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OTUFM 51-CS25/26-FGA-DR 2025 102
Title
Harry Somers : a centenary sampler
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- September 27, 2025 (Creation)
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6 MP4 files + 1 program
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(1918-current)
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File consists of a program and recording of an event that took place in Walter Hall.
Program:
- Introductory remarks (Robin Elliott)
- Piano sonata no. 1 "Testament of youth" / Harry Somers (Adam Sherkin, piano)
- A bunch of Rowan ; Evocations. Loon cry, night call / Harry Somers (Monica Whicher, soprano ; Adam Sherkin, piano)
- Sonata for guitar / Harry Somers (Liam Jaeger, guitar)
- Rhapsody for violin and piano (Amy Hills, violin ; Adam Sherkin, piano)
- Serinette. We're counting thy favours ; I'll waste away to Jordan's stream ; Bless'd is the garden of the Lord (Choir 21 ; Adam Sherkin, piano ; David Fallis, conductor).
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For digital streaming copies of concerts, please contact the Music Library.
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Part of a one-day symposium at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music "Harry Somers at 100 : reflections on his life and legacy."
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- Somers, Harry (Subject)
- Elliott, Robin (Subject)
- Whicher, Monica (Subject)
- Fallis, David (Subject)