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Music for Heaven and Earth
Features music by Canadian composers Robert Aitken, Harry Freedman, Alexina Louie & Colin McPhee
Guest artist performances by Robert Aitken (flute) & NEXUS (percussion)
Esprit Orchestra conducted by Alex Pauk
CBC Records (SMCD5154), released 1996; produced by David Jaeger
* Music for Heaven and Earth was given a five-star
rating by BBC Music Magazine in 1996
Robert Aitken
Berceuse (1922) (For those Who Sleep Before Us), for flute and orchestra
Robert Aitken (flute) · NEXUS (percussion)
* commissioned by Esprit Orchestra with support from The Canada Council
Harry Freedman
Touchings (1989, revised 1994), for percussion and orchestra
* commissioned by NEXUS with support from The Canada Council
Alexina Louie
Music for Heaven and Earth (1990), for large orchestra
I Procession of Celestial Deities
II Thunder Dragon
III The Void
IV Earthrise
III River of Stars
* commissioned by The Toronto Symphony through
the assistance of the Ontario Arts Council and the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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