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The VICO's repertoire is completely original and Canadian; the orchestra typically commmissions several new pieces or new arrangements per season. The following is a selection only; we are working on adding more titles and audio excerpts. Also in progress: the VICO's first ever studio recording, currently slated for release late in 2010!
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| Mark Armanini |
Sacred Flowers - 16' (1997, 2001)
Koto, Shakuhachi, Erhu, Pipa, Yangqin, Ruan
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Incense and Flowers - 20' (2002)
Tabla, Guzheng, Erhu, Yangqin
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Spirit House - 20' (2007)
Koni, Danbau, Bass Danbau, Zheng, Ud, Santur, Khane, Bamboo flute, Guanzi, Shakuhachi, World Percussion
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| Coat Cooke |
Agua Azul - 9' (2007)
Danbau, Ud, Zheng, World Percussion
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| Joseph "Pepe" Danza |
The Hermit and the Princess - 12' (1986, 2001)
Shakuhachi, Koto, Erhu, Yangqin, Ruan, World Percussion |
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I Saw a Mountain - 18' (2002)
Bandoneon, Quena, Quenacho, Charango, Latin American and Andean Percussion
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King of Wands - 8' (2007)
Santur, Ud
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| Moshe Denburg |
Ani Ma-amin (I Believe) - 23' (2002)
Bansuri, Tabla, Darabuka, Udu, Riqq, Pipa, Ruan, Daruan, Oud, Sitar, Zheng, Yangqin, Danbau, Erhu
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Rapprochements (Reconciliations) - 40' (2000)
Erhu, Yangqin, Zheng, Sitar, Tabla, Darabuka, Hurdy Gurdy, Ney, Bansuri, Shakuhachi, Didjeridu, Tin Whistle, Oud, Pipa
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The King is Dancing - 15' (1988)
Tabla, "Indian" (tonic-dominant tuned) Guitars, World Percussion, Tambura
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Can You Hear My Prayer - 16-20' (1989, 1988, 2002)
Sitar, "Indian" (tonic-dominant tuned) Guitar, Tabla, Tambura |
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Masala - 10' (1990)
2 Bansuris, Sitar, "Indian" Guitar, Tambura, Tabla, Mridangam |
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El Ginat Egoz (Into the Walnut Garden) - 7' (2006)
Erhu, Zheng, 2 Uds
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Camel Hop at the Caravanserai - 9' (2007)
2 Zhengs, Ud, Santur, Djembe or Darabuka
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| Niel Golden |
Kusumamaya (Consisting of Flowers) - 15' (2003)
Tabla, Udu, Kartal, Manjira, Tambura
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| Grace Lee |
Dance of Sunrise - the Kayagum Concerto - 10' (2000)
Kayagum |
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| John Oliver |
Eagle Flies to Mountain - 17' (2006)
Zheng, Erhu, Gaohu, Clarinet, Accordion, Chinese Percussion, Pipa, Daruan
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| Michael O'Neill |
Luffness - 15' (2000/2005)
Music by: Michael O'Neill, Boyd Seiichi Grealy, Bonnie Soon, Stuart MacNeill, Jason Overy, Alcvin Ramos
3 Scottish Highland Bagpipes, 3 Japanese Taiko, Shakuhachi/Didjeridu
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| Farshid Samandari |
Sinfonia Unifica - 15' (2003)
Sitar, Tar, Tabla, Darabuka, World Percussion, Kamanche, Shakuhachi
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Remover of Difficulties - 20' (2003)
Kamanche, Erhu, Tabla
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Asheghaneh (Monologues Aglow) - 19' (2006)
Text: the quatrains of Bábá –Táhìr (in the Farsi language)
Erhu, Ud, Santur, Tombak, Daff, Tabla
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| Ron Samworth |
Strathcona (a short walk) - 7' (2007)
Danbau, Zheng, World Percussion
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| Neil Weisensel |
Presence - 15' (2002)
Ehru, Sitar, Yangqin, Tabla
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| Jin Zhang |
Circling - 19' (2002)
Erhu, Pipa, Ruan, Zheng, Sitar, Tabla
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Green Wind - 7' (2007)
Danbau, Dulcimer, Zheng, Bawu
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