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