Ian Cusson

Composer

Dodo, mon tout petit

aria from the opera Louis Riel; text by Mavor Moore

Simone Osborne, soprano; Canadian Opera Company Orchestra; Johannes Debus, conductor



Love songs on poems of michael ondaatje 

song cycle, poems by Michael Ondaatje

Asitha Tennekoon, tenor Les Dala, piano





‘joan’s aria’ from Empire of Wild

aria from the opera Empire of Wild; libretto by Cherie Dimaline

Brittany Rae, soprano; Chamber orchestra conducted by Rosemary Thompson




Five songs on poems of Marilyn Dumont

song cycle for voice and piano quintet; texts by Marilyn Dumont

Marion Newman, mezzo-soprano; Scott St. John, violin; Yanet Campbell, violin; Sharon Wei, viola; Thomas Wiebe, cello; Angela Park, piano


The cure of madness

for string trio

  1. Concert in the Egg

  2. The Conjuror

  3. Ship of Fools

  4. The Cure of Madness

Marie Berard, violin; Rémi Pelletier, viola; Winona Zalenka, cello

Photo credits John Arano; Leemarc Lao (background)