movements for string quartet, op. 5 / Webern
  • Quartet in F major, op. 59, no. 1 / Beethoven.

Alberto Guerrero as teacher : A panel discussion with Ray Dudley, John Beckwith, and Boris Berlin

File consists of a program and recording of a panel discussion on Alberto Guerrero with Ray Dudley, University of South Carolina, and John Beckwith and Boris Berlin, University of Toronto, moderated by William Aide, in Walter Hall.

The art of contemporary choral music

File consists of a program and recording from a two-day workshop presented in cooperation with Boddington Music Ltd. and the Ontario Choral Federation. Participants included John Poole, 1990 Wilma and Clifford Smith Visitor in Music; Doreen Rao; University of Toronto Concert Choir; Agincourt Collegiate Senior Choir, directed by Lee Willingham; Earl Haig Concert Choir, directed by Mary Legge; and composers-in-residence John Beckwith and John Burge.

University of Toronto Contemporary Music Ensemble

File consists of a program and recording from a concert by the Contemporary Music Ensemble, directed by Robin Engelman.

Program:

  • Double canon, Raoul Dufy in memoriam / Igor Stravinsky
  • Epitahium fur das Grabmal des Prinzen Max Egon zu Furstenberg / Stravinsky
  • Elegy for J.F.K. / Stravinsky
  • Introitus, T.S. Eliot in memorium / Stravinsky
  • Concerto, op. 24 / Anton von Webern
  • Night blooming cereus, Scene 2 / John Beckwith
  • Hendectet / George Mulamoottil
  • Etudes / John Beckwith
  • El amor brujo / Manuel de Falla.

The University of Toronto Contemporary Chamber Ensemble

File consists of a program and recording of the concert, which took place in Walter Hall.

Performers: University of Toronto Contemporary Chamber Ensemble ; Stephen Chenette, Philip Headlam, Ezra Schabas, conductors.

Program:

  • Musical chairs / John Beckwith (Marc Sabat, Michael Sproule, violins ; Marie Claude Brunet, viola ; Laura Jones, violoncello ; Jeremy Webster, double bass ; Philip Headlam, condcutor)
  • Ophelia dances / Oliver Knussen (Tara Cornish, flute ; Peter Voisey, English horn ; Brian Simpson, clarinet ; Linda Bronicheski, horn ; Glenn Hodgins, piano ; Paul Thorlakson, celesta ; Marc Sabat, violin ; Marie Claude Brunet, viola ; Laura Jones, violoncello ; Ezra Schabas, conductor)
  • Sex carmina alcaei / Luigi Dallapiccola (Tara Cornish, flute ; Peter Voisey, English horn ; Brian Simpson, clarinet ; Wendy Rose, bassoon ; Linda Bronicheski, horn ; Robert Divito, trumpet, Sharlene Wallace, harp ; Glenn Hodgins, piano ; Marc Sabat, violin ; Marie Claude Brunet, viola ; Laura Jones, violoncello ; Angelique Leydier, soprano ; Stephen Chenette, conductor)
  • Concerto, op. 24 / Anton Webern (Tara Cornish, flute ; Peter Voisey, English horn ; Brian Simpson, clarinet ; Linda Bronicheski, horn ; Brian Divito, trumpet ; David Reid, trombone ; Glenn Hodgins, piano ; Marc Sabat, violin ; Marie Claude Brunet, viola ; Philip Headlam, conductor)
  • Nonet / Robert Gerhard (Tara Cornish, flute ; Peter Voisey, English horn ; Brian Simpson, clarinet ; Wendy Rose, bassoon ; Linda Bronicheski, horn ; Robert Divito, trumpet ; David Reid, trombone ; Bruce Alcock, tuba ; John Lettieri, accordion ; Ezra Schabas, conductor)

A Schubert programme : Anton Kuerti, pianist

File consists of a program from a concert in the "Special Events" series at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, in the Concert Hall, Edward Johnson Building. Program notes by John Beckwith and Anton Kuerti.

Performers: Anton Kuerti, piano

Program:

  • Moments musicaux, op. 94 / Schubert
  • Fantasy in C major, op. 15 / Schubert
  • Sonata in G major, op. 78 / Schubert.

The Canadian String Quartet

File consists of a program from a recital in the "Special Events Series" at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. The performance took place in the Concert Hall of the Edward Johnson Building. Program notes by John Beckwith.

Performers: The Canadian String Quartet (Albert Pratz, Bernard Robbins, violins ; David Mankovitz, viola ; Laszlo Varga, cello) ; Mary Simmons, soprano ; Isaac Mamott, cello.

October 18, 1962:

  • Quartet in F major, K. 590 / Mozart
  • Second quartet, op. 17 / Bartok
  • Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131 / Beethoven

January 17, 1963:

  • Quartet in F minor, op. 95 / Beethoven
  • Third quartet / Weinzweig (premiere performance)
  • Quartet no. 1 in F minor, op. 10 / Hindemith

March 14, 1963

  • Quintet in C major, op. 163 / Schubert
  • Quartet no. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 10 / Schoenberg.

Gamut ensemble

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: gamUT ensemble ; Norbert Palej, director ; Constantine Caravassilis, assistant conductor ; Adam Scime, composer-in-residence.

Program:

  • Five lyrics of the Tang Dynasty / Beckwith
  • Trio for oboe, harp and percussion / Bacewcz
  • Lachrymae / Britten
  • Paganini variations / Lutoslawski
  • Symphony no. 4 / Ustvolskaya
  • After the riot. Three short movements for flute, double bass and piano
  • Vajra / Jonathan Harvey.

Composers : letters

File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence with commissioning composers and about commisions for the John Adaskin Project. Correspondents include: Hilda Morgan, Graham Coles (Berandol Music Limited), George Andrix, Thomas Baker, John Beckwith, W.H. Belyea, Keith Bissell, Dean G. Blair, Alexander Brott, Morley Calvert, Donald Coakley, Maurice Dela, Joe Macerollo, Quenten Doolittle, Margaret Dryman, Mario Duschenes, Harry Freedman, James M. Gayfer, David Keane, Talivaldis Kenins, David Ford, R.E.J. Milne, Lois Kivesto, Dermott O'Reilly, Irene Pasch, Peter H. Riddle, Godfrey Ridout, David W. Murray, R. Murray Schafer, Harry Somers, Mrs. G. A. Steele, Paul Sweetman, and James Whicher.

A celebration of Faculty of Music composers

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Women's Chamber Choir ; Dr. Lori-Anne Dolloff, conductor ; Eunseong Cho, collaborative pianist ; MacMillan Singers ; David Fallis, conductor ; Trevor Dearham, assistant conductor ; Lara Dodds-Eden, collaborative pianist

Program:

  • If My Voice Departs / Shireen Abu-Khader (Ineza Mugisha, soloist)
  • How the Blossoms are Falling / Ramona Luengen
  • Birdsong / Paul Read (Sierra Ward-Bond and Alyssa Meyerwitz, soloists)
  • One Sister Have I in Our House / Larysa Kuzmenko
  • Psalm Trilogy / Srul Irving Glick (Claire Latosinsky, Olivia Spahn-Vieira, Roanna Kitchen, Heeyun Lee, Abigail Kirton, Abigail Sinclair and Shelley Mayer, soloists ; with Members of the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra)
  • Ikan Kekek / Tracy Wong (Roanna Kitchen, soloist ; Breanne Dharmai and Emily Harris, hand drums)
  • Blanche comme la neige / arr. Ernest MacMillan (Dante Santone, Lutzen Riedstra, Derrell Woods, Christian Umipig, soloists)
  • I Sing / Matthew Emery (Trevor Dearham, conductor ; Aleh Remezau, oboe)
  • Psalm 1, from "Harp of David" / John Beckwith (Gabrielle Turgeon, Olivia Guselle, Emily Rocha, Jeremy Tingle, Kai Leung, soloists)
  • Come lovely and soothing death / James Rolfe
  • Encroachment / Tristan Zaba (Rachel Allen, Kristian Lo, soloists)
  • Night music / Derek Holman (Autumn Zhao, Mara Bowman, soloists ; with Members of the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra).

Third year undergraduate singers in performance

File consists of a program and recording of an event that took place in Walter Hall.

Performers: Suzy Smith, piano

Program:

  • Einfache Lieder, op. 9. Liebesbriefchen / Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Alannah Beauparlant, soprano)
  • Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Paige Kaps, soprano)
  • Torna a Surriento /Ernesto de Curtis (Ian Gillis, baritone)
  • Ariettes oubliées. C'est l'extase / Claude Achille Debussy (Ainsley deBoer, soprano)
  • 4 love songs. St. John's girl / John Beckwith (Josh Gibson, baritone
  • Mattinata / Ottorino Respighi (Alia Ginevra, soprano)
  • Lerchengesang, op. 70 / Johannes Brahms (Brooke Zarubin, soprano)
  • Caneuon y tri aderyn. Mae Hiraeth yn y mor / Dilys Elwyn Edwards (Andrew Woodmass-Calvert, tenor)
  • Fêtes galantes I. Clair de lune / Claude Achille Debussy (Madeleine Luntley, soprano)
  • Seven tableaux from song of songs. How beautiful you are my love / Srul Irving Glcik (Mia Robles, soprano)
  • 6 Gesänge, op. 19a. Neue Liebe / Felix Mendelssohn (Nathalie Winfield-Hicks, soprano)
  • Jasmin Strauch ; Ihre Stimme / Robert Schumann (Tracy Wong, soprano)
  • Ideale / Paulo Tosti (Matthew Black, baritone).

Serge Garant biography

File contains typescript of Draft II, including 2 versions of conclusion: 113 1; Photocopies of music examples: 20 + 2 + 18 1; and, correspondence with Ron Schoeffel, John Beckwith, Garant, and Keith MacMillan.

John Beckwith : Walter Hall

File consists of notes, rehearsal schedules, and draft programs for a concert of "Music for Winds, 1982-2008" by John Beckwith on September 19, 2010.

Music for St Cecilia day

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: Lorna MacDonald, soprano ; Susan Hoeppner, flute ; Steven Philcox, piano ; Peter Stoll, clarinet.

Program:

  • Aria "Dieu du bonheur" from Le trompeur trompé / Pierre Gaveux
  • Frauenliebe und Leben, Lyrisches Intermezzo / Franz Lachner
  • Deux Poèmes de Ronsard (Rossignol, mon mignon; Ciel, aer, et vens) / Albert Roussel
  • La Capinera / Julius Benedict
  • Daisy's Aria from Shivaree / John Beckwith
  • Five Sea Songs from Newfoundland / Donald F. Cook.

Gamut ensemble

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: gamUT Ensemble Norbert Palej, director ; Ivan Barbotin, assistant conductor ; Noam Lomish, coposer-in-residence ; Vinko Globokar, distinguished visitor in composition ; David Schotzko, percussion ; Irvin Chow, dancer ; Sung-Ah Choi, dancer ; Michelle Zetts, dancer ; Angela Blumberg, choreography ; Saman Shahi, conductor ; Greg Harrison, drum set.

Program:

  • Corporel / Vinko Globokar
  • Seven romances on verses by Alexander Blok / Dimitri Shostakovich
  • Echoes of thiele / John Beckwith
  • Les citations / Henir Dutilleux
  • La ronde / Globokar
  • Discom.Mimifority.Sincertcy (...perpetual immnersion in being...) / Mitch Renaud
  • The nagila mayster / Noam Lemish

Toronto and the War of 1812

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: John Beckwith ; Singers from the Toronto Operetta Theatre.

Program:

  • A presentation on the documentary ballad opera, Taptoo!, by James Reaney and John Beckwith, to coincide with the bicentenary of the War of 1812. Composer John Beckwith introduces the work with illustrations by singers from the Toronto Operetta Theatre.

University of Toronto concert orchestra

File consists of a program and recording of the concert.

Performers: University of Toronto Concert Orchestra Bryan Holt, conductor

Program:

  • Wohltemperierte Klavier, 2. T. Nr. 24. Praeludium / Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Leopold Stokowski
  • Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 4, op. 18, no. 4, C minor. Allegro, ma non tanto / Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. Paul Widner and Bryan Holt
  • Ungarische Tänze. Nr. 5 / Johannes Brahms, arr. Adam Carse
  • Variations for String Orchestra / John Beckwith
  • Simple symphony. Boisterous bourrée ; Playful pizzicato ; Sentimental saraband ; Frolicsome finale / Benjamin Britten.

Canadian art song project : paint me a song

File consists of a program and recording of the concert, which took place in Walter Hall.

Performers: Krisztina Szabó, mezzo-soprano ; Christopher Enns, tenor ; Steven Philcox, piano

Program:

  • Dear Theo. The Red Vineyard ; I Found a Woman ; Little One ; The Man I Have to Paint ; When I'm at Work ; Already Broken ; Souvenir / Ben Moore
  • Four Short Songs. Song ; Table ; Why? ; Earth / John Beckwith
  • Miss Carr in Seven Scenes. Oh, These Mountains! ; A Glimpse of God ; Rhythm and Space ; (Letters: Reams of Horrid Letters ; Mr. Hatch Wrote ; Compliments, Hanna Lund) ; A Movement Floating Up ; I'm Just Whizzy! ; Uncovered / Jeffrey Ryan.

Mary-Lou Fallis, coloratura soprano ; Gary Relyea, baritone ; Kathryn Root, piano

File consists of a recording and a program from the concert, which took place in Walter Hall.

Performers: Mary-Lou Fallis, soprano ; Gary Relyea, baritone ; Kathryn Root, piano ; Rita Greer, clarinet ; Martin Shaver, cello

Program:

  • Cantate 21 : Ich hatte viel bekümneris / Bach
  • Komm, mein Jesu, und erquicke / Bach
  • Cantate 32 : Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen : Ach heiliger und grosser Gott ; Nun verschwinden alle plagen / Bach
  • An die ferne Geliebte / Beethoven
  • Serate musicali : La promessa ; La gita in gondola ; La pastorella / Rossini
  • Don Giovanni : Deh vieni alla finestra ; La ci darem la mano / Mozart
  • Brentano Lieder : Ich wollt ein Strausslein binden ; Amor ; Dein Lied erklang / R. Strauss
  • The great lakes suite / J. Beckwith (with Rita Greer, clarinet ; Martin Shaver, cello)

University of Toronto Concert Choir and University Singers

File consists of a recording and a program from the concert, which took place in Walter Hall.

Performers: University of Toronto Concert Choir ; University of Toronto University Singers ; Charles Heffernan, conductor

Program:

  • Psalm 66 / Hans Leo Hassler
  • Benedictus / Giovanni Gabrieli
  • Nun danket alle Gott / Pachelbel (Concert Choir ; Christopher Morrison, Howard Baer, trumpets ; Cameron Walter, Wayne Parker, trombones ; Naomi Oliphant, harpsichord)
  • Te Deum / Verdi (University Singers and Concert Choir ; Janice Malinsky, soprano ; Bruce McGregor, trumpet ; Naomi Oliphant, piano)
  • Concert choir : gas! / John Beckwith
  • French choruses from The lark / Leonard Bernstein (Carolyn Martin, soprano ; Rick Cunningham, countertenor)
  • Two Canadian folk songs / arr. Keith Bissell (Cheryl Lichter, soprano ; Lorelyn Horsburgh, alto ; Mark Dubois, tenor)
  • Love song waltzes : op. 52 / Brahms (Shirley Madden, soprano ; Lee Willingham, tenor ; Naomi Oliphant, Derek Bate, pianos).

La Chorale de Concert avec l'Ensemble de Cuivres

File consists of a program for a concert by the Concert Choir, conducted by Charles Heffernan and the Brass Ensemble, conducted by Stephen Chenette and Bruce McGregor, from their tour to the University of Ottawa, Universite de Montreal, and Universite Laval.

Program:

  • Gloria and alleluia / Sven Lekberg
  • Ubi caritas / Maurice Durufle
  • Psalm 98 / Hugo Distler
  • Locus Iste / Bruckner
  • Schaffe in mir, Gott/ Brahms
  • O vos omnes / Pablo Casals, arr. Leopold Stokowski
  • Sonata octavi toni / Giovanni Gabrieli, ed. Robert King
  • Nun danket alle Gott / Pachelbel (Naomi Oliphant, piano)
  • Theme et quatre variations pour cuivres / Thomas Merriman
  • Top brass / Alan Shulman
  • Gas! / John Beckwith (Rick Cunningham, counter-tenor ; Carolyn Martin, soprano)
  • Trois pieces de l'Alouette / Leonard Bernstein
  • Deux chansons populaires canadiennes / arr. Keith Bissell (Mark Dubois, tenor ; Cheryl Lichter, soprano ; Lorelyn Horsburgh)
  • Cantate de Noel / Daniel Pinkham.

Music for flutes by flutists

File consists of a recording and a program from the concert, which took place in Walter Hall. The concert featured the flutes donated by Mr. Sydney Fisher.

Performers: Penny Clarke, flute ; Fiona Wilkinson, flute ; Elizabeth McBurney, flute ; Dodie Layton, flute ; Ann Keefer, flute ; Sharon Tuttle, keyboard ; Constance Stewart, piano ; Robert Aitken, flute

Program:

  • Concerto no. 1 for five transverse flutes : op. 15 / Joseph Bodin de Boismortier [with introductory remarks]
  • Duo no. 3 : op. 2 / Johann Joachim Quantz [with introductory remarks]
  • Suite in e minor : op. 2, no. 4, allemande, gavotte, and branle de village / Jacques Hotteterre, le Romain
  • The grand trio : op. 90, scherzo / Friedrich Kuhlau [with introductory remarks]
  • Brief remarks by Mr. Sidney Fisher, introduced by John Beckwith, Dean, Faculty of Music
  • Andante pastoral et scherzettino / Paul Taffanel [with introductory remarks]
  • Grand quatuor de concert in f-sharp minor : op. 46 / Eugene Walkiers [with introductory remarks].

Contemporary music and ethnomusicology : concert and discussion

File consists of a recording and a program from the concert, which took place in MacMillan Theatre.
Performers: various

Program:

  • Floating Cloud for Small Orchestra / Liang Min-yueh
  • Sinfonía India / Carlos Chávez (University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra ; Victor Feldbrill, conductor)
  • First Rhapsody for Violin and Piano / Béla Bartók (Lorand Fenyves, violin ; Pierre Souvairan, piano)
  • Dahomey Suite for Oboe and Piano / Mieczyslaw Kolinski (Barbara Bolte, oboe ; Charles Foreman, piano)
  • Yün / Chou Wen-chung (Peg Rannem, flute ; Richard Thomson, clarinet ; Kathy Husband, bassoon ; Norah Fraser, horn ; Tim Watson, trumpet ; Rick Carswell, trombone ; Allen Beard, Jerry Ronson, percussion ; Lawrence Brown, piano ; John Beckwith, conductor)
  • To the lands Over Yonder : Eskimo Hunting Song / John Weinzweig
  • Miniwanka / R. Murray Schafer
  • Five Songs of the Newfoundland Outports. Si j'avais le bateau / Harry Somers (University of Toronto Concert Choir ; Lloyd Bradshaw, conductor)

[Untitled concert]

File consists of the program and recording from the event.

Performers: Robert Aitken, flute ; Melvin Berman, oboe ; Ezra Schabas, clarinet ; George Stimpson, horn ; William Philips, trumpet ; Kenneth Knowles, trombone ; Robin Engelman, John Wyre, percussion ; Victor Martin, violin ; Kathy Wunder, viola ; Vladimir Orloff, cello ; John Beckwith, harpsichord, piano ; John Hawkins, Eugene Plawutsky, piano ; Harvey Sachs, conductor.

Program:

  • Concerto for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola and piano : op. 24 / Webern
  • Sonata for two pianos / Stravinsky
  • Trio sonata in G major : BWV 1039 / Bach
  • Sonata for two pianos and percussion / Bartok.

Contemporary music ensemble

File consists of the program and recording from the event.

Program:

  • Mother's apple pie / Marjan Mozetich (Marjan Mozetich, piano)
  • G A S / John Beckwith (University of Toronto Concert Choir)
  • Piece for trombone / John Cage (John Dowden, trombone)
  • Prospects / Alex Pauk (unidentified performers).
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