- John Morris Russell, Mario Bernardi, Windsor Symphony Orchestra, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, David Alan Miller, Jacques Lacombe, CBC Radio Orchestra, Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra, Judith Forst
- Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra, Murray Adaskin, Eitan Cornfield, Eugene Kash, Mario Bernardi, Victor Feldbrill, George Zuckerman, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Andrew Dawes, John Rudolph, John Avison
- Harry Freedman, William Littler, Esprit Orchestra, Eitan Cornfield, John Weinzweig, Mary Morrison, Mario Bernardi, Nexus, Alex Pauk, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Brian Victor Macdonald, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Kazuyoshi Akiyama
- Orchestre de Radio-Canada à Montréal, Serge Garant, Eitan Cornfield, John Weinzweig, Mario Bernardi, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Orchestre à cordes Radio-Canada, Jean Papineau-Couture, Jacques Beaudry, Gilles Tremblay, John Rea, Gilles Manny, Montreal Tudor Singers, Nadia Papineau-Couture, Société de musique contemporaine du Québec, Alexander Brott, Victor Schultz, István Anhalt, John Beckwith, Bruce Mather
- Patricia Fagan, Robert Silverman, Jane Adams, Purcell String Quartet, University of Alberta String Quartet, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, John Ogden, David Duke, Don Mowat, William Bruneau, Dwight Bennet, Jean Coulthard, Eitan Cornfield
- CBC Vancouver Orchestra, George Roberts, Jon Washburn, Henriette Schellenberg, Keith Boldt, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Laverne G'Froerer
- Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Canada Festival Singers, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Luca Pfaff, Festival Singers of Toronto, Jerome Pernod, Canada Quartet, Tsung Yeh, Colin Tilney, Steven Staryk, Elmer Iseler, Erica Goodman, Yuli Turovsky, Quebec Contemporary Music Society, Orchestre National de France, John Avison, Musici di Montreal, I, Serge Garant, Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra, Chia Chou, Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan, Barbara Pentland, James Hunter, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Days Months and Years to Come, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Arts Trio, Mario Bernardi, Robert Aitken, Victor Feldbrill, Arthur Polson, Angela Hewitt, Hannaford Street Silver Band, Robert Rogers, Yves Prin, The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Marion Ross, Norma Beecroft
- William VerMeulen, Kathleen Rudolph, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Gordon Crozier, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Jon Washburn, Naoko Okada, Thom Geise, Richard Margison, Michel Corboz, 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.