Commissions
Esprit has commissioned over 100 new works from a range of established and emerging composers, including such internationally acclaimed Canadians as José Evangelista, John Rea, R. Murray Schafer and Harry Somers, as well as up-and-coming composers, such as Brian Current, Chris Paul Harman, Vincent Ho and Scott Good. Esprit has also premiered new works commissioned by NEXUS, CBC Radio, and the Art Gallery of Ontario, among others.
Recent Commissions:
| R Murray Schafer | 2012 - 13 Premiere: New Work |
| John Rea | 2012 - 13 Premiere: New Work |
| Paul Frehner | 2012 - 13 Premiere: New Work |
| Chris Paul Harman | 2012 - 13 Premiere: New Work |
| Michael Colgrass | 2012 - 13 Premiere: New Work |
| Chris Paul Harman | Coyote Soul 2011 |
| Omar Daniel | Violin Concerto 2010 |
| Wolf Edwards | To Ergo Telmatothike, 2010 |
| Douglas Schmidt | The Devil’s Sweat (Carbon Concerto) 2010 |
Complete List
Esprit Orchestra Commissions and/or World Premieres of Canadian Music
1983-2010
| Composer | Title of Work |
| David Adamcyk | Arborescences |
| Robert Aitken | Berceuse |
| Shadows V, concerto for flute and orchestra | |
| Istvan Anhalt | Sparkskraps |
| Sergio Barroso | Jitanjáfora for violin and orchestra |
| Concerto for Viola and Orchestra | |
| Bob Becker | Music On The Moon |
| John Beckwith | Peregrine |
| Norma Beecroft | Esprit éternel for percussion, piano, harp, strings, 2-channel DAT tape |
| Allan Bell | Concerto for Two Orchestras |
| Roger Bergs | Soundbites |
| Rose Bolton | Under Unturned Rocks |
| Walter Boudreau | Berliner Momente III |
| Denys Bouliane | Snow is White but Water is Black |
| Tim Brady | The Body Electric |
| Glenn Buhr | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra |
| John Burke | Alchemies |
| Chan Ka Nin | Ecstasy |
| Brian Cherney | Into the Distant Stillness . |
| Michael Colgrass | Side by Side |
| New Work | |
| Brian Current | A Young Person’s Guide to New Music For Symphony Orchestra |
| Kazabazua | |
| This Isn't Silence, Part II | |
| Omar Daniel | Glauben Sie es wird sich aufklären? (Do you think the sky will clear?) |
| Lacrymosa | |
| Trope…for orchestra | |
| Concerto for Violin and Orchestra | |
| New Work | |
| Paul Dolden | Resonant Twilight |
| The Heart Tears Itself Apart with the Power of its Own Muscles | |
| Tomas Dusatko | Traces of Becoming |
| Toward Resonance | |
| Wolf Edwards | To Ergo Telmatothike |
| José Evangelista | Elephant in the Dark |
| Concerto for Viola and Orchestra | |
| Harry Freedman | Town |
| Touchings | |
| Manipulating Mario | |
| Paul Frehner | Sanctuary |
| Profanity | |
| New Work | |
| Scott Good | Babbitt, concerto for saxophones and orchestra |
| Denis Gougeon | Enfant de la Terre et du Ciel Etoile |
| Chris Paul Harman | Axle |
| Concerto for Viola and Orchestra | |
| Uta | |
| Concerto for Cello and Orchestra | |
| 14 Chorale Melodies | |
| Gott Lebet Noch, concerto for harp and orchestra | |
| New Work | |
| Gary Hayes | Freewheeling/Free Choice/Freedom |
| Jacques Hétu | Concerto #2 for Piano and Orchestra |
| Alice Ping Yee Ho | Red Temple |
| Vincent Ho | Fallen Angel |
| Petar Kresimir Klanac | Ritournelle |
| Rudolf Komorous | Sinfony |
| Peter Paul Koprowski | Rachel – Games and Daydreams of a Child |
| Winterlude | |
| Sinfonia Mystica | |
| Henry Kucharzyk | Prosthetic (Part I) |
| Corral | |
| Concerto for Violin and Brass Band | |
| Larry Lake | Slowly I Turn |
| Christien Ledroit | Streamlined |
| Michel Longtin | Lettre de Roxana a Decebal Hormuz |
| Alexina Louie | Toothpaste |
| Love Songs for a Small Planet (revised for strings) | |
| Gallery Fanfares, Arias and Interludes | |
| Raymond Luedeke | Little Rose |
| Andrew MacDonald | In the Garden of Gaea |
| Maxime McKinley | Wirkunst-Yourcenar |
| Bruce Mather | Scherzo |
| Tallbrem Variations | |
| Concerto Grosso for micro-tone ensemble and orchestra | |
| Christopher Mayo | Knot |
| Phil Nimmons | Of Moods and Contrasts (A Sound Poem) |
| John Oswald | Classic |
| Alex Pauk | Split Seconds |
| Portals of Intent | |
| Concerto for Harp and Orchestra | |
| Farewell to Heaven | |
| Villanelle and Wind Chimes in a Temple Ruin | |
| Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra | |
| Rudolf Peters | The Seven Gates of Kur |
| Yannick Plamondon | Piano Concerto |
| Wendy Prezament | Glacial Fragments |
| John Rea | Vanishing Points |
| Time and Again | |
| Zefiro torna | |
| New Work | |
| André Ristic | Information (2001) |
| Sublimation | |
| James Rolfe | Ears, Nose and Throat |
| Erik Ross | Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra |
| Jeffrey Ryan | Pangaea |
| eternal silence. . . infinite spaces | |
| R. Murray Schafer | Scorpius |
| Patria V: The Crown of Ariadne | |
| The Falcon's Trumpet | |
| Concerto for Viola and Orchestra | |
| The Palace of the Cinnabar Phoenix | |
| New Work | |
| Ana Sokolovic | Nine Proverbs |
| Douglas Schmidt | A Fair |
| Discouraged Passion | |
| The Devil’s Sweat (Carbon Concerto) | |
| Harry Somers | The Third Piano Concerto |
| Norman Symonds | From the Eye of the Wind |
| Gilles Tremblay | Traversée for flute and orchestra |
| Barry Truax | Dominion |
| Owen Underhill | Labyrinth of Ears |
| John Weinzweig | Devertimento No. 8 for tuba and orchestra |
| Scott Wilson | Four Names of Beauty |
| John Wyre | Peepers |
