Linda Catlin Smith - Works

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opera

orchestral

chamber music

 strings
Baroque instruments vocal piano solo solo instrumental

Opera
2001 Facing South, for four soloists (mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass-baritone) and chamber orchestra: (fl, cl, hn, 2 perc, 33321 strings, 3 sopranos). Commissioned by Tapestry New Opera, through the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council. 75’.


Orchestra
2006 Burnt Umber 2222 2221 2 perc. strings 12'
2005 Wilderness 2222 2221 strings minimum 76643 hp perc. timp 9’
2000 Les fleurs anciennes, for 13 strings, commissioned by Vancouver New Music, 10’.
1998 Bloom, for Baroque string orchestra plus harpsichord, 10’.
1995 Memory Forms * for orchestra (2222 2020 vb pno 87642) . 18‘.
Premiered Nov. 18, 1995, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Lorraine Vaillancourt, cond. Recorded on the cd Memory Forms, CBC Radio Orchestra.listen/download
1994 Orchestral Tuning Arrangement for orchestra. Composed in collaboration with composer John Oswald. Premiered Bologna, Italy, May 1994. 5 - 6‘.
1980 Link for chamber orchestra (clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, two French horns, trumpet, timpani, strings); premiered at the University of Victoria, March 1981. 15‘.


Chamber Music
2006 Blue Sky for 5 percussion 12'

Dirt Road for violin and percussion 54'
2005 Ballad for cello and piano, 45'
2004 Garland for Baroque flute, harpsichord, and string quartet, commissioned by Tafelmusik. 6’

Brush line, for fl, cl, vl, vc, pn, perc, mezzo-sop. Commissioned by Continuum through the Canada Council and the Laidlaw Foundation. 15’

Forest for 9 violins (composed with a Chalmers Fellowship) 19’

To the Horizon for tenor, violin, 2 perc and piano (composed with a Chalmers Fellowship) 18’
2003 Vine for 2 fl, cl, pno, perc, hp, vln, vc, commissioned by Ergo through the Canada Council. 15’
2001 Ribbon for piano trio, commissioned by the Association of Canadian Women Composers for the Duke Trio, 11’.
2000 Path of uneven stones commissioned by the SMCQ through the Canada Council. 15’.
1999 Knotted Silk for clarinet, trumpet, 2 percussion, piano, violin and double bass. 5’.listen/download

Moi Qui Tremblais for violin, percussion, piano, 5’. Both commissioned by Arraymusic.
Recorded on Memory Forms. listen/download
1998 Among the Tarnished Stars for clarinet, violin, cello and piano, commissioned by The Burdocks through the Canada Council, 22’. Recorded on Memory Forms.
1997 With Their Shadows Long for Marc Sabat (violin) and Stephen Clarke (piano). 13’. Recorded on Memory Forms.

A Light Snow for the Evergreen Gamelan of Toronto. Duration 12’, commissioned by the Evergreen Club Gamelan, through the Ontario Arts Council.
1996 Glaze for Vancouver New Music 25th Anniversary concert. (flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello and bass.) Duration 3’.

Hemstitch for woodwind quintet, commissioned, through the Canada Council by 5th Species. 10’.
1994 Saxophone Quartet (Going Downstairs) for two altos, tenor and baritone saxophones. Written for 40 Fingers Sax Quartet. Premiered November 3, 1994. 14‘.

Through the Low Hills for cello and piano, for cellist Andrew Smith. 8 ‘. Recorded on Memory Forms.
1993 Topology for recorders (1 player), tuba, accordion, vibraphone, piano. Commissioned by Arcana through the Ontario Arts Council. 11’.

The Disposition of the Forms in Space * for baroque flute, baroque viola and vibraphone, commissioned by Strange Companions through the Canada Council. 10‘.
1991 Morandi * for 2 pianos and 2 vibraphones. Commissioned by the New Art Quartet through the Ontario Arts Council. First performance January 24, 1992. 12‘.

Rocamadour for percussion, bass clarinet, and string trio. Written for Sal Ferreras and Lori Freedman, performed January 26, 1992, Vancouver New Music. 10’.

Passacaglia * for ARRAYMUSIC (clarinet, trumpet, 2 percussion, piano, double bass). First performance September 29, 1991. 3‘.

Oblivion Nocturne commissioned by Sound Pressure through the Ontario Arts Council (clarinet, violin, bassoon, vibraphone, electric piano, piano.) 10‘.

Diagonal Forms * written for ARRAYMUSIC (clarinet, trumpet, 2 percussion, piano, double bass). First performance April 28, 1991. 11‘.
1987 Machinery for bass recorder, melodica, tenor banjo, harp, percussion, violin and double bass. Written at the request of Martin Arnold, music director, Open Space Gallery in Victoria. 9‘.
1985 Little Venice * for seven instruments (clarinet, vibraphone, piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass), premiere performance July 24, 1985 at the Victoria International Festival, conducted by George Corwin. Second prize winner in Vancouver New Music Society competition. Recorded by ARRAYMUSIC on Chroma. 12‘.
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1980 Scroll for six instruments (flute, saxophone, vibraphone, piano, violin, cello), premiered at University of Victoria, Dec 1980. 10‘.
1979 Periphery * for 10 instruments (flute, saxophone, trumpet, vibraphone, marimba, chimes, piano, violin, cello, double bass); winner of third prize in League of Women Composers competition. 10‘.


Strings
2004 Forest for 9 violins (composed with a Chalmers Fellowship) 19’
2000 Les fleurs anciennes, for 13 strings, commissioned by Vancouver New Music, 10’.
1999 Folkestone string quartet. 30’. Premiered by the Penderecki Quartet.
1991 As you pass a reflective surface * for string quartet. Premiered by Accordes. Recorded by the Penderecki Quartet, on Stringtime. 5‘.
1986 Flowers of Emptiness * for string trio, written at the request of the Vancouver New Music Society for the Armin Strings, and premiered Jan. 25, 1987. 9’.
1980 Clay for string quartet; performed at the University of Victoria; winner of women composers of string quartets competition - performed in San Francisco, 1981. 8‘.


Baroque Instruments
2004 Garland for Baroque flute, harpsichord, string quartet, commissioned by Tafelmusik. 6’
1998 Bloom for Baroque string orchestra, for Pacific Baroque Orchestra, 14’.
1988 Versailles * for baroque flute, baroque violin, viola da gamba, harpsichord; commissioned by Les Coucous Benevoles through the Canada Council. 10 ‘. Recorded on the cd Gardens of Versailles, by Les Coucous Benevoles.

Gravity * for solo harpsichord. Written at the request of Colin Tilney. 15 ‘. Recorded on cd by Colin Tilney.
1984 La Celine for solo baroque flute, premiered by Elissa Poole; premiered on modern flute by Rodney Sharman. 7 ‘.
1982 Grey Broken for soprano, baroque flute and harpsichord, with text extracted from the novel Passacaille by Robert Pinget, (in translation by Barbara Wright) with permission from the author and translator. 12 ‘.


Vocal Music
2004 Her Harbour for 6-voice choir, 5’

To the Horizon for tenor, violin, 2 perc and piano (composed with a Chalmers Fellowship) 18’
2003 Brush line for mezzo-soprano, fl, cl, pn, perc, vl, vc. 15’
1998 Hieroglyphs for soprano, 2 violins, cello and vibraphone, commissioned by the Banff Centre for the Arts, Theatre Arts, 24’.
1995 Nostalgia for soprano and piano. Duration 5’.
1994 Burning Star for mezzo-soprano, flute,Bb clarinet, viola, cello, piano. Text by Peter Ackroyd, from his novel “First Light” with his permission. Written for Blue Rider. Premiered April 8,1994. Revised September 1994 for soprano and piano. 12’. Withdrawn.
1989 Gold Sandals * for 3 sopranos and piano, commissioned by Music at Sharon. 6‘.
1987 Infinity * for soprano, clarinet and piano. Commissioned privately by Canadian pianist Philip Tillotson. 11‘.


Piano solo
2001 The Underfolding, for Stephen Clarke, commissioned through the Canada Council. 18’.
2000 For Udo Kasemets, solo piano.
1996 Bloom * for solo piano. Duration 1’45”.
1995 A Nocturne for solo piano.
Commissioned by Toronto pianist Eve Egoyan through the Canada Council.
Ca 12 min.
Recorded on her cd New Music for Piano.
1994 Poire for solo piano. Written for John Tilbury for Festival of New Music, Bratislava.
1993 Consolation for solo piano. 4‘.
1992 The View From Here * for solo piano. Commissioned by Cynthia Beer. 6‘.
Recorded on Barbara Pritchard’s cd The View From Here.
1991 Iceberg solo piano for Barbara Pritchard. 1‘.

Music for John Cage * for solo piano. Published in Impulse and Musicworks Magazines. 4 ‘.
1989 Zart * for solo piano, written at the request of the Music Gallery for pianist Anthony de Mare, first performance April 8, 1989. 9‘. Recorded by Louise Bessette.


Instrumental solos
2002 Low Tide, accordion solo, for Joseph Petric, 15’.
2000 Dust, hackbrett solo (a German cymbalom), for Richard Moore, 6’.
1990 Nine Memos bass clarinet solo commissioned by Robert W. Stevenson through the Ontario Arts Council. 15‘.
1988 Gravity * for solo harpsichord. Written at the request of Colin Tilney. 15 ‘. Recorded on cd by Colin Tilney.
1984 La Celine for solo baroque flute, premiered by Elissa Poole; premiered on modern flute by Rodney Sharman. 7‘.
1982 Invisible Cities for solo vibraphone, premiered in Toronto at Mercer Union, 5 Solo concerts December 8, 1982 by Richard Sacks. 10‘.
1981 Silhouette for solo cornet, commissioned by Donna Zapf for Dewi Minden, premiered December 1981, Vancouver. Transcribed for bassoon, by Rudolf Komorous, 1986. 6 ‘.

photo: Vivian Reiss
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Recordings of Linda Smith's music include: Little Venice, recorded by ARRAYMUSIC on their CD Chroma; Zart, recorded by pianist Louise Bessette for CBC Enterprises; Versailles by Les Coucous Bénévoles on their CD Gardens of Versailles; two works for piano (The View From Here and The Surroundings), recorded by pianist Barbara Pritchard on her CD The View From Here; and A Nocturne, for pianist Eve Egoyan; her 2nd string quartet As you pass a reflective surface, recorded by the Penderecki Quartet, and a recording devoted to her work, titled Memory Forms, released October 2001.

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