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

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Somers documentary produced by Eitan Cornfield (more info)
Composed by: Norma Beecroft Anonymous Harry Somers John Weinzweig na Not Applicable
Conducted by: Victor Feldbrill
Eitan Cornfield,
Barbara Chilcott, narrator
Irene Bird, narrator
Sremos, narrator
Robert Cram, flute


1.   Beginning - 00:04:23
2.   He had a natural gift, a natural ability for sound - 00:04:39
3.   They say that if you can remember - 00:05:05
4.   John would argue with me - 00:05:18
5.   Space … and clarity … his music is never cluttered - 00:05:37
6.   I'd always prided myself on my calligraphy - 00:05:20
7.   My first attraction to Harry was his music - 00:05:57
8.   I don't think it was so much being a ladies' man - 00:04:23
9.   It wasn't the first time I met him, it was the second time - 00:05:35
10.   Such a vast tableau - 00:04:09
11.   I'd looked a lot of the works - 00:07:20

North Country (more info)
Performed by: Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra
Composed by: Harry Somers
Conducted by: Victor Feldbrill


1.   I. Lento maestoso - 00:06:11
2.   II. Allegro scherzando - 00:02:25
3.   III. Lento - 00:04:34
4.   IV. Allegro vivace - 00:01:19


Symphony No. 1 (more info)
Performed by: Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra
Composed by: Harry Somers
Conducted by: Victor Feldbrill


5.   I. Prologue - Lento - 1st Subject - 00:07:54
6.   II. 2nd Subject: Allegretto Scherzando - 00:03:48
7.   III. 3rd Subject: Lento - 00:06:31
8.   IV. Development: Lento - Allegro - 00:10:05
9.   V. Epilogue: Lento - 00:02:29


Picasso Suite (more info)
Performed by: CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Composed by: Harry Somers
Conducted by: Mario Bernardi


10.   I. Paris circa 1900 - 00:00:49
11.   II. Blue Period - 00:03:05
12.   III. Circus - 00:01:42
13.   IV. Cubism - 00:01:15
14.   V. Neo-classic - 00:04:18
15.   VI. Etching: The Vollard Suite - 00:02:32
16.   VII. Mural: Temple of Peace - 00:03:15
17.   VIII. Arcadia: Faun with Flute - Innocence - 00:02:16
18.   IX. Codetta - 00:00:33

Suite for Harp and Chamber Orchestra (more info)
Performed by: Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra
Composed by: Harry Somers
Conducted by: Victor Feldbrill
Jennifer Swartz, harp


1.   I. Lento con moto, allegro, lento - 00:06:40
2.   II. Allegro non troppo - 00:03:34
3.   III. Lento - 00:06:52
4.   IV. Allegro - 00:04:48


5 Songs for Dark Voice (more info)
Performed by: Esprit Orchestra Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra
Composed by: Alex Pauk Harry Somers
Conducted by: Mario Bernardi
Maureen Forrester, contralto
Jean Stilwell, mezzo-soprano


5.   No. 1. Now every grief is personal - 00:03:41
6.   No. 2. Be perfect and articulate - 00:01:59
7.   No. 3. The hands that do not touch will bruise - 00:00:59
8.   No. 4. How can I talk of this city - 00:02:07
9.   No. 5. How can I hold within me all that is? - 00:04:04


Lyric (more info)
Performed by: Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra
Composed by: Harry Somers
Conducted by: Victor Feldbrill


10.   Lyric - 00:07:10


Of Memory and Desire (more info)
Performed by: Esprit Orchestra
Composed by: Alex Pauk Harry Somers


11.   Of Memory and Desire - 00:17:53

Elegy, Transformation, Jubilation (more info)
Performed by: Esprit Orchestra
Composed by: Alex Pauk Harry Somers


1.   Elegy - 00:03:41
2.   Transformation, Jubilation - 00:13:07


Concertante (more info)
Composed by: Harry Somers
Conducted by: Winston Webbers
Russell Hartenberger, percussion
Lorand Fenyves, violin
Bob Becker,


3.   Concertante - 00:22:01


Piano Concerto No. 3 (more info)
Performed by: Esprit Orchestra
Composed by: Alex Pauk Harry Somers
James Parker, piano


4.   I. — - 00:10:47
5.   II. — - 00:10:11
6.   III. — - 00:09:52

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