Andrew Paul MacDonald
Andrew Paul MacDonald

Catalogue of Andrew Paul MacDonald Compositions

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Orchestra and Large Ensemble Music with Soloists

  • Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra, op. 3 (1981), 25 min., (2222/2/timp., cel./43221); world premiere at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario on March 9, 1981 by Andrew MacDonald, guitar with the UWO chamber orchestra directed by Ivars Taurins;
  • Songs of Life’s Complaint, op. 12 (1986), 15 min., for soprano and chamber orchestra (111/111/2 perc./hp./strings), poetry by Shelley, Keats, Blake; world premiere given by Eleanor Gang, soprano and Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Bruce Hangen, conductor at the Strauss Performing Arts Center, Omaha, Nebraska on February 6 & 7, 1988 and recorded for broadcast by NPR;
  • Violin Concerto, op. 22 (1991), 28 min., for solo violin and chamber orchestra (1111/1/perc./66442); world premiere given by David Stewart and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, directed by Susan Haig at Westminster Church in Winnipeg on December 10, 1991 and recorded for broadcast by CBC;
  • Les oiseaux sauvages: concerto pour clavecin, op. 25 (1991), 17 min., for solo harpsichord and string orchestra (min. 22221); world premiere given by Hélène Panneton and the Orchestre de Chambre de l’Estrie, directed by Marc David in Bandeen Hall, Lennoxville, Québec on January 31, 1992;
  • Piano Concerto, op. 36 (1995), 31 min., for solo piano and orchestra (2222/211/perc./hp./88443); world premiere given by Audrey Andrist and the CBC Vancouver Orchestra under the direction of Mario Bernardi at the Orpheum, Vancouver on September 15, 1996 and recorded for broadcast by CBC;
  • Free Flight, op. 40 (1996), 20 min., for solo cello and chamber orchestra (111/1/perc./hp./65432); world premiere given by Alexander Baillie, cello, and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, directed by Simon Streatfeild, at Westminster Church in Winnipeg on May 13, 1997 and recorded for broadcast by CBC;
  • Triangulum: Concerto Grosso No. 1, op. 46 (1998), 19 min., for string orchestra (43321); world premiere given by I Musici de Montréal, directed by Yuli Turovsky, at Tudor Hall, Montréal on November 26 & 27, 1998;
  • The Eleusinian Mysteries, op. 47 (1998), 17 min., for solo harp and gamelan orchestra; world premiere given by Erica Goodman, harp and the Evergreen Club gamelan at the Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto on June 5, 1998 and recorded by CBC for broadcast;
  • Hermes of the Stars: Concerto Grosso No. 2, op. 48 (1998), 18 min., for string orchestra (66442); world premiere given by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, directed by Peter Oundjian, Westminster Church, Winnipeg on March 16, 1999 and recorded by CBC for broadcast;
  • Double Concerto, op. 51 (2000), 26 min., for violin, piano and orchestra (2222/4231/perc./88443); world premiere on February 18, 2000 by Duo Concertante (Nancy Dahn, violin and Timothy Steeves, piano) with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marc David, at the Arts & Culture Centre, St. John’s, Newfoundland, and recorded by CBC for broadcast;
  • Tapestries, op. 66 (2004), 28 min., for viola and string orchestra; world premiere given by Rifka Golani, viola and the I Musici de Montréal under the direction of Yuli Turofsky in Tudor Hall, Montréal on September 8 & 9, 2004;
  • Ode To The West Wind, op. 79 (2009), 17 min. for narrator and orchestra (3333/4331/timp, 3 perc/pno/hp/strings); poem by P. B. Shelley; world premiere by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Colm Feore, narrator and Peter Oundjian, conductor, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, on Feb. 27, 2010;
  • The Orchid Garden: Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra, op. 85 (2015), 25 min. (3222/4221/timp, 2 perc/hp/strings); world premiere by Jeremy Brown and the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alain Trudel, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, November 16, 2015;
  • The Orchid Garden: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, op. 85a (2016), 25 min. (3222/4221/timp, 2 perc/hp/strings);
  • Electric Pleasures: Concerto for Electric Guitar and Orchestra, op. 90 (2017), 19 min. (3233/4331/timp, 3 perc/hp/strings); world premiere by Andrew Paul MacDonald and the Orchestre symphonique de Sherbrooke, conducted by Stéphane Laforest, Salle Maurice O’Bready, Sherbrooke November 5, 2017;
  • Double Concerto No. 2: The Triumph of Saraswati, op. 93 (2019), 20 min., for marimba, tabla and orchestra (2222/4231/timp, 1/strings); world premiere by Catherine Meunier and Shawn Mativetsky and the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra directed by Tania Miller, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa, November 20, 2022;