Variations on a Canadian Folk Song: Orchester

This set of variations on the Canadian folk song She's Like the Swallow (taken from Kenneth Peacock's collection Songs of the Newfoundland Outports) has been written for two two pianos and orchestra. Commissioned by the VancouverFoundation for Music in the Morning, Vancouver. Premiere: November 16, 1988, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, James Anagnason and Leslie Kinton, pianists, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi, conductor.