Musing

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 CastleDame Evelyn Glennie, Percussion, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor - The Shaman: Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra, III. Fire DanceVicky Chow, piano - Supervillian Etudes, VI. J6ker – Sandman’s CastleJeremy Brown, saxophone, Lana Henchell, piano - Whimsical Sketches of Fanciful Birds, Book 3. V. The Angel and the MockingbirdTony Yike Yang, piano - Dance of the Tigers: PreludeWinnipeg 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. LentoSean Clarke - Mountain Hymnal for Flute and Resonance (Excerpt)Nathan Bredeson, guitar - BalladeRobert 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 OperaRoger 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 CantabilsQuatuor Bozzini - String Theory (Excerpt)KöNG Duo - Clockwork Recipe (Excerpt)Pro Coro Canada - Fragment of Eternity (Excerpt)Allegra Chamber Orchestra - Reflections on Ave Generosa

Host Janna Sailor highlights our Centrediscs Playlist of the Month, featuring a juicy hour of saxophone goodness!Playlist: Quator de saxophones Nelligan - Danse des dragonBrent Lee - Olympic PlazaDavid Tanner, Marc Widner - La BluesJeremy Brown - Rubbing StoneJulia Nolan - Luminous Blue (for Alto Saxophone)Victor Herbiet, Frédéric Lacroix - Twelve-tone RagColin MacDonald - Pak alitYoel Diaz Avila, Quatuor de saxophones Nelligan - Concerto en 6 préludesTrevor Brandenburg, William H. Street - Holland Point Music

Host Janna Sailor interviews composer and sound designer Carmen Braden about the upcoming Yellowknife premiere of Kiuryak, an immersive circumpolar theatre performance that explores our relationship with the Northern Lights.Playlist: Carmen Braden, Mark Adam - Where Do the Stars Play?Dior Quartet - Excerpt from KiuryaqCarmen Braden, David Parker, Derek Charke, Gillian Smith, Nadia Francavilla, Norman Adams, Susan Sayle, Suzanne Lemieux - Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars: No. 2, Comet River (2019)Carmen Braden - Really PrettyCarmen Braden - Candle IceCarmen Braden, David Parker, Derek Charke, Gillian Smith, Nadia Francavilla, Norman Adams, Susan Sayle, Suzanne Lemieux - Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars: No. 4, Swing Me Around, Orion! (2019)Carmen Braden, Mark Adam, Nadia Francavilla, Norman Adams - In the Marrow Lives a WomanCarmen Braden, Derek Charke, Norman Adams, Suzanne Lemieux - Bend Willow Branch (Version for Flute, Oboe & Cello)Dior Quartet - Walze of the StratDior Quartet - Scene 9: Snowmobile

Host Janna Sailor present the Centrediscs Playlist of the Month! We ease into fall with a warm and cheerful selection of guitar works!Playlist: William Beauvais - Prayer for Frank WallaceAmy Brandon - Artificial LightAdrian Verdejo, Jordan Nobles - Nebula (for Ten Guitars)Arturo Parra - Furor: Lac des Sérénities - Furor - Terre de feuMichael Ibsen - NegotiationDaniel Ramjattan - SingularitySaman Shahi, Andrew Noseworthy - Microlocking IIJeff Smallman - Moments: No. 1

Host Janna Sailor interviews Polish Canadian composer, writer, and performer Piotr Grella-MożejkoPlaylist: Roger Admiral, piano - composizione-monoproiezione (1983)Tatiana Warszynski, violin - Kristall TraumAleksandra Panasik, oboe - Del Brocco for 1-6 different instruments (2009)Electronics - WOW! (Is My Cat a Rock ‘n’ Roller) (1990) for tapeLaurent Estoppey, alto saxophone - Time is a River without Banks (1996)ARA Ensemble - zapada zmrok (Giacinto Scelsi in memoriam)

Host Janna Sailor interviews Dutch accordion virtuoso Erica Roozendaal!Playlist: Erica Roozendaal, accordion - RememoriesErica Roozendaal, accordion - Met Sinen Blancken SwaerdeErica Roozendaal, accordion - Murmur in the WindErica Roozendaal (accordion) Michel Marang (clarinet) Antonis Pratsinakis (cello) , featuring Roadrunner Trio - Hoag's ObjectErica Roozendaal, accordion - Zang Op Het Eten Van WildbraadErica Roozendaal, accordion - 's Nachts Rusten Meest De DierenErica Roozendaal, accordion - Stil

Host Janna Sailor plays the best of the 80's on this month's Centrediscs Playlist Episode!Playlist: Laurier Quartet - Flute Quartet No. 1, I. FastManitoba Chamber Orchestra - Manitoba Memories, II. Folk DanceTrio des Iscles - DompeBernard Blary, flute, Alec Pearson, guitar - The Lonely PrincessBeverley Johnston percussion + electronics - ChronaxieBarbara Pritchard - The I and ThouIsabelle Demers, organ - Intermezzo, Twelve Short Pieces, Op. 43Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison, conductor - Missa Brevis: SanctusEnsemble Pierrot - Celestial Musings IV

Host Janna Sailor interviews Lisa Buck and Jodi Proznick from The Ostara Project in Part 2 of this special two part conversation about women in jazz!Playlist: The Ostara Project, featuring Amanda Tosoff - piano | Rachel Therrien - trumpet | Valérie Lacombe - drums |Allison Au - saxophone | Jodi Proznick - bass | Shruti Ramani - voice - Dreams and Olive TreesThe Ostara Project, featuring Amanda Tosoff - piano | Rachel Therrien - trumpet | Sanah Kadoura - drums | Allison Au - saxophone | Jodi Proznick - bass | Jocelyn Gould – guitar | Joanna Majoko – voice - Bye Bye BlackbirdThe Ostara Project, featuring Amanda Tosoff - piano | Rachel Therrien - trumpet | Sanah Kadoura - drums | Allison Au - saxophone | Jodi Proznick - bass | Jocelyn Gould – guitar | Joanna Majoko - voice - Little OneThe Ostara Project, featuring Amanda Tosoff - piano | Rachel Therrien - trumpet | Sanah Kadoura - drums | Allison Au - saxophone | Jodi Proznick - bass | Jocelyn Gould – guitar | Joanna Majoko – voice - Storms and OceansThe Ostara Project, featuring Amanda Tosoff - piano | Rachel Therrien - trumpet | Sanah Kadoura - drums | Allison Au - saxophone | Jodi Proznick - bass | Jocelyn Gould – guitar | Joanna Majoko - voice - RiseJodi Proznick - Bye Bye (interlude)The Ostara Project, featuring Amanda Tosoff - piano | Rachel Therrien - trumpet | Valérie Lacombe - drums | Allison Au - saxophone | Jodi Proznick - bass - 2601

Host Janna Sailor interviews Lisa Buck and Jodi Proznick from the groundbreaking all-female jazz fusion ensemble, The Ostara Project!Playlist: The Ostara Project, featuring Amanda Tosoff - piano | Rachel Therrien - trumpet | Valérie Lacombe - drums |Allison Au - saxophone | Jodi Proznick - bass | Shruti Ramani - voice - Dreams and Olive TreesThe Ostara Project, featuring Amanda Tosoff - piano | Rachel Therrien - trumpet | Valérie Lacombe - drums | Allison Au - saxophone | Jodi Proznick - bass | Shruti Ramani - voice - Raven HavenThe Ostara Project, featuring Amanda Tosoff - piano | Rachel Therrien - trumpet | Valérie Lacombe - drums | Allison Au - saxophone | Jodi Proznick - bass | - What a Moonlit NightThe Ostara Project, featuring Amanda Tosoff - piano | Rachel Therrien – trumpet, spoken word | Sanah Kadoura - drums | Allison Au - saxophone | Jodi Proznick - bass | Jocelyn Gould – guitar | Joanna Majoko - voice - Delta SkyThe Ostara Project, featuring Amanda Tosoff - piano | Rachel Therrien - trumpet | Valérie Lacombe - drums | Allison Au - saxophone | Jodi Proznick - bass | - PapaThe Ostara Project, featuring Amanda Tosoff - piano | Rachel Therrien – trumpet | Valérie Lacombe - drums | Allison Au - saxophone | Jodi Proznick - bass | Shruti Ramani - voice - Voyage sans retourThe Ostara Project, featuring Jodi Proznick, bass - Bye Bye InterludeThe Ostara Project, featuring Amanda Tosoff - piano | Rachel Therrien - trumpet | Valérie Lacombe - drums | Allison Au - saxophone | Jodi Proznick - bass | Shruti Ramani - voice - RajalakshmiThe Ostara Project, featuring Amanda Tosoff - piano | Rachel Therrien - trumpet | Sanah Kadoura - drums | Allison Au - saxophone | Jodi Proznick - bass | Jocelyn Gould – guitar | Joanna Majoko - voice - Lluvonia

Host Janna Sailor brings you Canadian composers from the 1970's on the Centrediscs monthly playlist!Playlist: CBC Radio Orchestra, Mario Bernardi, conductor - Overture to an unwritten comedyChristina Petrowska Quilico, piano - Rivers, Set 3, No. 2Mary Lou Fallis, soprano, Monica Gaylord, piano - Private Collection: Hello RicoEdmonton Wind Ensemble - Tafelmusik: BluesCanadian Brass - A DiversionSwinging Bovines - Divertimento for Saxophone Quartet, II MeditationTiresias Duo - TranceElora Festival Singers, Noel Edison, conductor - Missa Brevis: Agnus DeiTimothy Sullivan - Twelve TouchesJeffrey Stonehouse, flute - Conflits

Host Janna Sailor interviews Cypriot-Greek composer Michalis Andronikou about his prolific body of work, his identity, inspiration, and current projects!Playlist: Charles Foreman, piano - Foreman PassacagliaIason Keramidis, violin, Carlota Amado, piano - The Journey of JasonKatiana Georga, piano - Spring Mazurka Theofilos Sotiriades, saxophone, Panagiotis Andreoglou, accordion - Milonga TristeIeva Baltmiskyte, Renaissance Lute - Pavane for IevaPoetry: Luann E. Hiebert Baritone: David Klassen Piano: Tracey Regier Sawatzky - We Say FarewellVibraphone: Panos Thoidis Piano: Konstantina Androutsopoulou - A Curious Heron in JamaicaTrombone: Achilles Liarmakopoulos Harp: Coline-Marie Orliac - In Memoriam Theodore AntoniouCharles Foreman - Foreman PassacagliaThe Oberon Guitar trio: Ralph Maier, Brad Mahon, Murray Visscher - Rain

Host Janna Sailor highlights queer creators in this celebratory Pride Playlist episode, presented in partnership with our friends at Centrediscs!Playlist: Christina Petrowska Quilico - Stiches in TimeCharlie Andrews - EsidarapCharlie Andrews - Let the Rain FallVincent Lhermet, accordion, Marianne Muller, viola da gamba - Something Rich and StrangeIndia Gailey - Mountainweeps: Glacial light fluttering in the windThanya Iyer, vocals, India Gailey cello - Where I can be as big as the sunMelody McKiver - NaananCharlotte Mundy, vocals, Cryptid Ensemble - Bestiary I and IIDiana Cotoman - Divertimento for Woodwind trioEnsemble Super Musique - Voir dans le vent qui hurle les étoiles rire et rireChristian Smith, percussion, Ryan Kelly. percussion - Gandingan Sa KagiliranRachel Kiyo Iwassa, piano - Notes on Beautiful

Host Janna Sailor celebrates established and emerging First Nations artists in a special episode in celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day!Playlist: Beverley McKiver (piano), Larissa Desrosiers (vocals), Zoé Dumas (flute), Anne Cure (cello) - We Just Heard - All That We Are - You Must Go - Giizis (The Sun)Nashville String Machine, Wes Studi, narrator - Spider Brings the FireMelody McKiver - Excerpts from "Returning Home"Elation Pauls, violin, David Braid, piano, Karen Sunabacka, narrator - Jack the FiddlerKensington Sinfonia - Grief Eater FiragaCris Derksen, Jennifer Kreisberg - New Woman Song

Host Janna Sailor interviews violist Jesse Morrison about his newly recorded album of solo viola works entitled "Transitions", soon to be released on all major streaming platforms!Playlist: Jesse Morrison - Fantasia, Mvt. I & IIJesse Morrison - Suite, Mvt. VI: GigueJesse Morrison - Suite, Mvt. II: AllemandeJesse Morrison - Blum TamasJesse Morrison - Fur Siegbert Mvt. II & IIIJesse Morrison - Suite Mvt V: MinuetJesse Morrison - In Nomine AllonghereseJesse Morrison - Fur Siegbert Mvt. I

Host Janna Sailor interviews award winning composer/performer/singer songwriter Carmen Braden about her inspiration, creative endeavours in her home of Yellow knife, and her latest album, A Hard Light!Playlist: Carmen Braden - The WeatherCarmen Braden - An InviteCarmen Braden - DaughterCarmen Braden - The DanceCarmen Braden - The FallCarmen Braden - Patience of the CactusCarmen Braden - Really PrettyCarmen Braden - 8 Ball

Host Janna Sailor presents the Centrediscs 1960's Playlist, featuring extraordinary composers and artists from this experimental and prolific era of Canadian music!

Host Janna Sailor interviews composer Royden Tse about his creative output, approach to creating and teaching, and most recent commissions!Playlist: Verona Quartet - Stippling, from Blank CanvasMatthew Li, Bass & Christopher Gaudreault, Piano - A Child Dying, from TriptychShanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Hua Yifei, sheng solo - Radiant Light (2017) Concerto for Sheng & OrchestraThomas Glenn (Tenor), Valdis Jansons (Bar.), iSing! Choir & the Philadelphia Orchestra - Yellow Crane Tower for baritone, tenor, SATB, orchestra