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CANADIAN COMPOSERS PORTRAITS: HARRY SOMERS Harry Somers 2006 Centrediscs / Centredisques CMCCD 11306 $30.00	Also available for download at over 20 e-retailers including:

AUDIO SAMPLE

	Lyric for Orchestra
	North Country

COMPOSER(S)

Harry Somers

PERFORMER(S)

Russell Hartenberger, Lorand Fenyves, Robert Becker, Jennifer Swartz, Jean Stilwell, James Parker

ENSEMBLE(S)

Esprit Orchestra ,
Chamber Players of Toronto ,
National Arts Centre Orchestra ,
CBC Vancouver Orchestra

CONDUCTOR(S)

Alex Pauk, Victor Feldbrill, Mario Bernardi, Winston Webber

ABOUT THIS CD

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.

WORKS/TRACKS

CD1

Somers documentary produced by Eitan Cornfield / Documentaire sur Somers produit par Eitan Cornfield

CD2

1-4. North Country
5-9. Symphony No.1
10-18. Picasso Suite

CD3

1-4. Suite for Harp and Chamber Orchestra
5-9. Five Songs for Dark Voice
10. Lyric for Orchestra
11. Of Memory and Desire

CD4

1-2. Elegy, Transformation, Jubilation
3. Concertante for Violin, Percussion and String Orchestra
4-6. Third Piano Concerto

View the English transcription of the documentary.

Voir la traduction française de la transcription du documentaire.

We acknowledge the financial support of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Nous reconnaissons l’appui financier du ministère du Patrimoine canadien.