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)
Kathleen Parlow, violin; Samuel Hersenhoren, violin; Stanley Solomon, viola; Isaac Mamott, cello. Assisted by pianist Ernest MacMillan. Composition by John Weinzweig commissioned. Parlow plays: Brahms, Weinzweig, Franck
Kathleen Parlow, violin; Samuel Hersenhoren, violin; Stanley Solomon, viola; Isaac Mamott, cello. Assisted by pianist Ernest MacMillan. For Sixth Biennial Conference of Women's Committees for Symphony Orchestras. Parlow plays: Franck.
Hosted by Kinsmen Club of Owen Sound. MacMillan plays solo as well as with Parlow. Parlow plays: Beethoven, Lalo, Tartini-Kreisler, Sarasate, Wieniawski, Grieg.
File consists of a program from a concert by the MacMillan Singers, conducted by Doreen Rao, with guests Elmer Iseler, Derek Holman, and James Maben, in MacMillan Theatre.
File consists of a program from a concert by the University of Toronto Concert Band with Robert A. Rosevear, conductor and Ward K. Cole, assistant conductor. Performance was part of the All-Ontario Workshop of the Ontario Music Educators' Association (OMEA) at Mimico High School.
Program:
God Save the Queen / harmonization by Sir Ernest MacMillan, trans. Robert A. Rosevear
Sleepers wake; chorale prelude / Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Al. Chiaffarelli
Fantasia for band / Vittorio Giannini
Round dance / John Weinzweig, adapted by Howard Cable
Letters to a friend / Alexandre Gretchaninoff, arr. Walter Beeler
Symphony for band / Robert E. Jager
O Canada / Calixa Lavallee, arr. Godfrey Ridout, trans. Robert A. Rosevear.
File consists of a program from a concert by the University of Toronto Concert Band with Robert A. Rosevear, conductor and Ward K. Cole, assistant conductor. The concert took place in the MacMillan Theatre of the Edward Johnson Building.
Program:
God Save the Queen ; O Canada / harmonization by Sir Ernest MacMillan, arr. Robert A. Rosevear
Beatrice and Benedict overture / Hector Berlioz, trans. Franz Henning
Fugue a la gigue / Johann Sebastian Bach, trans. Gustav Holst
Suite in A minor for flute / Georg Phillipp Telemann, adaptation by Stanley Passfield (Jadwiga Michalska, flute)
Mlada. Procession of nobles / Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov
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).
Series consists of a copy of Emmy Heim's obituary by Ronald Hambleton in the Globe and Mail (October 13, 1954); the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto Monthly Bulletin (November 1954) with an obituary written by Sir Ernest MacMillan; and a copy of the publicity photo used by Heim for many of her programs.
Item is written on Sir Ernest MacMillan stationary. From: MacMillan, Ernest, Sir, 1893-1973 To: Ridout, Godfrey, 1918-1984 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Personal correspondence
Year of letter uncertain. Item is a photocopy. From: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 To: MacMillan, Ernest, Sir, 1893-1973 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Personal correspondence
Item written on Toronto Conservatory of Music letterhead. From: MacMillan, Ernest, Sir, 1893-1973 To: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Subject: Parlow, Kathleen, 1890-1963 Genre: Personal correspondence
File consists of a program and recording of a concert in Walter Hall by the St. Lawrence String Quartet (Geoff Nuttall, Barry Shiffman, violins; Lesley Robertson, viola; Marina Hoofer, cello) with Shauna Rolston, cello.
Program:
String quartet in C major, KV. 157 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Two sketches for string quartet / Ernest MacMillan
Pieces en concert / Francois Couperin, arr. Paul Bazelaire
Cello quintet in C major, op. 168, D. 956 / Franz Schubert.
File consists of a program and recording from a concert of "Reminiscences and Recollections" of Sir Ernest MacMillan in Walter Hall. Recollections by Victor Feldbrill, William Littler, Lois Marshall, Ezra Schabas, and Carl Morey.
Collection consists of records from early conventions of the Ontario Music Teachers' Association (OMTA), primarily from the first convention, held at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto (October 6-8, 1936). Papers include programs (1936-1944); correspondence; meeting minutes; lists of registrants; scripts for speeches, including an address by Sir Ernest MacMillan at the first convention; drafts of the OMTA constitution; and proceedings (1936, 1937).
Item is a program for the 133rd concert in the Sunday Evening Concert series at Hart House, which featured Emmy Heim, mezzo-soprano and Sir Ernest MacMillan, piano.
Item is a program for a recital by Emmy Heim at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Montreal, presented by the Ladies' Morning Musical Club and assisted by Dr. Ernest MacMillan, piano.
File contains programs for performances of Bach's St. Matthew's Passion at Convocation Hall at the University of Toronto. The concerts were prepared under the joint direction of Ernest MacMillan (conductor) and Richard Tatersall. The choirs were made up of members from the choirs of the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Old St. Andrew's Church, Upper Canada College, Holy Trinity Church, Bloor Street United Church, the Conservatory Choir, and the Mendelssohn Choir. The Music Committee of Hart House and Hart House Theatre were also involved in the productions.
Item is a program for the 125th concert in the Sunday Evening Concert series at Hart House, which featured Emmy Heim, mezzo-soprano and Sir Ernest MacMillan, piano.
File consists of two copies of a speech given by Sir Ernest MacMillan at the unveiling of a portrait of Norman Wilks (1885-1944), who taught at the Toronto Conservatory of Music (1928-1944). The file also contains a clipping of the newspaper article "'Met' head to accept Conservatory portrait" regarding the acceptance of the portrait by Edward Johnson on behalf of the Toronto Conservatory of Music.
Collection includes correspondence, notes, transcripts, and other working papers for Ezra Schabas's book Sir Ernest MacMillan: the importance of being Canadian, published by the University of Toronto Press in 1994.