Description
Tracklist:
1: Harbord Street – March
2: Harbord Street – Waltzing
3: Harbord Street – Ragtime
4: Harbord Street – Memory
5: Harbord Street – Pantomine
6: Harbord Street – Saturday Night
7: Trio For Flute, Viola & Harp – Allegro Moderato Ma Con Rubato
8: Trio For Flute, Viola & Harp – Slow, With Inner Intensity
9: Trio For Flute, Viola & Harp – Sprightly, With Good Humour
10: Touchpoints
11: Pleiades Variation, Op. 45 – I. Heliacal Rising II. To The Ships
12: Pleiades Variation, Op. 45 – III. Merope IV. Maia V. Elektra
13: Pleiades Variation, Op. 45 – VI. Orion in Pursuit VII. Harvest Time: Heliacal Setting
Harbord Street (1991) … Milton Barnes
Reminiscences of growing up on Harbord Street. Commissioned for Trio Lyra by the Kosower family, proprietors of the Harbord Bakery, in honour of the 80th birthday of their mother, Goldie.
Trio for flute, viola & harp (1988) … Srul Irving Glick
A loving tribute commissioned for Trio Lyra by Larry Paikin and Donald Rosenthat to honour their wives Marnie and Carolyn.
Touchpoints (1994) … Harry Freedman
An exploration of textures, comparing and contrasting the sonorities of Trio Lyra, commissioned by Trio Lyra with the assistance of the Ontario Arts Council
Pleiades Variations, Op. 45 (1998) … Andrew P. MacDonald
A virtuoso odyssey insprired by the folklore surrounding the constellation Pleiades commissioned by Trio Lyra with the assistance of the Laidlaw Foundation.
