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Somers, H.: North Country / Symphony No. 1 / Picasso Suite / Suite for Harp and Chamber Orchestra (Canadian Composers Portraits)

Irene Bird (narrator), Barbara Chilcott (narrator), Sremos (narrator), Victor Feldbrill (narrator), Eitan Cornfield (narrator), Robert Cram (narrator), Harry Somers (narrator), John Weinzweig (narrator), Norma Beecroft (narrator), Jean Stilwell (mezzo-soprano), Lorand Fenyves (violin), Bob Becker...

  • Release Date: 1st Apr 2012
  • Catalogue No: CMCCD11306
  • Label: Centrediscs
  • Series: Canadian Composers Portraits
  • Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

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Contents

Somers documentary produced by Eitan Cornfield

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  • Norma Beecroft (narrator), Robert Cram (narrator), Irene Bird (narrator), Barbara Chilcott (narrator), Sremos (narrator), Eitan Cornfield (narrator), Victor Feldbrill (narrator), Harry Somers (narrator), John Weinzweig (narrator)

Beginning

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He had a natural gift, a natural ability for sound

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They say that if you can remember

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John would argue with me

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Space … and clarity … his music is never cluttered

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I'd always prided myself on my calligraphy

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My first attraction to Harry was his music

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I don't think it was so much being a ladies' man

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It wasn't the first time I met him, it was the second time

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Such a vast tableau

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I'd looked a lot of the works

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Somers: North Country

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  • Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra
  • Victor Feldbrill

I. Lento maestoso

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II. Allegro scherzando

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III. Lento

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IV. Allegro vivace

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Somers: Symphony No. 1

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  • Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra
  • Victor Feldbrill

I. Prologue - Lento - 1st Subject

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II. 2nd Subject: Allegretto Scherzando

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III. 3rd Subject: Lento

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IV. Development: Lento - Allegro

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V. Epilogue: Lento

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Somers: Picasso Suite

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  • CBC Vancouver Orchestra
  • Mario Bernardi

I. Paris circa 1900

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II. Blue Period

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III. Circus

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IV. Cubism

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V. Neo-classic

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VI. Etching: The Vollard Suite

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VII. Mural: Temple of Peace

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VIII. Arcadia: Faun with Flute - Innocence

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IX. Codetta

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Somers: Suite for Harp and Chamber Orchestra

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  • Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra
  • Victor Feldbrill

I. Lento con moto, allegro, lento

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II. Allegro non troppo

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III. Lento

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IV. Allegro

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Somers: 5 Songs for Dark Voice

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  • Jean Stilwell (mezzo-soprano)
  • Esprit Orchestra
  • Alex Pauk

No. 1. Now every grief is personal

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No. 2. Be perfect and articulate

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No. 3. The hands that do not touch will bruise

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No. 4. How can I talk of this city

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No. 5. How can I hold within me all that is?

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Somers: Lyric

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  • Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra
  • Victor Feldbrill

Somers: Of Memory and Desire

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  • Esprit Orchestra
  • Alex Pauk

Somers: Elegy, Transformation, Jubilation

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Elegy

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Transformation, Jubilation

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Somers: Concertante

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  • Bob Becker (percussion), Russell Hartenberger (percussion), Lorand Fenyves (violin)
  • Toronto Chamber Players
  • Winston Webbers

Somers: Piano Concerto No. 3

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  • James Parker (piano)
  • Esprit Orchestra
  • Alex Pauk

I.

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II.

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III.

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