Variations
Variations is a collection of miniatures reflecting an excerpt from Maggie Helwig’s poem The Other Goldberg Variations. Barbara began commissioning these solo piano pieces in 1991 and now has more than sixty of them. She often includes a set of several of these in her solo recitals.
In live performance, the first variation is presented as a recording of Barbara playing the Aria from the Goldberg Variations. This is Barbara's homage to Glenn Gould.
Variations is a collection of miniatures reflecting an excerpt from Maggie Helwig’s poem The Other Goldberg Variations. Barbara began commissioning these solo piano pieces in 1991 and now has more than sixty of them. She often includes a set of several of these in her solo recitals.
In live performance, the first variation is presented as a recording of Barbara playing the Aria from the Goldberg Variations. This is Barbara's homage to Glenn Gould.
Aria (1742)
Variation (1991)* Semplice e cantabile (1991) Conjunctions (1991)* a tlik’a (1991) Broken Glass (1991)* Iceberg (1991) Not the End (1992) errh (1995) Words not spoken (1995) Variations . . . (1995) The Year Just Past (1995) Sonata (1995) Three Tiny Piano Pieces (1995) Variation (1995) Variation (1995) Variation: A Little Beyond (1995) Cameo (1995) composizione . . . (1995) Gee-Gee (1995) Thin Air (1995) Wake Up, Goldberg! (1995) Where? (1995) Variation (1995) Staples (1996) Variation (1996) d´Eboulement (1995) Adieu (1996) The Minute Sonata (1996) B-A-C-H (1996) I remember . . . (1996) Modulation (1996) The Wall (1996) Star Eye (1996) B.P.M. (1996) Another Goldberg Variation (1996) The Awakening (1996) Variation (1996) Mediator (1996) Variation (1996) ether dream #14 (1996) plea (1996) Variation (1996) Mus(ost)ic for Barbara (1997) Quodlibet and Exit-Lullaby (2004) Utter Variation (2005) Inventio (2005) Opening and Variations (2005) Once in a Dream (2005) Twenty-four Notes . . . (2005)** Variation (2005) Swimming a Third Stream (2005) Goldbird (2011) (Dis-)Integration Variation (2011) Refug(u)e (2014) Not the End (2015) variation [detail] (2015) Pages (2016) The Music is Not the End (2017) Evanescent Pleasures (2019) Imprint (2019) Diminishing Returns (2019) |
J.S. Bach
Howard Bashaw Allison Cameron Robert Pritchard Robert Rosen Clark Ross Linda Catlin Smith John Oliver John Abram Michael J. Baker Alastair Boyd Tim Brady Christopher Butterfield David Burge Jonathan Dean Anthony Genge James Harley F. Tim Knight Piotr Grella-Mozejko Jocelyn Pritchard James Rolfe Doug Schmidt Ann Southam Ingegerd Tyrenius Martin Arnold Dave Burger Marie-Josée Chartier Omar Daniel Kirk Elliott David Fallis Keith Hamel Peter Hatch Beverley Johnston Hasse Jonsson Henry Kucharzyk John Mayo Wendy Prezament Robert Rogers Robert Rowe John Rumsey Rick Sacks Paul Steenhuisen Bob Stevenson Udo Kasemets Dennis Farrell WL Altman Jérôme Blais Ian Crutchley Linda George-Wegner Richard Gibson Laura Hoffman Michael Snelgrove David Litke Robert Bauer Michael Parker Janice Jackson Daryl Jamieson John Beckwith Monica Pearce Alice Ping Yee Ho Julia Mermelstein Sandy Moore |
*Commissioned through the Canada Council
**Recorded as Variation on Barbara's CD Piano Atlantica (Centrediscs)