Thirty Top Picks

We are updating the Elektra site and will shortly be unveiling some exciting new repertoire resources for the choral community.  In the meantime here is a brief summary of our Thirty Top Picks.

Canadian Favourites

Elektra is delighted to introduce you to thirty of our favourite Canadian works for women’s choir. Below you will find a fantastic range of music including classical, folk, avant garde, lullaby, Christmas, and sacred. Some pieces are a cappella, some are accompanied. For each piece, we present text, composer’s and conductor’s notes, score excerpts, and a sound sample from an Elektra recording. We had to leave out many fine pieces to keep to our limit of thirty, so let this be just the beginning of your discovery of Canadian choral music. We look forward to hearing from you. --Morna Edmundson & Diane Loomer, CM

* Adam Lay Ybounden, Mathew Larkin
* Ah, si mon moine voulait danser, Donald Patriquin
* Ave Maria, David MacIntyre
* Ave Maris Stella, Chan Ka Nin
* Ave Verum Corpus, Imant Raminsh
* Away from the Roll of the Sea, Allistair MacGillivary
* Carol for the Animals, Patrick Wedd
* Harp of Wild, Allan Bevan
* Huron Carol, Edward Henderson
* I Saw Three Ships, Edward Henderson
* I Went to Market, Donald Patriquin
* J’entends le moulin, Donald Patriquin
* Lake Isle of Innisfree, Eleanor Daley
* The Log Driver’s Waltz, Wade Hemsworth
* Lullaby, Keith Hamel
* Missa Brevis, Nancy Telfer.
* Missa Brevis, Ramona Luengen
* Psalm Trilogy, Srul Irving Glick
* Salem, 1692, Keith Hamel
* Salve Regina, Ramona Luengen
* She’s Like the Swallow, Stephen Chatman
* She’s Like the Swallow, Stephen Smith
* Sir Christëmas, Derek Holman
* Snowforms, R. Murray Schafer
* To Morning, Allan Bevan
* The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy, Stephen Hatfield
* Wood River, Connie Kaldor
* What Sweeter Music, Eleanor Daley

Elektra would like to thank the Vancouver Foundation for supporting this project.