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Personal correspondence

File includes letters from Raymond Dudley, Udo Kasemets, Bruce Mather, Colleen and James Reaney,R. Murray Schafer, Peter Williams, Robert Fleming, Stanley Bulley, Lee Hoiby, W. S. Morrison, Glenn Gould, Harry Somers, Jean Howson, Walter Herbert, Ray Pierce, John Sidgwick, John Hawkins, Lothar Klein, Jean Papineau-Couture, Timothy McGee, Dorothy Freed, Elizabeth Gallat-Morin, Chan Wing-Wah, Carl Morey, Otto Joachim, Peter Hatch, Albert Greer, Talivaldis Kenins, Andrew Benson, Gwendoline Harper, Myra Hess, Spencer H. Elliott, Ira Dilworth, H. C. Hamilton, Leo Smith, Alberto Guerrero, Richard Johnston, John Felice, Gustav Ciamaga, Barbara Pentland, Robert Aitken, Ezra Schabas, Sydney Hodkinson, John Weinzweig, Ruth Humphrey, Pierre Souvairan, Lois Marshall, Gabriel Charpentier, Nicholas Slonimsky, William Wright, Stephen Young, Robert Stevenson, Harry Hickman, Lubomyr Melnyk.

Harvey Olnick

File consists of correspondence sent to Harvey Olnick from Elizabeth Hazelton Haight, Anton Kuerti, Claude Bissell, R. Murray Schafer, Robert Aitken, and Harry Somers.

The Collegium Musicum of the Faculty of Music

File consists of a program from a concert by the Collegium Musicum of the Faculty of Music, directed by Ernesto Barbini. The concert took place in the Concert Hall of the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto.

Performers: Jan Ravening, Rosalie Zelonka, Annette Wegiel, Vera Blum, Agnes Roberts, Vera Tarnowsky, violins ; Merla Lehman, Walter Babiak, violas ; Michael Rini, Donald Whitton, cellos ; Ruth Budd, bass ; Robert Aitken, flute ; Orval Ries, oboe ; Imre Rozsnyai, clarinet ; Paul Helmer, piano.

Program:

  • The Seasons. Spring / Vivaldi (Jan Revening, Vera Tarnowsky, Rosalie Zelonka)
  • Ave verum corpus / Mozart
  • Ballad by Petrarch on the death of Madonna Laura / Palestrina
  • Canzona by Pietro Bembi / Palestrina
  • Concerto for solo piano with flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, and cello / Manuel de Falla (Paul Helmer, Robert Aitken, Orval Ries, Imre Rozsnyai, Jan Ravening, Donald Whitton)
  • E dicea l'una sospirano / Monteverdi
  • O mirtillo / Monteverdi
  • O primavera / Monteverdi
  • Concerto for four violins / Leonardo Leo (Vera Tarnowsky, Annette Wegiel. Rosalie Zelonka, Jan Ravening).

Faculty of Music chamber concert

File consists of a program from a Faculty of Music Chamber Concert at the University of Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music.

Program:

  • Trio Sonata / Friedemann Bach (Robert Aitken, flute ; Merla Lehman, violin ; Marion Ross, piano)
  • Trio, op. 11 / Beethoven (Merla Lehman, violin ; Olga Kwasniak, cello ; Aasta Hjertholm, piano)
  • Quintet, op. 81 / Dvorak (Elfriede Meyer, piano ; Annette Wegiel, Vera Tarnowsky, violins ; Ross Lechow, viola ; George Horvath, cello).

Night blooming cereus

File contains a compact disc titled "Night Blooming Cereus."
Event title : Night Blooming Cereus [CBC Radio broadcast]
Sponsor : CBC radio
Performers : Anne Stephenson, Alice ; Patricia Snell, Jean Marie-Scott, 1st and 2nd girls ; Patricia Rideout, Mrs. Brown ; Irene Byatt, Mrs. Wool ; Alexander Gray, Ben ; Phyllis Antognini, Barbara ; Bernard Johnson, Mr. Orchard ; Ettore Mazzoleni, conductor.

Ten centuries concerts

File contains correspondence, program information, scripts for narration, and reviews for concerts presented by Ten Centuries Concerts.

An evening of electronic music

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.

Performers: Electronic Music Studio (Harvey Olnick, Myron Schaeffer, Arnold Walter) ; Mary Morrison, soprano ; Robert Aitken, flute ; Helen Achatz, choreography ; Sigrid Steinmeister, dancer ; Wallace Russell, lighting.

Program:

  • Ninety nine oscillators / Hugh LeCaine
  • Dripsody / LeCaine
  • Project A / Harvey Olnick, Myron Schaeffer, Arnold Walter
  • Etude aux sons animes / Pierre Schaeffer
  • Communications / Josef Anton Riedl
  • Haiku no. 1 / Myron Schaeffer
  • Psalm 23 / Myron Schaeffer
  • Allegro / Myron Schaeffer.

Canada dash, Canada dot

File consists of a program from a concert presented by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in co-operation with BMI Canada Limited. The concert took place in the Concert Hall of the Edward Johnson Building.

Performers: Nancy Griffin, Virginia McLeod, Jonathan Beckwith, Arch McDonell, Sandy Webster, speakers ; Mary Morrison, soprano ; Patricia Rideout, contralto ; Jan Van Evera, folksinger ; Richard Braun, baritone ; Walter Verikaitis, bass ; Robert Aitken, flute, piccolo ; Bernard Temoin, clarinet, bass clarinet ; Fred Stone, trumpet ; Ted Roderman, trombone ; Vair Capper, percussion ; Corol McCartney, violin ; Eugene Hudson, viola ; William Kuinka, mandolin, string bass ; Gordon Kushner, piano, celeste ; John Beckwith, piano, celeste, harmonium.

Program:

  • Canada dash, Canada dot / John Beckwith, James Reaney.

Lecture-demonstration : Spatial-antiphonal music by Henry Brant

File consists of a program and recording of a lecture-demonstration by Henry Brant in the Concert Hall of the Edward Johnson Building.

Performers: members of the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra ; Robert Aitken, John Beckwith, Robert Falck, Herbert Muller, assisting conductors ; Lorand Fenyves, Victor Martin, Thomas Monahan, Richard Ford, rehearsal assistants.

Greta Kraus, harpsichord ; Robert Aitken, flute

File consists of a program for a concert that took place in the Concert Hall of the Edward Johnson Building. Program notes by Robert Falck.

Performers: Greta Kraus, harpsichord ; Robert Aitken, flute

Program:

  • Sonata VI in G minor / Antonio Vivaldi
  • Suite in E minor, op. 11, no. 4 / Jacques Hotteterre le Romain
  • Sonata in A minor for flute alone / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Sonata in F minor / George Philipp Telemann
  • Partita in C minor / Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Concerto in D major / Telemann.

New Music Concerts fonds

  • OTUFM 19
  • Fonds
  • 1971-2020

Fonds consists of the administrative records of New Music Concerts (NMC), from its first concert in 1972 to 2020. Records consist of administrative and financial records, including correspondence with composers, performers, and concert venues, budgets, grant applications, and board meeting minutes; concert planning documents, including touring records; and promotion and publicity documents, including programs, brochures, posters, reviews, advertisements, and press releases. The fonds also includes select audio and video recordings of NMC concerts.

New Music Concerts

John Hawkins, pianist

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

Performers: John Hawkins, piano ; assisted by Faculty artists ; student ensembles prepared by Victor Feldbrill

Program:

  • Quartet, op. 22 / Anton Webern (Anne Rapson, violin ; John Rapson, clarinet ; Lawrence Sereda, tenor saxophone ; Carolyn Gadiel, piano ; Harvey Sachs, conductor)
  • Octet for woodwinds and strings / Nikos Skalkottas (Elizabeth McBurney, flute ; Peter Smith, oboe ; John Rapson, clarinet ; Frank Marcus, bassoon ; Fujiko Imajishi, violin ; Edward Lecouffe, violin ; Margot Burton, viola ; Jose Shapero, cello ; Harvey Sachs, conductor)
  • Piano piece / Hugh Hartwell (John Hawkins, piano)
  • Estampes / Claude Debussy (John Hawkins, piano)
  • Eleven echoes of Autumn / George Crumb (Robert Aitken, alto flute ; James Campbell, clarinet ; Victor Martin, violin ; John Hawkins, piano)

Robert Aitken, flute ; Lorand Fenyves, violin ; Greta Kraus, harpsichord ; Anton Kuerti, piano

File consists of a program from a concert in the Concert Hall [later Walter Hall] of the Edward Johnson Building.

Program:

  • Concerto in A major for flute, violin, cello, strings, and continuo / Telemann
  • Piano concerto in E-flat major, K. 449 / Mozart
  • Double concerto in F major for violin, cembalo, and strings / Haydn
  • Triple concerto in A minor for flute, violin, harpsichord, strings and continuo, BWV 1044 / Bach.

[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.

Robert Aitken, flute ; Melvin Berman, oboe ; Anton Kuerti, piano ; Victor Martin, violin

File consists of the program and recording from the event.
Performers: Robert Aitken, flute ; Melvin Berman, oboe ; Victor Martin, violin ; Anton Kuerti, piano ; with orchestra.

Program:

  • Concerto for flute and strings in G major / J.J. Quantz
  • Concerto for violin, oboe, strings and continuo in D minor / Bach.

The chamber players of Toronto

File consists of the program and recording from the event.

Performers: Chamber Players of Toronto ; Victor Martin, director.

Program:

  • Concertino no. 2 for 4 violins, 2 violas, cello and bass / Pergolesi
  • Concerto in D for trumpet and strings / Telemann (Martin Berinbaum, trumpet)
  • Concerto "funebre" in B-flat / Antonio Vivaldi (Melvin Berman, oboe ; Sandra Watts, English horn)
  • Concerto for flute and strings / C.P.E. Bach (Robert Aitken, flute)
  • Brandenburg concerto no. 2 in F / J.S. Bach (Martin Berinbaum, trumpet ; Robert Aitken, flute ; Melvin Berman, oboe ; Victor Martin, violin).

Robert Aitken, flute ; Lorand Fenyves, violin ; John Hawkins, piano ; Vladimir Orloff, cello

File consists of a program from a concert that took place in the Concert Hall of the Edward Johnson Building.

Performers: Robert Aitken, flute ; Lorand Fenyves, violin ; John Hawkins, piano ; Vladimir Orloff, cello ; assisted by Faculty of Music String Orchestra

Program:

  • Vox Balaenae / GeorgeCrumb
  • Sonata in F minor, op. 80 / Sergei Prokofieff
  • Violin concerto, D major, K. 218 / Mozart.

New Music Concerts audition tape

File consists of excerpts from New Music Concerts' performances, created as an audition tape for NMC's 1976 Spring tour. Recordings include:

  • Ancient voices of children / George Crumb [performed February 24, 1972 and March 30, 1974]
  • Nouvelles aventures / Gyorgy Ligeti
  • Correspondences : excerpt / Vinko Globokar [performed April 13, 1972]
  • 3 Cavatinas / John Hawkins [performed May 4, 1972]
  • Rasas III / Norma Beecroft [performed January 19, 1974]
  • Lalita / Robert Aitken [performed April 12, 1975]
  • Arcana : excerpt / R. Murray Schafer [performed January 19, 1974].

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)

S.A.S.

File consists of a recording and a program from the concert.
Performers: Robert Aitken, flute ; Paul Brodie, saxophones ; Antonin Kubalek, piano ; Ezra Schabas, conductor

Program:

  • The Creation of the World / Darius Milhaud
  • Angels and Devils / Henry Brant
  • Sonata (1943) / Paul Hindemith
  • Six Exchanges for Soprano Saxophone (premiere) / Lothar Klein
  • Four Madrigals (arr. Paul Harvey). Adieu Sweet Amarillis / John Wilbye ; April is in My Mistress' Face / Thomas Morley ; Sometime She Would and Sometime Not / Giles Farnaby ; Amyntas with his Phyllis Fair / Francis Pilkington
  • Quartet : Op. 109 / Alexander Glazunov

New Music Concerts : [guest composer Arne Nordheim]

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

Program:

  • Solipsism while Dying (premiere) / Gustav Ciamaga (Lyric Arts Trio : Mary Morrison, soprano ; Robert Aitken, flute ; Marion Ross, piano)
  • Listen / Arne Nordheim (John Hawkins, piano)
  • Timai : A Cosmic March for 10 Instruments (premiere) / Alan Heard (Robert Aitken, Nicholas Fiore, flute, piccolo ; Fred Mills, Ronald Romm, trumpets ; Victor Martin, violin ; Vladimir Orloff, cello ; Thomas Monahan, double bass ; John Hawkins, piano ; John Wyre, Robin Engelman, percussion)
  • Dinosaurus ; Colorazione / Arne Nordheim (Dinosaurus : Joseph Macerollo, accordion ; Colorazione : John Hawkins, organ ; John Wyre, Robin Engelman, percussion ; Dave McKenzie, electronics)

Orford String Quartet

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

Performers: Robert Aitken, flute ; Vladmir Orloff, cello ; Roxolana Roslak, soprano ; Jerry Stanick, viola ; Andrew Dawes, violin ; Terrence Helmer, viola ; Marcel St-Cyr, cello ; Kenneth Perkins, violin

Program:

  • Flute quartet in G major : K. 285 / Mozart
  • Flute quartet in D major : K. 285 / Mozart
  • Il tramonto / Respighi
  • Sextet, op. 70 : Souvenir de Florence / Tchaikovsky.

Music of the twenties

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

Program:

  • Kammermusik no. 4, op. 36, no. 3 / Paul Hindemith (Elizabeth McBurney, Dodie Layton, piccolos ; Betty Harbord, Deborah Cox, clarinets ; John Thrower, bass clarinet ; Brenda Adams, Paul Buttemer, bassoons ; Ivor Rothwell, contra-bassoon ; Chris Morrison, trumpet ; John Langley, trombone ; Dale Fawcett, tuba ; Richard Skol, drums ; Setven Dann, Susan Harris, Janet Langley, Bert Wathen, violas ; Sheila Laughton, Genevieve LaRue, Martin Shaver, Marjory Dow, cellos ; Joel Quarrington, Cary Takagaki, Jack Winn, Jan Urke, double basses ; David Zafer, violin soloist ; Ezra Schabas, conductor)
  • Façade : an entertainment / William Walton (Gaynor Jones, reciter ; Godfrey Ridout, reciter ; Robert Aitken, flute ; Stanley McCartney, clarinet ; John Thrower, bass clarinet ; David Tanner, alto saxophone ; Stephen Chenette, trumpet ; Vladimir Orloff, cello ; John Wyre, percussion ; Ezra Schabas, conductor).

[Guest composer George Crumb]

File consists of a recording by CBC Radio of New Music Concerts' performance on March 30, 1974 in Walter Hall, which was broadcast on May 6, 1974:

  • Black angels (thirteen images from the dark land) : for electric string quartet / George Crumb (Orford String Quartet: Andrew Dawes, Kenneth Perkins, violin ; Terence Helmer, viola ; Marcel St-Cyr, cello)
  • Voice of the whale = Vox Balaenae : for three masked players / George Crumb (Robert Aitken, flute ; Marcel St-Cyr, cello ; John Hawkins, piano)
  • Lux Aeterna (for the children of the night) : for five masked musicians / George Crumb (Mary Morrison, soprano ; Robert Aitken, flute ; Shambhu Das, sitar ; Robin Engelman and John Wyre, percussion)
  • Ancient voices of children / George Crumb (Mary Morrison, soprano ; Paul Pickles, boy soprano ; Melvin Berman, oboe ; William Kuinka, mandolin ; Erica Goodman, harp ; John Hawkins, electric piano ; Allen Beard, Robin Engelman, John Wyre, percussion).

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].

Lukas Foss : Edward Johnson Building

File contains correspondence relating to the NMC concert on April 12, 1975 with guest conductor Lukas Foss and guest composers Lukas Foss, Robert Aitken, and John Wyre. The concert took place in Walter Hall, University of Toronto.

The University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra

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

Performers: Victor Feldbrill, conductor ; University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra ; Deboral Kirsher, pianist

Program:

  • Nekuia / Robert Aitken
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra / Khachaturian
  • Symphony no. 1 in E minor / Sibelius.

[Pierrette Le Page and Bruce Mather]

File consists of a recording from New Music Concerts' performance on December 7, 1974, dubbed on October 5, 1976:

  • Hommage / Alexander R. Tilley (Susan Prior, alto and bass recorders ; Betty McBurney, tenor recorder ; Nancicarole Monohan, double bass ; John Hawkins, harpsichord)
  • Riffs / John Weinzweig (Robert Aitken, flute)
  • Carillon / Bengt Hambraeus (Pierret Le Page, Bruce Mather, pianos)
  • The last rag ; Graceful ghost / William Bolcom (Bruce Mather, piano)
  • Frescoes / William Bolcom (Pierrette Le Page, piano and harpsichord ; Bruce Mather, piano and harmonium) [first 9 minutes only]

[Harry Somers and William Bolcom]

File consists of recordings from New Music Concerts performances:

  • Zen, Yeats and Emily Dickinson / Harry Somers (Mary Morrison, soprano ; Robert Aitken, flute ; Marion Ross, piano ; Barbara Chilcott, actress ; John Horton, actor) [performed March 8, 1975 in Walter Hall]
  • Frescoes / William Bolcom (Pierrette Le Page, piano and harpsichord ; Bruce Mather, piano and harmonium) [performed December 7, 1974]

Carnegie Hall concert

File contains the program, draft program notes, and correspondence for a concert presented by the League of Composers, International Society for Contemporary Music of music by Canadian composers, which featured the Lyric Arts Trio (Robert Aitken, Mary Morrison, Marion Ross) and other members of New Music Concerts of Toronto. The concert took place at Carnegie Hall in New York on January 20, 1975.

York concert of Quebec music

File consists of recordings from New Music Concerts' performance at York University, featuring music by Quebec composers:

  • Madrigal IV / Bruce Mather (Mary Morrison, soprano ; Robert Aitken, flute ; Marion Ross, piano)
  • ...le sifflement des vents porteurs de l'amour / Gilles Tremblay (Robert Aitken, flute ; John Wyre, percussion)
  • Trois poemes d'Alain Fournier / Michel Gonneville (Pauline Vaillencourt, soprano ; Robert Aitken, flute ; James Campbell, clarinet).

World Music Week : concert presented by New Music Concerts

File consists of a recording of New Music Concerts' performance as part of World Music Week (1975):

  • Mythos II : for flute and string quartet / Steven Gellman (Robert Aitken, flute ; Adele Armin, Otto Armin, violins ; Paul Armin, viola ; Richard Armin, cello)
  • Piece for Bob / Norma Beecroft (Robert Aitken, flute)
  • Toccata / Harry Freedman (Robert Aitken, flute ; Mary Morrison, soprano ; Marion Ross, piano)
  • Lalita : for flute and chamber ensemble / Robert Aitken (Robert Aitken, flute ; New Music Concerts Ensemble).

A celebration of the Queen's 25th jubilee

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

Performers: Maureen Adams, violin ; Gisele Dalbec, violin ; Monica Duschenes, violin ; Abigail Evans, violin ; Mark Friedman, violin ; Catherine Goldberg, violin ; Hilf Sigard Jonsdottir, violin ; John Lowry, violin ; Greg Olson, violin ; Julie Parcells, violin ; Wend Rose, violin ; George Willms, violin ; Pamela Inkman, viola ; Arnold MacPherson, viola ; Douglas McNabney, viola ; Burt Wathen, viola ; Myles Jordan, cello ; Dorothy Lawson, cello ; Peter Rapson, cello ; Lala Stapells, cello ; Stephen McLellan, double bass ; Viiu Varik, double bass ; David Zafer, violin ; Ezra Schabas, conductor ; Glyn Evans, tenor ; Fred Rizner, French horn ; Robert Aitken, flute and piccolo ; Stanley McCartney, clarinet ; David Bourque, bass clarinet ; David Tanner, alto saxophone ; Stephen Chenette, trumpet ; Vladimir Orloff, cello ; Russell Hartenberger, percussion

Program:

  • Concerto accademico in D minor / R. Vaughan Williams (David Zafer, violin ; string orchestra conducted by Ezra Schabas)
  • Serenade for tenor, horn and strings / Benjamin Britten (Glyn Evans, tenor ; Fred Rizner, horn ; string orchestra conducted by Ezra Schabas)
  • Façade : an entertainment / William Walton (Jill Pert, reciter ; Robert Aitken, flute, piccolo ; Stanley McCartney, clarinet ; David Bourque, bass clarinet ; David Tanner, alto saxophone ; Stephen Chenette, trumpet ; Vladimir Orloff, cello ; Russell Hartenberger, percussion ; Ezra Schabas, conductor)

[Per sonare a tre : for flute, viola, and guitar / Leo Brouwer]

Item is a recording, which is described on the box as the New Music Concerts ensemble with flute, guitar, and cello[sic?], possibly of a piece by Leo Brouwer. Based on the New Music Concerts programming, this is likely a recording of Per sonare a tre, which NMC programmed in their February 18, 1978 concert in Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University, with Robert Aitken, flute; Paul Armin, viola; and Leo Brouwer, guitar.

[Guest composer Milton Babbitt]

File consists of a recording of Lullabies for an angel by Peter Paul Koproski, performed by the Lyric Arts Trio (Mary Morrison, soprano ; Robert Aitken, alto flute ; Marion Ross, piano), from a concert featuring Milton Babbitt on December 15, 1979.

[Three world premieres by Kaikhorsu Shapurji Sorabji, James Tenney, and Bruce Mather]

File consists of a recording from a concert on February 2, 1980 featuring:

  • Three Indigenous songs / James Tenney (Fiona Wilkinson, Jennifer Dowden, piccolo ; Robert Aitken, alto flute ; Russell Hartenberger, Robin Engelman, percussion ; Claude Engli, tenor tuba ; James Tenney, conductor)
  • Upper Canadian hymn preludes / John Beckwith (John Tuttle, organ)
  • Ausone / Bruce Mather (Robert Aitken, flute ; Victor Martin, Fujiko Imajishi, violins ; Rivka Erdesz, Douglas Perry, violas ; Peter Schenkman, Coenrad Bloemendal, cellos ; Peter McAllister, Donald Wilson, guitars ; Erica Goodman, Charlotte Moon, harps ; Bruce Mather, conductor)
  • Cinque sonnetti di Michelangelo / Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (Henry Ingram, tenor ; Fiona Wilkinson, flute ; Alexandra Pohran, oboe ; James Campbell, clarinet ; David Carroll, bassoon ; Victor Martin, Fujiko Imajishi, Joseph Pepper, David Zafer, violin ; Rivka Erdesz, Douglas Perry, viola ; Peter Schenkman, Coenraad Bloemendal, cello ; John Taylor, double bass ; Marc Widner, piano ; Robert Aitken, conductor)
  • Musique pour Champigny / Bruce Mather (Janet Smith, soprano ; Patricia Harton-McCord, mezzo soprano ; Janice Taylor, contralto ; James Campbell, clarinet ; George Stimpson, French horn ; Robin Engelman, percussion ; Erica Goodman, harp ; Marc Widner, piano ; Robert Aitken, conductor).

[Harrison Birtwistle and Morton Feldman]

File consists of recordings from a rehearsal performance by Valerie Tryon, piano, and a New Music Concerts' performance on February 23, 1980 featuring Harrison Birtwistle. The latter concert included:

  • Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum / Harrison Birtwistle (Robert Aitken, flute ; Harry Sargous, oboe ; Barry Thomson, clarinet ; James McKay, bassoon ; George Stimpson, French horn ; Michael Malone, trumpet ; John Dowden, trombone ; Adele Armin, Fujiko Imajishi, violin ; Paul Armin, viola ; Peter Schenkman, cello ; Peter Madgett, double bass ; Marc Widner, electric piano ; Beverley Johnston, marimba ; Harrison Birtwistle, conductor)
  • Why patterns? / Morton Feldman (Robert Aitken, flute ; Morton Feldman, piano ; Jan Williams, percussion)
  • For O, for O, the hobbyhorse is forgot / Harrison Birtwistle (Russell Hartenberger, Bob Becker, John Wyre, Beverley Johnston, David Kent, John Brownell, percussion).

Hindemith Festival series

File consists of a program from a special concerts series presented by the University of Toronto Faculty of Music in co-operation with CBC Radio. Concerts took place in Walter Hall.

Performers: William Aide, piano ; Lawrence Cherney, English horn ; York Winds ; Jan Overduin, organ ; James Campbell, clarinet ; James Spragg, trumpet ; Steven Staryk, violin ; Rivka Golani-Erdesz, viola ; Peter Schenkman, cello ; Andrew Benac, violin ; Harcus Hennigar, horn ; Robert Aitken, conductor ; Adele Armin, violin ; Paul Armin, viola ; Joel Quarrington, bass ; David Miller, cello ; Paul Grice, clarinet ; Gerald Robinson, bassoon ; Mark Widner, piano ; John Dowden, trombone.

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