Andrew Paul MacDonald

Musique vocale solo et de chambre

Landscapes, op. 4 (1981), 15 min., for soprano and guitar, poetry by T.S. Eliot; world premiere at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario on March 25, 1982 by Eleanor Gang, soprano and Andrew MacDonald, guitar;
Songs of the Wind Among the Reeds, op. 9 (1983), 16 min., for soprano and guitar, [soprano and piano, op. 9a (1987)], poetry by W.B. Yeats; world premiere given by Eleanor Gang, soprano and Andrew MacDonald, guitar at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario on December 11, 1983;
Pigeons and Crows, op. 18 (1988), 10 min., for soprano, baritone and piano;
Innocence, op. 26 (1991), 8 min., for voice and piano (high and low versions), poetry by William Blake; world premiere given by the contestants in the National Vocal Competition in War Memorial Hall, Guelph, Ontario on May 7, 1992 and recorded for broadcast by CBC;
The Jam at Jerry’s Rocks, op. 27 (1992), 11 min., for soprano, clarinet and stereo tape, anonymous ballad; developed at UPIC in Paris; world premiere given by Ensemble Musica Nova (Eleanor Gang and Pauline Farrugia) in Bandeen Hall, Lennoxville, Québecon September 26, 1992;
The Jam at Jerry’s Rocks, op. 27a (2015), 11 min., for baritone, piano and stereo tape; world premiere on October 20, 2016 by Jeremy Huw Williams and Paula Fan, U. Tobe Recital Hall, Bower School of Music and the Arts, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida;
A Notebook of Love-Songs, op. 31 (1993), 17 min., for soprano, oboe and guitar, poetry by Robert Graves; world premiere given by Ensemble Musica Nova (Eleanor Gang, soprano, Etienne de Médicis, oboe and Andrew MacDonald, guitar) in Bandeen Hall, Lennoxville, Québec on November 19, 1993 (partial work [3 mvts.]) and January 29, 1994 (complete work [5 mvts.]);
Green Steps in Sunshine, op. 33 (1994), 10 min., for narrator/percussionist and clarinet, poetry by Ralph Gustafson; world premiere given by Veronica Tennant, narration, percussion and dance and James Campbell, clarinet at The Festival of the Sound, Parry Sound, Ontario on August 3, 1994 and recorded for broadcast by CBC;
Diversions, op. 41 (1996), 8 min., for soprano, guitar, piano and percussion (played by young people), text by the composer; world premiere given by Eleanor Gang, soprano, Andrew MacDonald, guitar, Brigitte Poulin, piano and Ilana and Cameron MacDonald, percussion in Bandeen Hall, Lennoxville, Québec on October 10, 1996;
Timor From Overseas(1996) 2 min., for solo soprano, poetry by Abé Barreto Soares; recorded as a premiere performance on the compact disc “20 Years of Resistance to Genocide in East Timor”, distributed by HANDSfree Records (HANDS20CD) (1996);
Gustafson Landscapes, op. 56 (2001), 30 min., for soprano and guitar, poetry by Ralph Gustafson; world premiere given by Eleanor Gang, soprano and Andrew MacDonald, guitar, Bandeen Hall, Lennoxville, Québec on January 19, 2001;
The Preservation of Man (2002), 5 min., for soprano, baritone and guitar; poetry anon., Isle of Skye; world premiere given by Anne Nispel, soprano, Harlan Jennings, baritone and Andrew MacDonald, guitar in Bandeen Hall, Lennoxville, Québec, on October 26, 2002;
Mémoire, op. 68 (2005), 14 min., for soprano and piano, poetry by Arthur Rimbaud;
Mémoire, op. 68a (2012), 14 min., for soprano and string quartet, poetry by Arthur Rimbaud; world premiere by Eleanor Gang and the Pegasus Quartet on February 23, 2013 in Bandeen Hall, Sherbrooke (Lennoxville), Québec;
“In The Forward Trench” (from Mary’s Wedding) (2012), 4 min. for tenor and piano; lyrics by Stephen Massicotte, world premiere by Thomas Macleay, tenor and Esther Gonthier, piano, Bandeen Hall, Bishop’s University, March 14, 2014;
Four Songs for Ralph Gustafson, (2015), 13 min., for soprano, viola and electric archtop guitar, “The Geography of Grass”, “The Wheatfield”, “Hundreds of Crocuses” and “Ingonish”, poetry by Ralph Gustafson; world premiere by Eleanor Gang, Bojana Milinov and Andrew MacDonald on January 15, 2016 in Bandeen Hall, Sherbrooke (Lennoxville), Québec;
The Stars Are Falling, (2015), 3 min., for low voice, viola, electric archtop guitar, bass and drum kit; poem by Eleanor Gang, world premiere by Eleanor Gang, Bojana Milinov, Andrew MacDonald, Guy Breton and Kevin Sullivan on January 15, 2016 in Bandeen Hall, Sherbrooke, Québec;
“It Always Starts The Same” (from Mary’s Wedding) (2016), 3 min. for soprano and piano; lyrics by Stephen Massicotte;
“The Blades Of Grass” (from Mary’s Wedding) (2016), 4 min. for soprano and piano; lyrics by Stephen Massicotte; world premiere by Caitlin Wood, soprano and Cary Denby, piano on March 26, 2016, Muriel Richardson Auditorium, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba;
Les Chats de Baudelaire, op. 89 (2016), 14 min., for baritone and piano, four poems by Charles Baudelaire; world premiere on October 10, 2016 by Jeremy Huw Williams and Paula Fan, Dixon Recital Hall, Tulane University, New Orleans.