This recording is part of the Centrediscs’ Canadian Composers Portraits series which documents the emergence of a generation of pioneering professional composers who firmly established Canada’s place on the world’s musical map. Each release in this retrospective of the last fifty years is dedicated to a single composer and uniquely combines full-length documentaries on the composers’ lives and music, as well as a selection of their most important works.
We acknowledge the financial support of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Nous reconnaissons l’appui financier du ministère du Patrimoine canadien.
PERFORMERS:
R. Murray Schafer (music/musique. text/texte, narration); Michael Cumberland (Alphorn/cor des Alpes, tuba); John Dewirst (trombone); Wendy Humphries (soprano); Stuart Laughton (trumpet/trompette, cornetto/cornet); Tilly Prudhorn (clarinet/clarinette); Ellen Waterman (flute/flûte)