Three Canadian Songs
composer: Gavin Bryars
author of original text: Marilyn Bowering - P. K. Page
for low voice and chamber orchestra
texts by Marilyn Bowering and P. K. Page
Premiere: February 6, 1999 Winnipeg, MA (CDN) · Holly Cole, alto · Conductor: Bramwell Tovey · Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (world première No. 2 "Planet Earth" (1998) & No. 3 "The Apple" (1998))
June 30, 2002 Vancouver (BC) (CDN) · Holly Cole, alto · Conductor: Owen Underhill · CBC Radio orchestra (world première No. 1, "I have heard it said that a spirit enters")
Orchestra instrumentation: 0.0.0.bcl.1-2.0.0.0-timp.perc(glsp, tub bells, sus cym, sizz cym, tam-t, s.d, b.d)-pno-str(8.7.6.6.4 minimum including jazz double bass)
Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Duration: 25' 0''
Year of composition: 1998/2002
Language: English
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I I have heard it said that a spirit enters (2002)
II Planet Earth (1998)
III The Apple (1998)
(Each song may be performed separately)
Recordings
I have heard it said that a spirit enters (2010)
Gavin Bryars- Three Canadian Songs
- I have heard it said that a spirit enters
- Planet Earth
- The Apple
- Violin Concerto
- The Porazzi Fragment
- By the Vaar
CBC Radio Orchestra; Holly Cole, voice; Gwen Hoebig, solo violin; Gavin Bryars, solo double bass; Owen Underhill, conductor
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BCGBCD12
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LSL 10021-3 = Planet Earth, performance material
LSL 10021-4 = The Apple, performance material
LSL 10021-02 = I have heard it said that a spirit enters, performance material
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