Beecroft, N.: Improvvisazioni Concertanti No. 1 / From Dreams of Brass / Collage '76 / Jeu Ii / Accordion Play (Canadian Composers Portraits)

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Beecroft documentary (more info)
Composed by: Robert Aitken Norma Beecroft Harry Somers John Weinzweig Harry Freedman
Mary Morrison, soprano
Eitan Cornfield,
Stuart Beecroft, narrator
Helen Weinzweig, narrator
Gordon Burwash, narrator
Produced by: Jaeger, David


1.   Opening - 00:05:27
2.   He was a ham radio operator - 00:04:57
3.   I adored Norma, I just loved her - 00:05:51
4.   She was the first woman composer - 00:06:35
5.   Her most successful piece - 00:05:36
6.   This was a whole new world - 00:05:54
7.   When I was in Italy - 00:05:53
8.   Norma Beecroft kept abreast of the technology - 00:05:35
9.   In 1975 Norma Beecroft went back - 00:05:30
10.   Norma Beecroft's catalogue isn't large - 00:03:33

Improvvisazioni concertanti No. 1 (more info)
Performed by: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Norma Beecroft
Conducted by: Victor Feldbrill


1.   Improvvisazioni concertanti No. 1 - 00:07:40


From Dreams of Brass (more info)
Performed by: CBC Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Norma Beecroft
Conducted by: John Avison
Mary Morrison, soprano
Barry Morse, narrator


2.   From Dreams of Brass - 00:16:00


Collage '76 (more info)
Performed by: New Music Concerts
Composed by: Robert Aitken Norma Beecroft


3.   Collage '76 - 00:10:40


Jeu II (more info)
Composed by: Robert Aitken Norma Beecroft
Rivka Golani, viola


4.   Jeu II - 00:08:54


Accordion Play (more info)
Composed by: George Morgan Norma Beecroft
Bill Brennan, piano
Joseph Petric, accordion


5.   Accordion Play - 00:13:00


Amplified String Quartet (more info)
Composed by: Norma Beecroft


6.   Amplified String Quartet - 00:12:44

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