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2007 JUNO AWARD NOMINEES
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR: Two nominations!

  • A Midwinter Night’s Dream; Harry Somers; A MIDWINTER NIGHT’S DREAM Centrediscs*CMC
  • Of Memory and Desire; Harry Somers; CANADIAN COMPOSERS PORTRAITS: HARRY SOMERS Centrediscs*Fusion III

 

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During the next three years the Recording Project will almost be complete with every work that Harry wrote
  • Most of the Portrait series packages are two disks: one a documentary ad the other music. See most recent release below

  • "Of Memory and Desire" from this set was nominated for a Juno in the Best Classical Composition category.

  • Midwinter Night's Dream was also nominated for a Juno in the Best Classical Composition category

 

New Recording:

CANADIAN COMPOSERS PORTRAITS: HARRY SOMERS
Harry Somers
2006 Centrediscs / Centredisques
CMCCD 11306


COMPOSER: Harry Somers

PERFORMERS:
Robert Becker, Jean Stilwell, Russell Hartenberger, Jennifer Swartz, James Parker, Lorand Fenyves

ENSEMBLES:
Esprit Orchestra
Chamber Players of Toronto
National Arts Centre Orchestra
CBC Vancouver Orchestra

CONDUCTORS:
Alex Pauk, Mario Bernardi, Winston Webber, Victor Feldbrill

WORKS/TRACKS:

CD1
Somers documentary produced by Eitan Cornfield

CD2
1-4. North Country
5-9. Symphony No.1
10-18. Picasso Suite

CD3
1-4. Suite for Harp and Chamber Orchestra
5-9. Five Songs for Dark Voice
10. Lyric for Orchestra
11. Of Memory and Desire

CD4
1-2. Elegy, Transformation, Jubilation
3. Concertante for Violin, Percussion and String Orchestra
4-6. Third Piano Concerto

go to CMC page for more information on this recording
go to CMC site for complete list of Harry's recordings which are available at CMC


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updates for Spring 2007 coming soon


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