- CBC Vancouver Orchestra, John Morris Russell, Mario Bernardi, Windsor Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller, Jacques Lacombe, Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra, CBC Radio Orchestra, Judith Forst
- Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra, Murray Adaskin, Mario Bernardi, Eitan Cornfield, Eugene Kash, John Rudolph, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Victor Feldbrill, George Zuckerman, Andrew Dawes, John Avison
- Eitan Cornfield, Esprit Orchestra, John Weinzweig, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Brian Victor Macdonald, Harry Freedman, Nexus, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, William Littler, Alex Pauk, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Mary Morrison, Mario Bernardi
- CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Gilles Manny, Alexander Brott, Société de musique contemporaine du Québec, John Beckwith, Orchestre à cordes Radio-Canada, Mario Bernardi, Orchestre de Radio-Canada à Montréal, Eitan Cornfield, John Weinzweig, Gilles Tremblay, Jacques Beaudry, John Rea, Nadia Papineau-Couture, Montreal Tudor Singers, István Anhalt, Victor Schultz, Bruce Mather, Serge Garant, Jean Papineau-Couture
- Dwight Bennet, Jean Coulthard, Robert Silverman, Jane Adams, Eitan Cornfield, Patricia Fagan, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, William Bruneau, Don Mowat, David Duke, John Ogden, University of Alberta String Quartet, Purcell String Quartet
- Henriette Schellenberg, George Roberts, Vancouver Chamber Choir, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Jon Washburn, Laverne G'Froerer, Keith Boldt
- Days Months and Years to Come, Luca Pfaff, Festival Singers of Toronto, Canada Quartet, Serge Garant, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Colin Tilney, Steven Staryk, Tsung Yeh, Lyric Arts Trio, Hannaford Street Silver Band, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Canada Festival Singers, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Jerome Pernod, Robert Rogers, The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Yves Prin, Orchestre National de France, Elmer Iseler, Yuli Turovsky, Erica Goodman, Barbara Pentland, Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan, Chia Chou, Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra, Victor Feldbrill, Arthur Polson, Angela Hewitt, Marion Ross, Norma Beecroft, Quebec Contemporary Music Society, Musici di Montreal, I, John Avison, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, James Hunter, Mario Bernardi
- CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Gordon Crozier, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Richard Margison, Thom Geise, Naoko Okada, Jon Washburn, Michel Corboz, William VerMeulen, Kathleen Rudolph, Vancouver Chamber Choir
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Biography
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Vancouver Orchestra was founded in 1938 as the CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra. From 1939 to 1980, John Avison was the music director and during this period, he gave premieres of countless of works by Canadian composers, including Jean Coulthard, Barbara Pentland, and Elliot Weisgarber. In 1980, the orchestra abandoned its designation as a chamber orchestra upon the appointment of John Eliot Gardiner as music director. After a brief period of concentration on earlier repertoire, the orchestra returned to its commitment to contemporary works under the baton of Mario Bernardi, who became music director in 1983. The orchestra now commissions at least two major compositions every year. By the end of the twentieth century, the orchestra was the last-surviving radio orchestra in North America. It performs in a regular concert series in Vancouver, on tours in both Canada and the United States, and in broadcasts heard throughout Canada.