John Beckwith : music for voice, 1949-1999
- OTUFM 51-CS99/00-FGA-CD 1999 80-81
- File
- Friday, October 30, 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).