Recordings by Stephen Chatman

Music Samples

icon for compat disc – CD   LULLAY MY LIKING (Music Sample) Choral
icon for compat disc – CD   EARTH SONGS (Music Sample) chorus and orchestra
icon for compat disc – CD   VARLEY SUITE (Music Sample) solo violin

icon for compat disc – CD   PROUD MUSIC OF THE STORM (Music Sample) chorus and orchestra
icon for compat disc – CD   PRAIRIE DAWN (Music Sample) clarinet and strings with harp
icon for compat disc – CD   DUE WEST (Music Sample) choir

Orchestra

Proud Music of the Storm”
PROUD MUSIC OF THE STORM (chorus and orchestra)
OVER THORNS TO STARS(string orchestra with opt. tenor, horn or tenor saxophone)
TARA’S DREAM(orchestra)
PRAIRIE DAWN(clarinet and strings with harp)
CRIMSON DREAM (orchestra)
FANFARE FOR A COLD LAND (orchestra)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, University of British Columbia Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Strings, Vancouver Bach Choir.
Cond. Gunther Herbig, Stephen Chatman, Bruce Pullan, Jesse Read, Eric Wilson.
Gene Ramsbottom , clarinet soloist.
Centrediscs CMCCD 10304 2004
Available from Canadian Music Centre
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Orchestra with Soloist

Western Canadian Music Awards Stephen Chatman 2020 Classical Composer of the Year

A Quinary
Canadian Concerti
Vancouver Island Symphony Pierre Simard, Artistic Director

Concertino for Horn and String Orchestra
I. Dance
II. Elegy
III. Ascendance

www.vancouverislandsymphony.com
www.redshiftrecords.org

Proud Music of the Storm” (see orchestra recordings)
PRAIRIE DAWN (clarinet and strings with harp).
Gene Ramsbottom, soloist, Stephen Chatman, conductor.
Centrediscs CMCCD 10304 2004
Available from Canadian Music Centre
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Double Concertos for Violin and Clarinet”
The Making of a Medium, Volume 23
Concerto for Clarinet, Violin, and Orchestra
Walter Verdehr, violin, Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet
Las Cruces Symphony, Lonnie Klein, conductor

Crystal Records CD973
www.crystalrecords.com

Orchestra with Chorus

Earth Songs“
EARTH SONGS (choir and orchestra)
FROM PENT-UP ACHING RIVERS (violin and cello)
TO THE GARDEN THE WORLD (alto saxophone and piano)
CREATURES OF EARTH AND SKY (harp)
MOUNTAIN SPIRIT(piano)
OR FROM THAT SEA OF TIME (cello and piano)
UBC Singers, CBC Radio Orchestra, Gwen Thompson, Eric Wilson, Julia Nolan, Sandra Joy Friesen, Joy Yeh, Sara Davis Buechner, Eric Wilson, Patricia Hoy
Alain Trudel, conductor.
Centrediscs CMC CD 14709 2009

2010 Juno Awards Nomination for Classical Composition of the Year
2010 Western Canadian Music Awards Classical Composition of the Year


Available from Canadian Music Centre

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Proud Music of the Storm” (see orchestra recordings)
PROUD MUSIC OF THE STORM
Vancouver Bach Choir , UBC Singers, UBC Symphony Orchestra
Bruce Pullan, conductor.
Centrediscs CMCCD 10304 2004
Available from Canadain Music Centre

2005 Western Canadian Music Awards Classical Composition of the Year

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Soaring Spirits”
Canadian Orchestral Music by Stephen Chatman, Dorothy Chang and Keith Hamel

Stephen Chatman
A Song of Joys for Timpani and Percussion Soli, SATB Chorus and Orchestra
I. A Song of Joys
II. shine! shine! shine!
III. One Hour to Madness and Joy!
IV. Song of the Universal
V. I dance with the dancers
VI. O Sun of Real Peace
VII. With the love of comrades

Calixa Lavallee | arr. Stephen Chatman
O Canada!

UBC Symphony Orchestra | Jonathan Girard, conductor
UBC Choirs | Graeme Langager, director

Available from redshiftrecords.org and Canadian Music Centre
www.musiccentre.ca

Band

Snake Fence Country”
GROUSE MOUNTAIN LULLABY
Edmonton Wind Ensemble
Cond. Harry Pinchin
CBC Records SMCD 5165 1997
www.cbcrecords.cbc.ca

THEY ALL REPLIED
University of British Columbia Wind Symphony
Cond. Martin Berinbaum
Crest CBSLO-78–5 LP Recording

Chamber

Vancouver Visions“
LAWREN S. HARRIS SUITE FOR PIANO QUINTET
2006 Western Canadian Music Awards Classical Composition of the Year

VARLEY SUITE FOR SOLO VIOLIN
2006 Juno Awards Nomination for Classical Composition of the Year

FIVE SONGS FOR SOPRANO AND PIANO
IN MEMORIAM HARRY ADASKIN (violin and piano)
BLACK AND WHITE FANTASY (piano)
VARIATIONS ONHOME ON THE RANGE’ (string quartet)
WILD CAT (flute)
Borealis String Quartet, Andrew Dawes, violin, Jane Coop, Sara Davis Buechner, and Karen Lee-Morlang, pianists; Robyn Driedger-Klassen, soprano, Paolo Bortolussi, flute
Centrediscs CMCCD 11105 2005
Available from Canadian Music Centre

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Worlds of Bass Clarinet”
IMAGES
Henri Bok, bass clarinet
Globe, Klaas Posthuma Productions GLO 5192 CD 1999
Castricum, The Netherlands
www.globerecords.nl

Canadian Music for Clarinet”
GOSSAMER LEAVES
James and Penelope Mark, clarinet and piano
34 Union Street, Sackville, NB, E4L 4M4 CD 1996
Available from the Canadian Music Centre
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Canadian music for solo flute”
SLINK
Kathryn Cernauskas, bass flute
KC 991 CD 2000
Available from the Canadian Music Centre
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The Making of a Medium”, Volume 16, International I
TRIO for clarinet, violin, and piano
Verdehr Trio
Crystal Records CD 2004
www.crystalrecords.com

MUSIC FOR CELLO AND PIANO
Eric Wilson, cello and Patricia Hoy, piano
Wild West Records 1998 CD
www.music.ubc.ca

Coastal Waves – a twentieth anniversary celebration”
CREATURES OF EARTH AND SKY
Rita Costanzi, harp
Wave 20 CMC-BC CD
Available from Canadian Music Centre, BC Region
www.musiccentre.ca

Courage!”
COURAGE! for solo horn
Valerie Whitney, horn
Summit Records
DCD 824
www.summitrecords.com

Progression”
FLEETING THOUGHTS
Philip Dent Candelaria, guitar
Palladium Records CD 1992, 1993
Available from the Canadian Music Centre
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ON THE CONTRARY
Rev. Robert Onofrey, clarinet soloist
Eastman Musica Nova
Cond. Sydney Hodkinson
Composers Recordings, Inc. CRI 414 LP Recording 1978
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HESITATION
John Loban, violin, Maura Chatman, celesta
Composers Recordings, Inc. CRI 414 LP Recording 1978
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Kammermusic Konkurrence 1996”
O LO VELO
DuoDenum, alto saxophone and percussion
P2 DR musik, Denmark Radio CD 1996
www.dr.dk

QUIET EXCHANGE
Gene Ramsbottom, clarinet, Kenneth Moore, percussion
Opus One 46 LP Recording
P.O. Box 604, Greenville, Maine, 04441

WILD CAT
Robert Aitken, flute
Opus One 52 LP Recording
P.O. Box 604, Greenville, Maine, 04441

Music of the Commonwealth“
Australia, UK, Cyprus, Malta, Sri Lanka, Canada
SIX PRELUDES FOR ALTO SAXOPHONE AND PIANO
HD DUO
Michael Duke, saxophone, David Howie, piano
Da Vinci Classics C00481
https://davinci-edition.com

Keyboard

Celebration Series”, “Piano Odyssey”, or “Composer Library Series”
Various Chatman Solo Piano Pieces, Preliminary through Grade 10.
Royal Conservatory of Music, Canada
Frederick Harris Music Co., Ltd.
www.frederickharrismusic.com or www.rcmusic.ca

Canadian Compositions for Young Pianists”
24 Selected Chatman Solo Piano Pieces at Beginner and Intermediate Levels
Elaine Keillor, piano Studea Musica 2000, Ottawa, Ontario 3 CD set
https://elainekeillor.ca/canadian-compositions-for-young-pianists/www.studeamusica.com

Choral

A Chatman Christmas“
Choral music, Centrediscs, Toronto, fall 2009
LOVE CAME DOWN AT CHRISTMAS
LITTLE CHILD IN A MANGER
A CRADLE SONG
THE FALCON CAROL
MAKE A WISH FOR ME ON CHRISTMAS
CAROLS OF THE NATIVITY
As I Lay Upon a Night
Bring a Touch, Jeanette, Isbella
The Huron Carol
The Christmas Lullaby
The First Noel
Wassail
Angels We Have Heard On High
VOICES IN THE MIST
LULLAY MY LIKING
SHEPARDS REJOICE!
STERLING BELLS
CHRISTMAS JOY
JUMALISTEN JOUCKO
LO IN A MANGER
THE STAR-SONG
University of British Columbia Singers, Heidi Krutzen, Kathleen Allan, Jane Long, Stephen Smith, Linsay McIntyre, Ainslie Hurd, Quennie Wong
Cond. Bruce Pullan
Centrediscs CMC 15509 (CD) 2009
Available from Canadian Music Centre

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Due East – Stephen Chatman Choral Works”
DUE EAST
Nor’easter
Minke Whale
Farewell Nancy
Fishing
ELVESBELLS
HOW SWEET AND FAIR
Go Lovely Rose
To Daffodils
AUTUMN VIOLETS
THE VOICE OF THE RAIN
ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE
BITTER FOR SWEET
WOODLAND BELLS
UNSEEN BUDS
MUSICA, DEI DONUM OPTIMI
A MAGICAL MACHINE
VOICES OF EARTH
The Bird and the Hour
Snow
Voices of Earth
TIME PIECES
Tempus
Come, My Celia
I saw Eternity
Clocks
SEATTLE RED
Vancouver Chamber Choir
cond. Jon Washburn
Centrediscs CMC 13608 (CD) 2008
Available from the Canadian Music Centre
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Due North – Stephen Chatman Choral Works”
THERE IS SWEET MUSIC HERE
YOU HAVE RAVISHED MY HEART
FIVE BRITISH COLUMBIAN FOLK SONGS
(The Potlatch Fair, Mary, Come Home, The Grand Hotel, Skidegate Love Song, John Kanaka)
AN ELIZABETHAN SPRING
LOVE AND SHAPES HIGH FANTASTICAL
DUE NORTH
WHISPER, BABY
O COME, O COME EMMANUEL
LO IN A MANGER (SATB)
Vancouver Chamber Choir
cond. Jon Washburn
Centrediscs CMC 3388 (CD) 1988
Available from the Canadian Music Centre
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Due West – Music of Stephen Chatman”
DUE WEST
THOU WHOSE HARMONY IS THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
TWO ROSETTI SONGS (Song and Music; Remember)
ROSE-CHEEK’D LAURA, COME
DRYADSBELLS
AN ELIZABETHAN SUMMER
BLOW, BLOW THOU WINTER WIND
FIVE CANADIAN FOLK SONGS (A la volette, O Prairie Land, An Old Man He Courted Me, She’s Like the Swallow, Lukey’s Boat)
LUX AETERNA (SSATB)
GLORIA (SSAATTBB)
IN FLANDERS FIELDS (TTBB)
IN THE GLOW OF THE MOON (SSA)
SONGS OF A PROSPECTOR (SATB, Pals, Memories, The Scout, Roses I Send to You, The Calliope)
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Cond. Jon Washburn
CBC Records MVCD 1132 2000
Available from the Canadian Music Centre
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Magnificat“
Music by Stephen Chatman (1950 – )
University of British Columbia University Singers
Graeme Langager, conductor

Magnificat
1 I Magnificat anima mea Dominum (My soul doth magnify the Lord)
2 II Mon âme, my soul (My soul, my soul)
3 III Porque el Poderoso es grande (For he that is mighty)
4 IV Und mein Geist freuet sich Gottes (And my spirit hath rejoiced in God)
5 V (Chinese text — He hath filled the hungry with good things)
6 VI (Russian textHe hath shewed strength with his arm)
7 VII He hath helped his servant Israel
8 VIII Magnificat anima mea Dominum – Reprise and Doxology
Bahareh Poureslami, soprano soloist
University of British Columbia Orchestra
Jonathan Girard, conductor

9 The half moon (Rossetti) *
10 I am not yours (Teasdale)

Songs of Remembrance
11 1. Come to Me (Rossetti) *
12 2. And if thou wilt, remember (Rossetti) *

13 In Flanders Fields (McCrae)
14 Dreaming (Khayyám/FitzGerald) ~
15 Darest thou now O soul (Whitman) *
16 Come, said my Soul (Whitman) ‡
17 The Cloud (Teasdale) *
18 I would live in your love (Teasdale)
19 Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose! (Khayyam/FitzGerald)
20 Peace (Teasdale) *

* Terence Dawson, piano † Cris Inguanti, clarinet
‡ Geronimo Mendoza, oboe ~ Geling Jiang, zheng

University of British Columbia University Singers
Graeme Langager, conductor

2012 Juno Awards Nomination for Classical Composition of the Year

Dawn of Night – Music by Stephen Chatman”
Stephen Chatman, University Of Toronto MacMillan Singers, Hilary Apfelstadt

There Will Be Stars
Roses On A Brier
Night Vision

Dawn Of Night
1. Whisper Me
2. Hush, Hush
June Night
Let It Be Forgotten
The Tree Of Song

Missa Brevis
Kyrie
Sanctus
Benedictus
Agnus Dei
Forever, Remember Me
Reconciliation

A Song of Joys
Shine! Shine! Shine!
My Spirit To Yours, Dear Brother
The Cold Demands A Silence
How Still It Is (Chorus Master – Tracy Wong)
Dreams Offer Solace
Our Garden Of Life

Available from www.musiccentre.ca

Canadian Safari”
SHE’S LIKE THE SWALLOW (TTBB; from Five Canadian Folk Songs)
THE POTLATCH FAIR (TTBB, from Five BC Folk Songs)
MARY, COME HOME (TTBB, from Five BC Folk Songs)
THE GRAND HOTEL (TTBB, from Five BC Folk Songs)
Chor Leoni Men’s Choir,
cond. Diane Loomer
Skylark Music 9801 CD
skylark@skylark-music.com

Puer natus in Bethlehem, Alleluia!”
JUMALISTEN JOUCKO
A CHRISTMAS LULLABY
Elmer Iseler Singers
Cond. Lydia Adams
CBC Records MVCD 1165 2003
www.cbcrecords.cbc.ca

Hear My Prayer“
REMEMBER
Choir of St John’s, Elora, Ont.
Naxos 8.557493 CD

www.naxos.com

nativite”
O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL
musica intima
CBC Records Musica Viva CD 2002
www.cbcrecords.cbc.ca

invocation”
YOU HAVE RAVISHED MY HEART
musica intima
ATMA Classique ACD2 2284
www.sri-canada.com

The Light of the World”
MAKE A WISH FOR ME ON CHRISTMAS
Arkansas Chamber Singers
apad Digital Recordings ACS 014 2001
www.apadrecordings.com

Voices On High”
RECONCILIATION
Amadeus Choir, Stuart Laughton, solo flugelhorn
Cond. Lydia Adams
The Hannaford Street Silver Band
Opening Day Recordings CD 2002
www.openingday.com

Choral Concert”
THOU WHOSE HARMONY IS THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Cond. Jon Washburn
CBC Records SMCD-M100 CD 2000
www.cbcrecords.cbc.ca

Dandelion Parachutes”
DANDELION PARACHUTES (Orders, On the Merry-Go-Round, Laughter)
Canadian Children’s Opera Chorus
Cond. John Tuttle
WRC8-6710 CD 1993
Available from Canadian Music Centre
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Places”
JOHN KANAKA
SKIDEGATE LOVE SONG
British Columbia Boys Choir
Cond. Gerald van Wyck CD 2002
www.bcboyschoir.org

Canadian Choral Gems”
THOU WHOSE HARMONY IS THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
LUX AETERNA
ROSE-CHEEK’D LAURA
YOU HAVE RAVISHED MY HEART
Mount Royal Kantorei 2001
Cond. David Ferguson
The Mount Royal College Conservatory CD
www.mtroyal.ab.ca/conservatory

In Concert”
AN ELIZABETHAN SPRING
AN ELIZABETHAN SUMMER
BLOW, BLOW THOU WINTER WIND
Mount Royal Youth Choir
Cond. David Ferguson The Conservatory, Mount Royal College MRYC-CD-001
Calgary, Alberta
www.mtroyal.ab.ca/conservatory

Chanson – There Is Sweet Music”
RECONCILIATION
Chanson Recordings, St. Paul, Minnesota CD 2001

A Vancouver Christmas”
A CHRISTMAS LULLABY
AS I LAY UPON A NIGHT
The University of British Columbia Singers
Cond. Bruce Pullan
Orpheum Masters KSP 890 CD 2003
theflute@imag.net

Bright Journeys”
THE POTLATCH FAIR
SKIDEGATE LOVE SONG
University of Southern Maine Chamber Singers
Cond. Robert Russell
USM Office of Publications, Yarmouth, Maine CD

Songs of Heaven and Earth”
A LA VOLETTE
LUKEY’S BOAT
Laudate Singers
Cond. Lars Kaario CD 1999
www.capcollege.bc.ca

Music of the Americas”
THERE IS SWEET MUSIC HERE
Lawrence University Concert Choir
Cond. Richard Bjella
Irish Sounds Creativ, Inc. CD 1991
Appleton, Wisconsin

Live in Prague”
DRYADSBELLS
Academy Chamber Choir
Cond. Don James
Powell River Academy of Music CD 1999
Powell River, BC
 kathaum@prcn.org

Prisms”
THOU WHOSE HARMONY IS THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
Eastern Washington University Chamber Choir
Cond. Michael Elliott
MS 100 CD 1995–96
Cheney, Washington

Arsis Audio CDs; New Choral Music
DRYADSBELLS (Winter, 1999)
RECONCILIATION (Spring, 1999)
TIME PIECES (Winter, 2003)
TWO ROSSETTI SONGS (Winter, 2002)
BE THOU MY VISION (Fall, 2002)
COME UNTO ME (Fall, 2001)
MAKE A WISH FOR ME ON CHRISTMAS (Spring, 2001)
Arsis Audio, Highgate Press, A Division of ECS Publishing, Boston, MA Note: CDs not for sale
www.ecspub.com

WHISPER, BABY
University of British Columbia Chamber Singers
Cond. Cortland Hultberg
Maura Chatman, piano
Composers Recordings, Inc. CRI 426 LP Recording
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