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

Join host Janna Sailor for the Centrediscs Playlist of the Month!

Playlist:

• Brent Lee - Citizens of Osla
• Rob Power, Etienne Gendron, Andrew Staniland, percussion - Shadows
• Emma Theresa - Hope
• Taktus - Glass Houses #8, arr. for marimbas
• John Grey - 29 March 1999
• Aleks Schürmer, Grégoire Blanc - À ses derniers pas, entrant dans la boue: IV. Sarabande pour la pas
• Robert J Morin - Blue Evening (excerpt
• Alcida Lanza - Player Piano
• grej - Seven

Host Janna Sailor in conversation with composer Richard Burdick!

Playlist:

• Richard Burdick Ensemble - Op. 326, No. 6 “Twin Falls” (Excerpt)
• Richard Burdick Ensemble - Op. 326, No. 7 “Twin Falls - Glade”
• Richard Burdick Ensemble - Op. 345, No. 5 “Mill Pond Bridge”
• Ensemble 219 - Op. 335, Esquisse Me – The Crows Come to Visit
• Richard Burdick Ensemble - Op. 234, Variations on "Ich schell mein Horn" for seven horns, Movement IV
• Richard Burdick Ensemble - Op. 234, Variations on "Ich schell mein Horn" for seven horns, Movement I
• Richard Burdick Ensemble - Op. 333, Symphony for Timpani, Brass and a Couple Other Musicians, Movement II
• Richard Burdick Ensemble - Op. 345, No. 6, “Little Waterfall”
• Richard Burdick Ensemble - Op. 333, Symphony for Timpani, Brass and a Couple Other Musicians, Movement III

Special live Funding Drive Show!

Playlist:

• The Ostara Project - Dreams and Olive Trees
• Kensington Sinfonia - Ravenswood
• Jessica McMann - Otemihin
• Caity Gyorgy & Mark Limacher - Nobody Else But Me
• The Daniel Pelton Collective - Klezmer Dances II
• Luminous Voices - Weepe Ye No More

In honour of Remembrance Day, a complete performace of Jeffrey Ryan's monumental work, Afghanistan, Requiem for a Generation.

Playlist:

• Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey, UBC Choirs - Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation

Host Janna Sailor interviews multi award winning composer Vincent Ho about his musical influences, artistic collaborations, and upcoming projects!

Playlist:

• Tony Yike Yang, piano - Rascally Rat: Fugue (excerpt)
• Nunavut Sivuniksavut Performers, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Micklethwate, conductor - Arctic Symphony, V. O Glorius Arcticus (excerpt 1)
• Susanne Ruberg-Gordon, piano, Ben Reimer, drum kit - Kickin’ It – Sandman’s Castle
• Dame Evelyn Glennie, Percussion, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor - The Shaman: Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra, III. Fire Dance
• Vicky Chow, piano - Supervillian Etudes, VI. J6ker – Sandman’s Castle
• Jeremy Brown, saxophone, Lana Henchell, piano - Whimsical Sketches of Fanciful Birds, Book 3. V. The Angel and the Mockingbird
• Tony Yike Yang, piano - Dance of the Tigers: Prelude
• Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra & The Nunavut Sivuniksavut Performers, Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor - Arctic Symphony, V. O Glorius Arcticus (excerpt 2)

Host Janna Sailor interviews composer and flutist Sean Clarke about his most recent album, "A Flower for my Daughter"!

Playlist:

• Roger Feria Jr, piano - Winter Light, Castle Mountain (Una corda)
• Roger Feria Jr, piano - 3 Nocturnes After Monet: No 2, Dolce. Lento
• Sean Clarke - Mountain Hymnal for Flute and Resonance (Excerpt)
• Nathan Bredeson, guitar - Ballade
• Robert Feria Jr, piano - The Christmas Bells from Hill to Hill (Version for Tack Piano) I.
• Talia Fuchs, soprano, Roger Feria Jr, piano, Sean Clarke, flute - Franey Trail: A Chamber Opera
• Roger Feria Jr, piano - A Flower for My Daughter: My Life

Host Janna Sailor interviews composer Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins about her compositional approach, influences, and upcoming projects!

Playlist:

• Allegra Chamber Orchestra - Reflections on Ave Generosa (Excerpt)
• Brno Philharmonic Orchestra - Vortex Cantabils
• Quatuor Bozzini - String Theory (Excerpt)
• KöNG Duo - Clockwork Recipe (Excerpt)
• Pro Coro Canada - Fragment of Eternity (Excerpt)
• Allegra Chamber Orchestra - Reflections on Ave Generosa