Canadian Panorama Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra & Ronald Royer

• Chris Meyer:
• 1Fundy07:08
• Ronald Royer: Rhapsody:
• 2I. Andante Maestoso, Allegretto05:26
• 3II. Allegro Vivace05:17
• Travels with Mozart:
• 4Theme - Variations 1-406:46
• 5Variations 5-7 - Finale08:50
• Alex Eddington:
• 6Saturday Night at Fort Chambly08:21
• John S. Gray:
• 7Allemande04:56
• Jim McGrath:
• 8Serenade05:23
• Alexander Rapoport:
• 9Whirligig06:22
• Howard Cable:
• 10McIntyre Ranch Country (version for wind ensemble)07:52
• Total Runtime01:06:21

Info zu Canadian Panorama

Cambria Master Recordings is pleased to announce Canadian Panorama, a new release of world premiere recordings by prominent, contemporary Canadian composers in celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday. The recording features The Winds of the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Ronald Royer, with Sarah Jeffrey (oboe), Gabirel Radford (horn) and Kaye Royer (clarinet). The variety of musical styles and influences represented in the works featured on this recording reflect the rich diversity of contemporary Canadian composition and will appeal to a broad audience interested in classical music. A unifying feature of the eight compositions is the inspiration each takes from the musical influences of the past. Four works are commissions by the SPO for this project. The compositions Fundy, Saturday Night at Fort Chambly, and McIntyre Ranch Country are each inspired by different regions of Canada and their local folksong traditions: the East Coast, Quebec, and Alberta respectively. The new works Allemande and Whirligig illustrate the ways in which European classical music has inspired Canadian composers to create new, colorful works. Rhapsody and Travels with Mozart are inspired by the rich cultural diversity of Canada. And finally, Serenade pays tribute to Canada’s vibrant film industry and culture.

” … this recording and the music so beautifully performed on it are. and will continue to be for many years. a precious gift to us all in the year of our nation’s 150th birthday.” (Allan Pulker, The Whole Note)

Winds of the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra
Ronald Royer, conductor

Ronald Royer
is a multi-talented musician who is active as a conductor, composer and educator. Born in Los Angeles into a family of professional musicians, he began his career as a cellist, performing with such ensembles as the Toronto Symphony, Utah Symphony, Pacific Symphony, and American Ballet Theatre Orchestra, as well as working in the Motion Picture and Television Industry in Los Angeles during the 1980’s. He has worked with many prominent musicians such as Placido Domingo, Joshua Bell, Emanuel Ax, John Williams, Henry Mancini, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Loreena McKennitt, Sarah Vaughan, and the Modern Jazz Quartet.

He is presently serving as the music director and conductor of the Scarborough Philharmonic. He has conducted Sinfonia Toronto for the recordings Premieres, featuring violinist Conrad Chow, and The Hollywood Flute, featuring flutist Louise DiTullio. Mr. Royer has conducted the Toronto Studio Orchestra, made up primarily of musicians from the Toronto Symphony and the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, for the children’s movie Gooby. He has also conducted film scores for The Happy Couple and The Dog. Mr. Royer has appeared as guest conductor of Sinfonia Toronto, Niagara Symphony, Toronto Sinfonietta, Stratford Symphony, Mississauga Symphony, Sinfonia Mississauga, York Symphony, Canadian Sinfonietta Chamber Players, and the Susquehanna Symphony (Maryland, USA).

He has served as the composer-in-residence for Sinfonia Toronto, Orchestras Mississauga, Toronto Sinfonietta and the Scarborough Philharmonic. His concert music has been performed by over 60 orchestras, including the international iPalpiti Orchestra in Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles, USA), Sinfonia Finlandia (Finland), Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra (Czech Republic), Athens La Camerata (Greece), Joensuu City Orchestra (Finland), and Members of the Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra (Germany). Canadian performances have included the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Victoria Symphony, Thunder Bay Symphony, Orchestra London, and Symphony New Brunswick. The Ontario Festival Symphony Orchestra performed his composition Exuberance on their New Year’s 2012 concert tour of China (and can be viewed on YouTube). Mr. Royer has worked in film and theatre, and this includes (with co-composer Kevin Lau) the score for Gooby, starring Robbie Coltrane and Eugene Levy.

The latest recording of his music, The Time of My Life, features his Concerto for Trumpets and Orchestra, performed by trumpeter Burnette Dillon, the Los Angeles Studio Orchestra, and conductor Jorge Mester. Other recordings include The Nightingale’s Rhapsody with Clarinetist Jerome Summers and The Thirteen Strings of Ottawa, as well as discs by the Toronto Sinfonietta, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic, iPalpiti Orchestra, HornPipes Duo, Chamber Music Society of Mississauga, Triofus, and cellist Simon Fryer.

Booklet für Canadian Panorama