Songwalks
Songwalks
Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto
Join the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto for Songwalks: Choral music for your daily journey. Each episode is designed to accompany your walk through the city or countryside, at dawn or at dusk. They are the perfect way to let your imagination loose as you move through the world around you. You will hear music by composers throughout the ages recorded by the Amadeus Choir, and spoken word poetry by leading Canadian writers, as well as members of the Amadeus Choir. ABOUT THE AMADEUS CHOIR OF GREATER TORONTO Enlivening Toronto’s arts community for 47 years, the award-winning Amadeus Choir is a semi-professional choir of auditioned voices from Toronto and the surrounding areas. The Choir champions the best of choral music and premieres works of Canadian and international composers through a self-produced Toronto concert series, guest performances, and special events. Known well beyond Toronto through tours, festivals, recordings, and national and international radio broadcasts, the Choir collaborates with many professional performing arts organizations in the GTA. The Amadeus Choir is proud to take a leading role in educating the next generation of choral musicians by providing workshops for conductors, composers, singers, and students. The Choir is known for its strong support of Canadian music, and regularly commissions work from established and emerging Canadian composers. In 2019, after celebrating the 35-year leadership of Lydia Adams, the Choir welcomed Kathleen Allan as Artistic Director and Conductor.
Songwalk with Eleanor Daley
In the final episode of season two, you’ll meet Eleanor Daley, another one of Canada’s most accomplished choral composers. She’s a conductor, a composer of both sacred and secular music, and she was the collaborative pianist of the Amadeus Choir for many years. Her work is sung and celebrated all over the world. In 2001, Lydia Adams and the Amadeus Choir commissioned Eleanor to compose a Te Deum, a Latin text traditionally sung on celebratory occasions. It’s a song of praise and thanksgiving ...
Oct 3, 2024
20 min
Songwalk with Cris Derksen
In episode four of our second season of our Songwalks podcast, you’ll meet Cris Derksen, a composer and cellist who is originally from Northern Alberta. She now lives in Toronto and tours the world making music that weaves together her classical training with Indigenous traditions. Lately Cris has been making music for dance, theatre and animation, as well as choirs and symphony orchestras. The Amadeus Choir invited Cris to write a piece. It’s called Mass for Nipiy - that’s the Cree word for ...
Jun 27, 2024
13 min
Songwalk with Ian Cusson
In episode three of our second season of our Songwalks podcast, you’ll meet Ian Cusson who lives just a couple of hours outside of Toronto. Ian composes art song, opera, choral music, and orchestral work. He’s of Metis and French Canadian descent and his work often explores the intersection of Western and Indigenous cultures. He’s worked with the Canadian Opera Company and the National Arts Centre and is making a huge impact on the classical music scene in Canada. Today you’ll be hearing a go...
Jun 20, 2024
18 min
Songwalk with Deantha Edmunds
This season we are celebrating our 50h anniversary season. We do a lot of work with Canadian composers and we have premiered dozens of commissions. Recently we have been collaborating with some of the best Indigenous composers writing today. Indigenous people have stewarded this land since time immemorial and we are so grateful to make music here. This season on Songwalks, you’ll join some of these amazing creators on a short musical stroll. They’ll take you on a tour of some of their music a...
Jun 6, 2024
19 min
Songwalk with Andrew Balfour
This season the Amadeus Choir is celebrating our 50h anniversary season. We do a lot of work with Canadian composers and we have premiered dozens of commissions. Recently we have been collaborating with some of the best Indigenous composers writing today. Indigenous people have stewarded this land since time immemorial and we are so grateful to make music here. This season on Songwalks, you’ll join some of these amazing creators on a short musical stroll. They’ll take you on a tour of some of...
Jun 1, 2024
13 min
When I Walk at Dusk
The end of the day is only the beginning: dusk invites the majesty of sunset, the twinkling of stars, and the cool blanket of moonlight. Anything is possible at dusk. Our guest writer this week is Marjorie Chan, www.marjoriechan.com This week we are featuring the following music performed by the Amadeus Choir: "Die Nacht" by Josef Rheinberger "I Saw Eternity" by Stephen Chatman Copyright © 2003 by Highgate Press, (BMI), a division of ECS Publishing Group. www.ecspublishing.com Used with p...
Jun 8, 2021
27 min
When I Walk in Nature
Nature is all around us: under a tree in your back yard, your neighbourhood park, or that fantastic hiking trail you love. Get out there and find the beauty of nature and be inspired by all it has to offer. Our guest writer this week is Rosemary Georgeson, rosemarygeorgeson.wordpress.com This week we are featuring the following music performed by the Amadeus Choir: "As Torrents in Summer" by Edward Elgar “As We Remember Them" from Triptych by Tarik O'Regan Copyright © 200...
Jun 1, 2021
24 min
When I Walk in the City
Whether you are walking in the heat of the sun reflected off skyscrapers or under the twinkle of the streetlights at night, there is no energy quite like that of the city; there is so much to see and hear all at once. Our guest writer this week is Joy Kogawa, joykogawa.ca This week we are featuring the following music performed by the Amadeus Choir: “From Heaven Distilled A Clemency" from Triptych by Tarik O'Regan Copyright © 2005 by G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP) obo Novello & Co L...
May 25, 2021
28 min
When I Walk in Spring
With the weather turning warmer, lets get outside and see the flowers in bloom, the buds on the trees, and feel the warmth of sunlight again. Our guest writer this week is Kanika Ambrose, www.kanikaambrose.com This week we are featuring the following music: "Ae Fond Kiss" arranged by Stuart Calvert Copyright © 2013 Hinshaw Music Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Voices of Earth” by David C. Dickau Copyright © 2013 Walton Music Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permissio...
May 18, 2021
24 min
When I Walk at Dawn
Join us for our first episode of Songwalks Our guest writer this week is Luke Hathaway, and we are featuring the following music: Earth Song by Frank Ticheli Copyright Hinshaw Music, Manhattan Beach Music All rights reserved. Used by permission. Salutation of the Dawn (AMP 0850) by Eleanor Daley Copyright Alliance Music Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. A Winter Dawn (from A Winter Day) by Sarah Quartel Copyright Ox...
May 11, 2021
25 min
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