Host Janna Sailor interviews composers Harry Stafylakis, Christopher Theofanidis, and Kelly-Marie Murphy to give us a preview of the upcoming Winnipeg New Music Festival! Also featured, WNMF guest artists, CC Duo!

Playlist:

• Toronto Symphony Orchestra · Gustavo Gimeno (conductor) - Curiosity, Genius and the Search for Petula Clark (excerpt)
• Hard Rubber Orchestra - Source Code (Excerpt)
• collectif9, CC Duo - The Confectioner’s Handbook
• East Coast Chamber Orchestra, Siven Magen (harp) - A Thousand Cranes: II. Wind Spirit
• Tara Helen O'Connor, Ken Thomson, Fung Chern Hwei, Raphael Weinroth-Browne, Vicky Chow, Matt Grou, and Haralabos [Harry] Stafylakis - Calibrating Friction (excerpt)

Host Janna Sailor interviews Juno award winning composer Allan Gordon Bell!

Playlist:

• Colleen Athparia, piano - Danse Sauvage (excerpt)
• Lands End Ensemble - Phénomènes: I. Open Range
• Lands End Ensemble - Phénomènes: II. Éclair
• Lands End Ensemble - Phénomènes: III. Éruption solaire
• Lands End Ensemble - Field Notes: II. Medicine Wheel

Host Janna Sailor features the best of Centrediscs releases in 2025!

Playlist:

• Alan Klaus - First Light Brings New Beginning
• Rachel Fenlon - The Only Soldiers
• Rachel Fenlon - Always Moving
• Rachel Fenlon - Things Lovers Say
• Rachel Fenlon - Ever and Forever
• Rachel Fenlon - My Drunken Lover
• Rachel Fenlon - A Map of You
• Emily Kruspe, violin, Erika Raum, violin - Giuoco delle coppie (Game of Couples): I. Allegro barbaro
• Emily Kruspe – violin Erika Raum – violin - Giuoco delle coppie (Game of Couples): II. Moderato non troppo
• Emily Kruspe – violin Erika Raum – violin - Giuoco delle coppie (Game of Couples): III. Allegro pesante
• Emily Kruspe – violin Erika Raum – violin - Giuoco delle coppie (Game of Couples): IV. Lento non troppo
• Emily Kruspe – violin Erika Raum – violin - Giuoco delle coppie (Game of Couples): V. Allegro molto
• Emily Kruspe – violin Erika Raum – violin - Giuoco delle coppie (Game of Couples): VI. Adagio
• Jason Noble & Steve Cowan - One Foot in the Past
• Helen Pridmore (soprano), David Rogosin (piano), Karin Aurell (flutes), Eileen Walsh (clarinet), James Gardiner (trumpet) and Dale Sorensen (trombone) - Two Lanscapes 1
• Helen Pridmore (soprano), David Rogosin (piano), Karin Aurell (flutes), Eileen Walsh (clarinet), James Gardiner (trumpet) and Dale Sorensen (trombone) - Two Landscapes 2
• Quatuor Nelligan - Essences

Host Janna Sailor interviews composer/cellist Cris Derksen about their latest album, The Visit!

Playlist:

• Cris Derksen - Top Shelf
• Cris Derksen, cello, Jennifer Kriesberg, soprano - White Gladis
• Cris Derksen - aabaakwad
• Cris Derksen - Buffalo Girls
• Cris Derksen - Overture to the Spiderbeing
• Cris Derksen - Planes
• Cris Derksen - Lyre Birds

Host Janna Sailor interviews composer Frank Horvat to discuss his latest album, "The Banff Suite"!

Playlist:

• Vicky Chow, piano - Moraine Lake
• SHHH!! Ensemble - The Outcome, 4.1: Healthy Planet
• Vicky Chow, piano - Sundance Canyon
• Vicky Chow, piano - Bow River
• SHHH!! Ensemble - Symptoms: 2.5. Food Inc.
• SHHH!! Ensemble - Symptoms: 2.1. Garbage
• Vicky Chow, piano - Sulphur Mountain

Host Janna Sailor brings you the Winter Wonderland episode, featuring works by Carmen Braden, Vincent Ho, and R. Murray Shafer!

Playlist:

• Carmen Braden, Mark Adam, Nadia Francavilla, Norman Adams - Candle Ice
• Nunavut Sivuniksavut Performers, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor - Artcic Symphony
• Vancouver Chamber Choir - Snowforms
• CBC Radio Orchestra - The Contented House

Host Janna Sailor interviews violinist and fashion designer Erin James about her debut album, "Fantasy Vignettes", which combines both music and innovative textile creations!

Playlist:

• Erin James, Todd Yaniw - Violin Fantasia No. 9 in B Major TWV40/22 — II. Vivace
• Erin James, Todd Yaniw, featuring Mari Alice Conrad - Fabricated Fantasies for Violin, Piano & Amplified Objects: I. The Machine Woman
• Erin James, Todd Yaniw - Phantasia in C Major, Op. 131 (Version for Violin & Piano)
• Erin James, Todd Yaniw - Phantasy, Op. 47 – "12-tone method"
• Erin James, Todd Yaniw - Violin Fantasia No. 9 in B Major TWV40/22 — I. Siciliana
• Erin James, Todd Yaniw - Fantasy No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor

Join host Janna Sailor for the Centrediscs playlist of the month, featuring an all Canadian line up of string goodness!

Playlist:

• George Crotty Trio - Heart Music
• Emily Hiemstra, viola - Over the Himalayas
• Thin Edge New Music Collective - Duo for Two Cellos
• Penderecki String Quartet - Il Cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, III. Allegro
• Cheng Duo - Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano, "Shifting Baselines", II. Free - Angular - Calm - Driving
• India Gailey - Grotesquerie
• Molinari Ensemble - Loss
• Orford String Quartet - String Quartet No. 1, II. Scherzo
• Cameron Crozman - The Book of Elegant Feelings
• Purcell String Quartet - 12 Essays on a Cantabile Theme
• George Crotty Trio - Cigarettes at Sunriss

Part Two of our special feature on Canadian composer, Violet Archer!

Playlist:

• Hertz Trio - Piano Trio No. 2, II. Largo tranquillo
• CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, John Avison, conductor - The Bell: III. Allegro Moderato
• Paul Brodie , James Campbell - Mood for Clarinet & Saxophone III. Whimsical
• Clif Ridley, Danielle Marcinek - Sea Cliff
• Shauna Rolston, Thomas Rolston - Four duets for violin and cello: I. Brooding (Excerpt)
• Tina-Alexandra Luna, Bradley Parker - Green Rain
• Charles Foreman - Charles Foreman

Part 1 of a special two part series devoted to the life and work of trailblazing Canadian composer Violet Archer!

Playlist:

• CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, John Avison, conductor - Sinfonietta for Orchestra, I. Allegro ma energetico
• Lidia Khaner, oboe, Janet Scott Hyot, piano - Sonatina for Oboe and Piano, II. Andante piacevole
• Luigi Magistrelli, clarinet - Four Short Pieces for Solo Clarinet: IV. Playful – Four Short Pieces for Solo Clarinet
• Joan Harrison, cello, Elaine Keillor, piano - Cello Sonata: I. Allegro con moto ed espressivo
• Sylvia Shadick-Taylor, piano - Lydian Moods (and excerpt from Léa Ploude-Archer's Violet’s Path)
• Kenneth Fischer, saxophone, Martha Thomas, piano - Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, I. Pre-amble
• Carolyn Hart, soprano, Daniel Paul Horn, Piano - Lonely Land – The Bliss of Solitude
• The University of Alberta String Quartet - String Quartet No. 3, I. Andante con moto ed intensivo (excerpt)
• The University of Alberta String Quartet - Piano Trio No. 2, III. Allegro con brio energetico