British Columbia Suite
British Columbia Suite is a 1969 studio album by Nelson Riddle, released on the Capilano Records label.
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| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1969 | |||
| Label | Capilano Records CAPS-701 | |||
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Origin
[edit]"British Columbia Suite" is a work composed by Nelson Riddle that was commissioned in August 1968, by the Government of the Province of British Columbia, Canada, as a musical portrait of the province. Its premier performance took place in San Francisco, California, March 19, 1969, with Riddle conducting. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performed the suite at Butchart Gardens a year later, on April 14, 1970.[1]
Album
[edit]The studio recording of "British Columbia Suite" was released on Vancouver-based Capilano Records in 1969, in a deluxe gatefold album with photographs and text depicting each of the twelve compositions comprising the suite.[2]
Then-Prime Minister W.A.C. Bennett is credited with the album's liner notes, which are congratulatory and laudatory of Riddle's efforts:[3]
It is singularly appropriate that a name as famous in the world of music as Nelson Riddle should be linked at last with a place in this world as well-known and well-loved as British Columbia, Canada.
Mr. Riddle is one of many millions of visitors who have been inspired by the mountains and river-valleys, the lakes and forests, the islands and coastal inlets, the colourful history and light-hearted recreations of Beautiful British Columbia — but he is a very special visitor, in that he has been able to convert that inspiration into beautiful music.
The delightful result is a tribute to our Province and a credit to the composer and his fine musicians, as I am sure will agree when you hear Nelson Riddle's British Columbia Suite.
In 1995 the recording was re-released in compact disc format on the Total Recording label, titled Symphony For The North[4]
Track listing
[edit]Side 1
[edit]- "The Route of the Haidas"
- "Peace River"
- "Victoria"
- "The Cariboo"
- "Valley of the Swans"
- "Government House"
Side 2
[edit]- "Vancouver Nights"
- "The Okanagan"
- "Butchart Gardens"
- "Barkerville"
- "Garibaldi Mountain"
- "Moving Ahead"
References
[edit]- ^ "The Nelson Riddle Collection MMS 4" (PDF). Inventory of the Papers of Nelson Riddle. p. 63. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
- ^ "Nelson Riddle – British Columbia Suite". Discogs.com. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
- ^ British Columbia Suite (LP record). Nelson Riddle. Vancouver, B.C.: Capilano Records. 1969.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Nelson Riddle – Symphony For The North". Discogs.com. Retrieved June 25, 2023.