Canadian Wilderness and Stillness: Symphonic Evocation on the Group of 7

9 tableaux, the name of which were taken in accordance to the inspiring paintings: I. In the Northerland -- II. Sunglow -- III. Red Maple -- IV. For What? -- V. Mist Fantasy -- VI. Baffin Island -- VII. House Tops -- VIII. The Pool -- IX. Red Cedar. 

Instrumentation, full orchestra: 
flute; piccolo; oboe; English horn; clarinet in B-flat; bass-clarinet in B-flat; 
2 bassoons; 2 horns, 2 trumpets in C; 2 trombones; tuba; timpani; 2 percussions; strings: violin 1; violin 2; viola; cello; double-bass.

Performers: 
National Symphony Orchestra of "Teleradio-Moldova" Company
Conductor: Gheorghe Mustea 
Composer: Maya Badian.

Date & Location: "The Days of New Music" International Festival
Ginta Latina Cultural Centre. 
Kishinev, Moldova, 25 June 2005

Programme note: 
“The Canadian painters known as the Group of Seven are historically recognized as having a significant impact on the Canadian Art movement and forever changed its style and spirit.  The symphonic composition Canadian Wilderness and Stillness is based on the composer's  thorough research of techniques used by The Seven Painters, reflecting their creative visions into her music. The sections of my composition are linked by a leit-motive as a virtual representation of the vastness of Canada.  Each section symbolizes another aspect of the unique nature of each of these Canadian painters, using a variety of techniques, to suggest my musical ideas." - Maya Badian.

“Dr. Maya Badian has done much to make us aware of our own heritage. As a composer, Badian has achieved wide international recognition." – Dr. Elaine Keillor.
 
"Maya Badian is an important composer." – Richard Todd, The Ottawa Citizen.

The panorama of Maya Badian’s music defines her distinct style. Somewhat analogous to the paintings of the Group of Seven, each section involves a special compositional technique approaching, one by one, a different human universe. Sincere congratulations for this creation that delighted our ears and our souls.” 
- Ghenadie Ciobanu, composer.

http://www3.sympatico.ca/badian/

Maya Badian - Canadian Wilderness and Stillness: Symphonic Evocation on the Group of 7

Dr. Maya Badian is a Contemporary Classical Music Canadian Composer of Romanian Origin. 
Maya Badian has more than 100 published original compositions including symphonies, orchestral music, concertos, cantatas, chamber music, music for multimedia, and musicology and pedagogy works. All her works are published and internationally distributed by Lucian Badian Editions. Her musical output is part of the collections of international libraries, such as Library and Archives Canada, The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., Bibliothèque Božidar Kantušer, Paris, France, and of many music libraries across Canada, the USA, Europe, Australia, Japan, and National Library of New Zealand. 
”Maya Badian is an important composer, if it does not use some of the extreme devices discovered by earlier 20th century composers, Badian’s music does reflect the accumulated wisdom of a century of experiment and invention.” – The Ottawa Citizen
Dr. Maya Badian have her life and achievements reflected in an international biography work: The Life and The Music of Maya Badian, A Privilege to Soar by Fred Popovici, Pro ARS Publications, Ottawa, 2010.
“An internationally acclaimed composer” – as described in Orchestral Works CD Review, Winnipeg Sun, 1999.
Dr. Badian is a member of the Canadian Music Center, Canadian League of Composers, Association of Canadian Women Composers, Ottawa New Music Creators, Romanian Union of Composers and Musicologists, Union of Composers and Musicologists of Moldova.

Dr. Maya Badian is a Contemporary Classical Music Canadian Composer of Romanian Origin. Maya Badian has more than 100 published original compositions including symphonies, orchestral music, concertos, cantatas, chamber music, music for multimedia, and musicology and pedagogy works. All her works are published and internationally distributed by Lucian Badian Editions. Her musical output is part of the collections of international libraries, such as Library and Archives Canada, The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., Bibliothèque Božidar Kantušer, Paris, France, and of many music libraries across Canada, the USA, Europe, Australia, Japan, and National Library of New Zealand. 
”Maya Badian is an important composer, if it does not use some of the extreme devices discovered by earlier 20th century composers, Badian’s music does reflect the accumulated wisdom of a century of experiment and invention.” – The Ottawa Citizen
Dr. Maya Badian have her life and achievements reflected in an international biography work: The Life and The Music of Maya Badian, A Privilege to Soar by Fred Popovici, Pro ARS Publications, Ottawa, 2010.
“An internationally acclaimed composer” – as described in Orchestral Works CD Review, Winnipeg Sun, 1999.
Dr. Badian is a member of the Canadian Music Center, Canadian League of Composers, Association of Canadian Women Composers, Ottawa New Music Creators, Romanian Union of Composers and Musicologists, Union of Composers and Musicologists of Moldova.

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Maya Badian - Canadian Wilderness and Stillness: Symphonic Evocation on the Group of 7

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