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All scores and performance materials are available for purchase, rent or perusal from Counterpoint Library:
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2 (2nd picc only) 2 (2nd EH only) 2 (2nd Eb cl only) 2 | 4 2 3 1 | timp & 2 perc | pno/cel | harp | strings
Overture in one movement
Premiered/commissioned by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (1988) under Charles Dutoit for their 1988 North American Tour
1 (picc) 1 1 1 | 2 1 1 1 | 1 perc | pno | strings (can be performed with single strings)
Overture in one movement
Premiered/commissioned by the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony (1989) under Raffi Armenian
listen2 o 2 0 | 2 1 1 1 | glock | strings
Overture in one movement
Premiered by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (1989) under Mario Bernardi
Commissioned by the CBC for a gala celebration of past winners of the CBC Young Performers Competition
listenflute, piccolo, 1 percussion (crotales & vibraphone) & 22 solo strings (6 6 4 4 2)
Overture in one movement
Premiered/commissioned by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra Orchestra (2010) under Anne Manson
listen3 (3rd picc) 3 (3rd EH) 4 (3rd Eb cl - 4th bs cl only) 3 (3rd cbsn) | 4 3 3 1 | timp & 3 perc | harp | pno/cel | strings
A symphonic poem after the mythical tale by J. R. R. Tolkien
3 movements; individual movements can be performed separately
Premiered by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davis
listen3 (3rd picc) 3 (3rd EH) 4 (3rd Eb cl - 4th bs cl only) 3 (3rd cbsn) | 4 3 3 1 | timp & 3 perc | pno/cel | harp | strings
A symphonic poem in one movement
Premiered/commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davis
listen3 (2nd & 3rd picc) 3 (3rd EH) 3 (3rd Eb cl) 3 (3rd cbsn) | 4 3 3 1 | timp & 3 perc | pno | harp | strings
A symphonic poem in 3 movements: individual movements can be performed separately
Premiered/commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra under Bramwell Tovey
listen3 (all dbl picc) 2 2 (2nd Eb cl) 2 | 2 2 2 1 | 3 perc | pno | harp | strings
A symphonic poem in 3 movements
Premiered/commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra under Bramwell Tovey
2 (2nd picc) 2 2 2 | 4 3 3 1 | 3 perc | strings
2 movements
Premiered/commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra under Bramwell Tovey
listenstrings only with harpsichord/piano
One movement
Premiered/commissioned by the CBC Radio Orchestra under Mario Bernardi
listen3 (3rd picc) 3 (3rd EH) 3 (2nd Eb cl - 3rd bs cl) 3 (3rd cbsn) | 4 3 3 1 | timp & 3 perc | pno | harp | strings
with SATB choir and mezzo-soprano soloist
3 movements; texts by Walt Whitman, Margaret Sweatman and James Joyce
Premiered/commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra under Alexander Micklethwate
listen1 3 (2nd EH) 0 1 | 0 1 1 (bs trb) 0 | 2 perc | harp | pno/cel/hpcd | strings; mezzo-soprano solo; SATB choir
Texts in Sanskrit and English from the Upanishads; Rabindranath Tagore
4 movements; individual movements can be performed separately
Premiered/commissioned by the Kitchener-Waterloo Philharmonic Choir under Howard Dyck
listenstrings only
3 movements; individual movements can be performed separately
Premiered/commissioned by the CBC for the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra under Simon Streatfeild
strings only
1 movement
Premiered/commissioned by the Guelph Spring Festival Strings led by Martin Beaver
listenstrings only
2 movements; individual movements can be performed separately
Premiered/commissioned by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra under Anne Manson
2 (2nd picc) 2 (2nd EH) 2 (2nd Eb cl) 2 (2nd cbsn only) | 4 1 3 1 | timp & 3 perc | pno/cel | harp | strings
One movement
Premiered/commissioned by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Charles Dutoit; James Thompson, trumpet solo
2 (2nd picc) 2 (2nd EH) 2 (2nd Eb cl) 2 (2nd cbsn only) | 4 1 3 1 | timp & 3 perc | pno/cel | harp | strings
5 movements; individual movements can be performed separately
Premiered/commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra under Gunther Herbig; Nora Shulman, flute solo; Judy Loman, harp solo
listen2 (2nd picc) 2 (2nd EH) 2 (2nd Eb cl) 2 (2nd cbsn) | 4 2 3 0 | 2 perc | strings
One movement
Premiered/commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra under Bramwell Tovey; Louis Lortie, piano solo
listen2 (2nd picc) 2 (2nd EH) 2 (2nd Eb cl) 2 | 2220 | 2 perc | harp | strings
One movement; text by Edward Lear (nonsense poetry)
Premiered/commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra under Bramwell Tovey; Tracy Dahl, soprano
listen2 (2nd picc) 0 2 2 | 4 1 0 1 | timp & 1 perc | strings
One movement
Premiered/commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra under Bramwell Tovey; Neal Gripp, viola solo
listen2 (2nd picc) 0 2 2 | 4 1 0 1 | timp & 1 perc | strings
One movement
Premiered/commissioned by the CBC Radio Orchestra under Owen Underhill, with the Verdehr Trio
2 2 (2nd EH) 2 2 | 2 1 1 1 | 2 perc | harp | strings
One movement
Premiered/commissioned by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra under Martin Fischer-Dieskau; Stephen Sitarski, violin solo
1 2 1 1 | 1 0 0 0 | 1 perc | harp | strings
One movement
Premiered/commissioned by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra under Roy Goodman; Paul Marleyn, violoncello solo
listen2 (both double picc) 2 (2nd EH) 2 (2nd Eb cl) 2 (2nd cbsn) | 2 1 2 0 | 2 perc | strings
solo part is partially improvisational
3 movements; individual movements can be performed separately
Premiered/commissioned by the Esprit Orchestra under Alex Pauk; Glenn Buhr, piano solo
listen1 (picc) 1 (EH) 1 (Bs cl) 1 | 2 0 0 0 | timp & 2 perc | strings (can be performed with single strings)
3 movements; individual movements can be performed separately
Premiered/commissioned by the Toronto summer Music Festival as a companion piece to Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde; Agness Grossmann, conductor; Roxana Constantinescu, mezzo-soprano solo
Commissioned/premiered by Music at Sharon (1988)
Commissioned/premiered by Sound Pressure (1989)
Commissioned/premiered by Music Toronto (1990)
Commissioned/premiered Groundswell (1997)
Commissioned/premiered by Soundstreams Canada (1999)
Commissioned/premiered by Vancouver New Music (2000)
Commissioned/premiered by the Elora Festival (1997)
Commissioned/premiered by the Penderecki String Quartet (1997)
Commissioned/premiered by the Penderecki String Quartet (1992)
Commissioned by the Canadian Music Crossroads Foundation premiered by the Arpeggione String Quartet (1996)
Commissioned by Festival Fussen premiered by he Verdi Quartet (2005)
Commissioned by The Women's Musical Club of Toronto premiered by The Penderecki String Quartet Quartet (2010)
Commissioned by CBC premiered by Jan Kocman and Richard Turner (1986)
Commissioned/premiered by Lyracord (1987)
Commissioned/premiered by Neal Gripp (1988)
Commissioned/premiered by Classical Cabaret (1989)
Commissioned/premiered by CBC (2001)
Commissioned/premiered by Ian Hodges and Charlene Pauls (2002)
Commissioned/premiered by Trio Lyra (2006)
Commissioned/premiered by Judy Loman (1986)
Premiered by Glenn Buhr (1991)
Commissioned/premiered by Nora Shulman (1993)
Commissioned by the Connor family; premiered by Gwen Hoebig (1993)
Commissioned by the CBC premiered by Janina Fialkowska (1995)
Commissioned by the CBC premiered by Gregory Oh (2000)
Premiered by Glenn Buhr (2009)
Commissioned/premiered by Dance Collective (1992)
Commissioned/premiered by Chamber Concerts Canada; libretto by Paul Quarrington (1994)
Commissioned by Groundswell; libretto by Margaret Sweatman (1994)
Commissioned/premiered by Prairie Theatre Exchange (1994)
Commissioned/premiered by Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers (1995)
Commissioned by Soundstreams Canada; libretto by Margaret Sweatman (2001)
Commissioned/premiered by the Birmingham Royal Ballet; choreography by David Bintley (2003)
Commissioned by Credo Group Ltd. (1993)
Commissioned by the National Film Board (1997)
Commissioned by GFT-Paquin (1998)
Commissioned by the Prairie Public Television (1998)
Commissioned by the National Film Board (1998)
Commissioned by Sleeping Giant Productions (1998-99)
Commissioned by the National Film Board (1999)
Commissioned by Buffalo Gal Productions
Includes the song When Wintertime - Genie award (with lyricist Margaret Sweatman) for achievement in music (2005)
Buffalo Gal Productions; Michelle McLaren, director (2006)
Buffalo Gal Productions; Gary Yates, director (2007)
- From the CD Thru the Wounded Sky - released in March 2007
From the CD Phenomenological Love Songs - release date: October 2010
Music by Glenn Buhr, lyrics by Margaret Sweatman
(except High and Lonesome: music and lyrics by Glenn Buhr)
Scores and parts are available for purchase or rental from Counterpoint Library:
library@cpmusiclibrary.ca
905.761.5377