John Beckwith -Portrait -Cmc CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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1.1 Beginning

1.2 Farewell to Nova Scotia

1.3 Throughout John Beckwith's Childhood

1.4 Unlikely As It Might Sound Today

1.5 He's Been a Mentor and a Great Friend

1.6 He Likes to Have Consistency and Routine

1.7 As a Composer Who Came of Age in the 1960S

1.8 Susan Sontag Said Nostlagia Is a Meager Emotion

1.9 Listening to Works Like Harp of David

2.1 Prologue: The World's a Theatre

2.2 Children's Song: Run, Run, Run, See Dick and Jane Run

2.3 The High School Play: All the World's a Stage

2.4 Ladies and Gentlemen on Opening Night: O Ladies, O Ladies, So Tender and Fair

2.5 A Theoretical Discussion: Here All the Learned and Authentic Fellows

2.6 Epilogue: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

2.7 Taking a Stand

2.8 I. ?

2.9 II. ?

2.10 III. ?

2.11 IV. ?

2.12 V. ?

2.13 VI. ?

2.14 VII. ?

2.15 At the Day of Judgement?

2.16 Okay, God, Say What You Like?

2.17 Once It Seemed Almost Violent, This Music?

2.18 I Don't Want Anyone Else Bringing Up My Kids

2.19 Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

2.20 I Used to Think There Would Be a Blinding Flash?

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Program notes in English with French translation include texts of "The Trumpets of Summer" and "Stacey." CD1: Persons speaking in the Beckwith documentary in order of appearance: Eitan Cornfield, John Beckwith, Beverley Diamond, Helmut Kallmann, Kathleen McMorrow, Kenneth Winters, Larry Beckwith. CD2: "The Trumpets of Summer" is a reissue of the 1969 recording manufactured and distributed by Capitol Records. "Taking A Stand" was recorded live at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Dec. 9, 1973. "Synthetic Trios" was recorded live at Eva Clare Hall, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, May 9, 1991,as part of the 45th anniversary festival of the Canadian League of Composers. "Stacey" was recorded live at Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Feb. 1, 1998.

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CCD9103.2

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