Blueridge – Gather Round

New Music from the Blueridge Chamber Music Festvial

Gather Round
New Music from the Blueridge Chamber Music Festival
Released on the occasion of the Blueridge Festival’s 15th anniversary, Gather Round features four outstanding pieces that premiered at the Blueridge Festival, offering a sampling of the festival’s eclectic concept of newness. Though varied in style, all four pieces linked by the symbol of the circle, reflecting the festival’s founding values of gathering, sharing, and friendship.

TRACKS

  1. π (2015) – Jordan Nobles
  2. BURSZTYN VI: Minimáquina IIIb (2019) – Camilo Mendez
  3. Walking in the Public Gardens After Rain (2021) – Jennifer Butler
  4. Awasowin ᐊᐊᐧᓱᐃᐧᐣ – Warming by the Fire (2021) – Cris Derksen

PERFORMERS
Dory Hayley, soprano; Paolo Bortolussi, flute; AK Coope, bass clarinet; Nick Anderson, horn; Jeremy Berkman, trombone; Alejandro Ochoa, piano; Jeremy Chaulk, piano; Manuel Laufer, piano; Katie Rife, percussion; Julia Chien, percussion; Andrea Siradze, violin; Cassandra Bequary, violin; Karen Gerbrecht, violin; Tawnya Popoff, viola; Rebecca Wenham, cello; Hannah Addario-Berry, cello

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CREDITS
Jordan Nobles: π
Editor, Producer: Don Harder
Recorded April 25, 2024

Camilo Mendez: BURSZTYN VI: Minimáquina IIIb
Editor, Producer: Don Harder
Recorded August 14, 2023

Jennifer Butler: Walking in the Public Gardens After Rain
Editor, Producer: James Perrella
Recorded August 31, 2022

Cris Derksen: Awasowin ᐊᐊᐧᓱᐃᐧᐣ – Warming by the Fire
Editor, Producer: James Perrella
Recorded August 30, 2022

Blueridge Chamber Music Festival
Dory Hayley and Alejandro Ochoa, Artistic Directors
Recording Venue: Annex Theatre, Vancouver
Mastering: Don Harder
Liner Notes: Dory Hayley
Proofreading: Jane Fairbanks
Reproduction: DMA Discs
Design: Studio Ferralasco

Cover Image:
Feliza Bursztyn
Untitled (Chatarras Series)
1975 c. Scrap iron rod
113.4 x 97 x 67 cm

Estate of the artist courtesy of The Mayor Gallery, London

This recording was made possible by a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts.
Walking in the Public Gardens After Rain was commissioned with the support of the British Columbia Arts Council.
Awasowin ᐊᐊᐧᓱᐃᐧᐣ – Warming by the Fire was commissioned with the support of the British Columbia Arts Council and the SOCAN Foundation.

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