Talivaldis Kenins 100
Talivaldis Kenins, one of the founders of the Toronto Latvian Concert Association, would have celebrated his 100th birthday in 2019. This, coincidentally, also marked the year of the XV Latvian Song Festival in Canada, which took place from July 4-7, 2019, in Toronto. Happening every five years in Canada since 1953, Kenins was for decades, a major force in the organization and success of these festivals.
The 2019 festival included a number of works by the composer including these, linked below, sung by the State Choir Latvija conducted by Maris Sirmais.
TALIVALDIS KENINS – A PARTIAL DISCOGRAPHY
CANADIAN MUSIC CENTRE DISCS
CMC-CD 26519 “Canadian Amber”
- Concerto for Piano with String Orchestra and percussion (1990) World Premiere recording
CMC-CD 5997
- Sonata for cello and piano (1950)
- Concertante for flute and piano (1966)
- Piano Quartet No. 2 (1979)
CMC-CD 9403 “Portraits” (2 CD’s)
- Documentary and interviews (CD 1)
- Septuor (winds and strings 1948-49)
- Piano Sonata No.1
- Quintet (piano and winds)
- Symphony No. 4
CBC RECORDINGS
SMCD 5131 “I Musici de Montreal”
- Partita for Strings on Lutheran Chorales (1983)
ACM 33 CD 1-4 “Anthology of Canadian Music”
- Talivaldis Kenins talks with Eric McLean
- Septuor (1948-49)
- Suite concertante for cello and piano (1955)
- Piano Quartet No.1 (1957-58)
- Divertimento for clarinet and piano (1960)
- Beatae Voces Tenebrae for orchestra (1977)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 (1960)
- Bonhomme! Bonhomme! for choir (1962)
- Suite in D for organ (1967)
- Symphony No. 4 (1972
- Violin Concerto (1974) with Steven Staryk
- Sinfonia Notturna for organ (1978)
- Quintet for piano and winds (1983)
- Sonata No. 3 for piano (1985)
OTHER RECORDINGS
LMIC/SKANI 088
- Violin concerto (1974) with Eva Bindere
- Concerto for Five Percussionists and Orchestra (1983)
- Beatae voces Tenebrae (1977)
ONDINE ODE 1350-2
- Concerto di camera No. 1 (1981)
- Concerto for Piano, Strings and Percussion (1990)
- Symphony No. 1 (1959)
ONDINE ODE 1354-2
- Symphony No. 4 (1972)
- Symphony No. 6 (1978)
- Canzona Sonata for Viola and String Orchestra
ULMA – 123 “RIX Piano Quartet”
- Piano Quartet No. 1 (1958)
LRCD – 038 “Colloquens Patriae – Chamber music”
- Colloquens Patriae for cello and piano
- Piano quartet No. 1
- Die Zauberklarinette for solo clarinet
INDEPENDENT RELEASES
“On the Bridge – Chamber music by Latvian composers“: Ilona Kudina (2006)
- Fantasy variations on an Inuit lullaby
“Bridge across the Seas – Music by Latvian and Canadian composers“: Vilma Indra Vitols (2010)
- Melodies for Amanda for mezzo soprano and piano
- Two Latvian folksongs (1960): Silta saule, karsta saule and Ai, zaļai līdaciņa