Glenn Buhr

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Glenn Arthur Buhr (born December 18, 1954 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a Canadian composer and pianist .

Life

Buhr studied until 1979 at the University of Manitoba with Lawrence Ritchie and Casey Sokol , until 1981 at the University of British Columbia with William Benjamin and Stephen Chatman and until 1984 at the University of Michigan with William Albright , Leslie Bassett and William Bolcom .

He received the SOCAN Prize (for Beren and Lúthien ), the CBC Radio Prize for young composers (1984), the Italian competition Pro Loco Corciano (1985) and the American Harp Society first prize for dance music (1986) . Buhr has been teaching at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo since 1984 , where he received the title of University Research Professor in 1998 and is Professor of Composition.

In 1990 Buhr founded the Winnipeg New Music Festival with Bramwell Tovey , of which he was curator until 1996. At the same time he was composer in residence of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra . He then became Music Director of the St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Center and Artistic Director of the Music in the Ruins Festival of Manitoba. Since 2002 he has been the New Music Director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra .

Works

  • le rêve rêvient… for two pianos, 1981
  • Epigrams , 1982
  • Beren and Lúthien for large orchestra, 1984
  • The Ebony Tower for alto saxophone, double bass and piano, 1985
  • Danses Abstraites for flute and harp, 1986
  • Dance music for harp, 1986
  • The Tale of Tinúviel for tenor and harp, (text by JRR Tolkien ), 1986
  • Lure of the Fallen Seraphim for large orchestra, 1986–87
  • Ecstasy for orchestra, 1988
  • The Cycle of Spring for mezzo-soprano, mixed choir and orchestra, 1988
  • Kamamaya for mixed choir and piano, 1989
  • Akasha for orchestra, 1989
  • Jyotir for orchestra, 1989
  • Variazioni for viola and piano, 1989,
  • Lacrimosa for mezzo-soprano and piano, 1989
  • Níniel for soprano, flute, oboe, violin, cello and piano, 1990
  • Concerto for trumpet and orchestra, 1990
  • Three Pieces for string orchestra, 1991
  • Double Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra, 1991
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra, 1992
  • String Quartet No. 1 , 1992
  • Interiors for flute, 1993
  • Sonata for violin, 1993
  • Season of Spring Days for girls' choir and piano (text by Matsuo Bashō ), 1993
  • The Jumblies for soprano and orchestra (text by Edward Lear ), 1993
  • winter poems for large orchestra, 1994
  • Concerto for viola and orchestra, 1994
  • Cathedral Songs for children's choir, wind ensemble, percussion ensemble and large orchestra, (text by Margaret Sweatman ), 1995
  • Agnus Dei for mixed choir and piano, 1996
  • faust flying for large orchestra, 1996
  • String Quartet No. 2, 'sixblues' , 1996
  • foxnocturne for piano, 1996
  • … Through the heat we're barely moving for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and drums, 1997
  • Symphony No. 1, 'shift' ("de joie") , 1997
  • Ritchot Mass for mixed choir and string quartet, 1997
  • Three Songs for mezzo-soprano and string quartet (text by Margaret Sweatman), 1998
  • Triple Concerto for clarinet, violin, piano and orchestra, 1999
  • Licht und Schatten Fantasy for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, string quartet and double bass, 1999
  • Ricercare for string orchestra, 2000
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra, 2000
  • In gloriam for cello and orchestra, 2000
  • Gloria for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra, 2000
  • Two Pieces for piano (based on the Preludium and Fugue in G minor by Johann Sebastian Bach ), 2000
  • Serenade for J for small orchestra, 2001
  • Symphony No. 2, 'Adagio pathétique' , 2001
  • Two Songs with Doubles for violin, cello and orchestra, 2001
  • Flux , musical, 2001
  • Chronicles and Laments for clarinet and string quartet, 2001
  • Beauty and the Beast , Ballet, 2002-03

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personal data
SURNAME Buhr, Glenn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buhr, Glenn Arthur (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 18th December 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Manitoba