By Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto
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The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.
In episode four of our second season of our Songwalks podcast, you’ll meet Cris Derksen, a composer and cellist who is originally from Northern Alberta. She now lives in Toronto and tours the world making music that weaves together her classical training with Indigenous traditions. Lately Cris has been making music for dance, theatre and animation, as well as choirs and symphony orchestras. The Amadeus Choir invited Cris to write a piece. It’s called Mass for Nipiy - that’s the Cree word for water. On Songwalks today, you’ll be hearing just one segment from that Mass. It’s called Prayer for Mist. It’s a beautiful portrait of the cleansing power of mist. Of water shimmering in the air and renewing the Earth. The words and music are by Cris Derksen and it’s sung by the Amadeus Choir.
In episode three of our second season of our Songwalks podcast, you’ll meet Ian Cusson who lives just a couple of hours outside of Toronto. Ian composes art song, opera, choral music, and orchestral work. He’s of Metis and French Canadian descent and his work often explores the intersection of Western and Indigenous cultures. He’s worked with the Canadian Opera Company and the National Arts Centre and is making a huge impact on the classical music scene in Canada. Today you’ll be hearing a gorgeous piece that he wrote for the Amadeus Choir and the Guelph Chamber Choir. It’s called will I, night. Music he set to a poem by the Cree Metis poet Marilyn Dumont.
This season we are celebrating our 50h anniversary season. We do a lot of work with Canadian composers and we have premiered dozens of commissions. Recently we have been collaborating with some of the best Indigenous composers writing today. Indigenous people have stewarded this land since time immemorial and we are so grateful to make music here. This season on Songwalks, you’ll join some of these amazing creators on a short musical stroll. They’ll take you on a tour of some of their music and tell you a bit about what inspires them.
In episode two, you’ll meet Deantha Edmunds. She is Canada’s first Inuk professional classical singer. She was recently appointed a member of the Order of Canada for her work as a performer, writer, composer, and mentor. Deantha joined the Amadeus Choir for the creation of beautiful song that braids her own Inuk heritage with the music of Hildegard von Bingen, a mystic and visionary from the twelfth century. As you’ll hear, it’s a powerful combination.
This season the Amadeus Choir is celebrating our 50h anniversary season. We do a lot of work with Canadian composers and we have premiered dozens of commissions. Recently we have been collaborating with some of the best Indigenous composers writing today. Indigenous people have stewarded this land since time immemorial and we are so grateful to make music here. This season on Songwalks, you’ll join some of these amazing creators on a short musical stroll. They’ll take you on a tour of some of their music and tell you a bit about what inspires them.
In episode one, you’ll meet Andrew Balfour. He now splits his time between Toronto and Winnipeg where he composes and leads choirs. In his music, Andrew brings together his Indigenous heritage and a love of renaissance polyphony. It’s a potent combination.
The end of the day is only the beginning: dusk invites the majesty of sunset, the twinkling of stars, and the cool blanket of moonlight. Anything is possible at dusk.
Our guest writer this week is Marjorie Chan, www.marjoriechan.com
This week we are featuring the following music performed by the Amadeus Choir:
"Die Nacht" by Josef Rheinberger
"I Saw Eternity" by Stephen Chatman
Copyright © 2003 by Highgate Press, (BMI), a division of ECS Publishing Group. www.ecspublishing.com Used with permission. All rights reserved.
"Vineta" from "Drei Gesänge" by Johannes Brahms
"Stars" by Ēriks Ešenvalds
Copyright © 2012 by Musica Baltica
Used with permission. All rights reserved.
All Choral recordings featured in this podcast were performed and recorded by the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto
Incidental music is composed and performed by Pouya Hamidi.
About SONGWALKS:
Join the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto for Songwalks: Choral music for your daily journey. Each episode is designed to accompany your walk through the city or countryside, at dawn or at dusk. They're the perfect way to let your imagination loose as you move through the world around you. You'll hear music by composers throughout the ages recorded by the Amadeus Choir, and spoken word poetry by leading Canadian writers, as well as members of the Amadeus Choir.
Weekly episodes premiere on May 11th.
Search "Songwalks" on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.
amadeuschoir.com/songwalks
About THE AMADEUS CHOIR OF GREATER TORONTO
Enlivening Toronto’s arts community for 47 years, the award-winning Amadeus Choir is a semi-professional choir of auditioned voices from Toronto and the surrounding areas. The Choir champions the best of choral music and premieres works of Canadian and international composers through a self-produced Toronto concert series, guest performances, and special events. Known well beyond Toronto through tours, festivals, recordings, and national and international radio broadcasts, the Choir collaborates with many professional performing arts organizations in the GTA.
The Amadeus Choir is proud to take a leading role in educating the next generation of choral musicians by providing workshops for conductors, composers, singers, and students. The Choir is known for its strong support of Canadian music, and regularly commissions work from established and emerging Canadian composers.
Throughout its history, the Amadeus Choir has received numerous awards, most recently the Association of Canadian Choral Communities's "Most Innovative Performance" award in 2014 for “Music of the Spheres,” a multi-media collaboration with the Elmer Iseler Singers, the Ontario Science Centre, and the Roberta Bondar Foundation.
In 2019, after celebrating the 35-year leadership of Lydia Adams, the Choir welcomed Kathleen Allan as Artistic Director and Conductor.
Nature is all around us: under a tree in your back yard, your neighbourhood park, or that fantastic hiking trail you love. Get out there and find the beauty of nature and be inspired by all it has to offer.
Our guest writer this week is Rosemary Georgeson, rosemarygeorgeson.wordpress.com
This week we are featuring the following music performed by the Amadeus Choir:
"As Torrents in Summer" by Edward Elgar
“As We Remember Them" from Triptych by Tarik O'Regan
Copyright © 2005 by G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP) obo Novello & Co Ltd.
All rights reserved. Used with permission
"A Winter Day" from "A Winter Day" by Sarah Quartel
Copyright Oxford University Press
All rights reserved. Used with permission.
All Choral recordings featured in this podcast were performed and recorded by the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto
Incidental music is composed and performed by Pouya Hamidi.
About SONGWALKS:
Join the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto for Songwalks: Choral music for your daily journey. Each episode is designed to accompany your walk through the city or countryside, at dawn or at dusk. They're the perfect way to let your imagination loose as you move through the world around you. You'll hear music by composers throughout the ages recorded by the Amadeus Choir, and spoken word poetry by leading Canadian writers, as well as members of the Amadeus Choir.
Weekly episodes premiere on May 11th.
Search "Songwalks" on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.
amadeuschoir.com/songwalks
About THE AMADEUS CHOIR OF GREATER TORONTO
Enlivening Toronto’s arts community for 47 years, the award-winning Amadeus Choir is a semi-professional choir of auditioned voices from Toronto and the surrounding areas. The Choir champions the best of choral music and premieres works of Canadian and international composers through a self-produced Toronto concert series, guest performances, and special events. Known well beyond Toronto through tours, festivals, recordings, and national and international radio broadcasts, the Choir collaborates with many professional performing arts organizations in the GTA.
The Amadeus Choir is proud to take a leading role in educating the next generation of choral musicians by providing workshops for conductors, composers, singers, and students. The Choir is known for its strong support of Canadian music, and regularly commissions work from established and emerging Canadian composers.
Throughout its history, the Amadeus Choir has received numerous awards, most recently the Association of Canadian Choral Communities's "Most Innovative Performance" award in 2014 for “Music of the Spheres,” a multi-media collaboration with the Elmer Iseler Singers, the Ontario Science Centre, and the Roberta Bondar Foundation.
In 2019, after celebrating the 35-year leadership of Lydia Adams, the Choir welcomed Kathleen Allan as Artistic Director and Conductor.
Whether you are walking in the heat of the sun reflected off skyscrapers or under the twinkle of the streetlights at night, there is no energy quite like that of the city; there is so much to see and hear all at once.
Our guest writer this week is Joy Kogawa, joykogawa.ca
This week we are featuring the following music performed by the Amadeus Choir:
“From Heaven Distilled A Clemency" from Triptych by Tarik O'Regan
Copyright © 2005 by G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP) obo Novello & Co Ltd.
All rights reserved. Used with permission
"Sure on this Shining Night" by Morten Lauridsen
Copyright © 2005 Peer Music
"Beloved" by Rita Ueda
All rights reserved. Used with permission.
"When the Earth Stands Still" by Don MacDonald
Copyright © 2016 by Galaxy Music Corporation, Inc. (ASCAP), a division of ECS Publishing Group. www.ecspublishing.com Used with permission. All rights reserved.
All Choral recordings featured in this podcast were performed and recorded by the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto
Incidental music is composed and performed by Pouya Hamidi.
About SONGWALKS:
Join the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto for Songwalks: Choral music for your daily journey. Each episode is designed to accompany your walk through the city or countryside, at dawn or at dusk. They're the perfect way to let your imagination loose as you move through the world around you. You'll hear music by composers throughout the ages recorded by the Amadeus Choir, and spoken word poetry by leading Canadian writers, as well as members of the Amadeus Choir.
Weekly episodes premiere on May 11th.
Search "Songwalks" on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.
amadeuschoir.com/songwalks
About THE AMADEUS CHOIR OF GREATER TORONTO
Enlivening Toronto’s arts community for 47 years, the award-winning Amadeus Choir is a semi-professional choir of auditioned voices from Toronto and the surrounding areas. The Choir champions the best of choral music and premieres works of Canadian and international composers through a self-produced Toronto concert series, guest performances, and special events. Known well beyond Toronto through tours, festivals, recordings, and national and international radio broadcasts, the Choir collaborates with many professional performing arts organizations in the GTA.
The Amadeus Choir is proud to take a leading role in educating the next generation of choral musicians by providing workshops for conductors, composers, singers, and students. The Choir is known for its strong support of Canadian music, and regularly commissions work from established and emerging Canadian composers.
Throughout its history, the Amadeus Choir has received numerous awards, most recently the Association of Canadian Choral Communities's "Most Innovative Performance" award in 2014 for “Music of the Spheres,” a multi-media collaboration with the Elmer Iseler Singers, the Ontario Science Centre, and the Roberta Bondar Foundation.
In 2019, after celebrating the 35-year leadership of Lydia Adams, the Choir welcomed Kathleen Allan as Artistic Director and Conductor.
With the weather turning warmer, lets get outside and see the flowers in bloom, the buds on the trees, and feel the warmth of sunlight again.
Our guest writer this week is Kanika Ambrose, www.kanikaambrose.com
This week we are featuring the following music:
"Ae Fond Kiss" arranged by Stuart Calvert
Copyright © 2013 Hinshaw Music Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
“Voices of Earth” by David C. Dickau
Copyright © 2013 Walton Music Corp.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
"May" from Voices of Earth by Ruth Watson Henderson
Copyright © 1992 Jubilate Music Group, LLC
All rights reserved. Used by permission
"Now is the Month of Maying" by Thomas Morley
Public Domain
All Choral recordings featured in this podcast were performed and recorded by the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto
Incidental music is composed and performed by Pouya Hamidi.
About SONGWALKS:
Join the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto for Songwalks: Choral music for your daily journey. Each episode is designed to accompany your walk through the city or countryside, at dawn or at dusk. They're the perfect way to let your imagination loose as you move through the world around you. You'll hear music by composers throughout the ages recorded by the Amadeus Choir, and spoken word poetry by leading Canadian writers, as well as members of the Amadeus Choir.
Weekly episodes premiere on May 11th.
Search "Songwalks" on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.
amadeuschoir.com/songwalks
About THE AMADEUS CHOIR OF GREATER TORONTO
Enlivening Toronto’s arts community for 47 years, the award-winning Amadeus Choir is a semi-professional choir of auditioned voices from Toronto and the surrounding areas. The Choir champions the best of choral music and premieres works of Canadian and international composers through a self-produced Toronto concert series, guest performances, and special events. Known well beyond Toronto through tours, festivals, recordings, and national and international radio broadcasts, the Choir collaborates with many professional performing arts organizations in the GTA.
The Amadeus Choir is proud to take a leading role in educating the next generation of choral musicians by providing workshops for conductors, composers, singers, and students. The Choir is known for its strong support of Canadian music, and regularly commissions work from established and emerging Canadian composers.
Throughout its history, the Amadeus Choir has received numerous awards, most recently the Association of Canadian Choral Communities's "Most Innovative Performance" award in 2014 for “Music of the Spheres,” a multi-media collaboration with the Elmer Iseler Singers, the Ontario Science Centre, and the Roberta Bondar Foundation.
In 2019, after celebrating the 35-year leadership of Lydia Adams, the Choir welcomed Kathleen Allan as Artistic Director and Conductor.
Join us for our first episode of Songwalks
Our guest writer this week is Luke Hathaway, and we are featuring the following music:
Earth Song by Frank Ticheli
Copyright Hinshaw Music, Manhattan Beach Music
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Salutation of the Dawn (AMP 0850) by Eleanor Daley
Copyright Alliance Music Publications, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
A Winter Dawn (from A Winter Day) by Sarah Quartel
Copyright Oxford University Press
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Into Morning (from A Winter Day) by Sarah Quartel
Copyright Oxford University Press
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Sun on Water by Hussein Janmohamed
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
All choral music recordings featured in this podcast were performed and recorded by the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto
Incidental music is composed and performed by Pouya Hamidi.
About SONGWALKS:
Join the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto for Songwalks: Choral music for your daily journey. Each episode is designed to accompany your walk through the city or countryside, at dawn or at dusk. They're the perfect way to let your imagination loose as you move through the world around you. You will hear music by composers throughout the ages recorded by the Amadeus Choir, and spoken word poetry by leading Canadian writers, as well as members of the Amadeus Choir.
Weekly episodes premiere on May 11th.
Search "Songwalks" on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.
amadeuschoir.com/songwalks
About THE AMADEUS CHOIR OF GREATER TORONTO
Enlivening Toronto’s arts community for 47 years, the award-winning Amadeus Choir is a semi-professional choir of auditioned voices from Toronto and the surrounding areas. The Choir champions the best of choral music and premieres works of Canadian and international composers through a self-produced Toronto concert series, guest performances, and special events. Known well beyond Toronto through tours, festivals, recordings, and national and international radio broadcasts, the Choir collaborates with many professional performing arts organizations in the GTA.
The Amadeus Choir is proud to take a leading role in educating the next generation of choral musicians by providing workshops for conductors, composers, singers, and students. The Choir is known for its strong support of Canadian music, and regularly commissions work from established and emerging Canadian composers.
Throughout its history, the Amadeus Choir has received numerous awards, most recently the Association of Canadian Choral Communities's "Most Innovative Performance" award in 2014 for “Music of the Spheres,” a multi-media collaboration with the Elmer Iseler Singers, the Ontario Science Centre, and the Roberta Bondar Foundation.
In 2019, after celebrating the 35-year leadership of Lydia Adams, the Choir welcomed Kathleen Allan as Artistic Director and Conductor.
Join the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto for "Songwalks": Choral music for your daily journey. This podcast features beautiful choral music paired with poetry to accompany your daily walk, through the city or countryside, at dawn or at dusk.
You'll hear music by Elgar and Eleanor Daley, Tarik O'Regan, Johannes Brahms and more.
Poetry is provided by Canadian luminaries like Luke Hathaway, Kanika Ambrose, and Joy Kogawa.
Songwalks Podcast is the perfect way to let your imagination loose as you leave your screens at home and move through the world around you.
Podcast premieres May 11th with weekly episodes every Tuesday.
For more information, visit us at amadeuschoir.com/songwalks
The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.