Repertoire
The VICO's repertoire is completely original and Canadian; more works are nearing completion. The ensemble is comprised of musicians from Vancouver and Victoria, all Canadians or landed immigrants from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds, playing instruments from cultures spanning the globe.
Composer |
Title, Length, and non-Western Instruments |
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| Mark Armanini |
Sacred Flowers - 16' (1997, 2001)
Koto, Shakuhachi, Erhu, Pipa, Yangqin, Ruan
Composer's Notes
Incense and Flowers - 20' (2002)
Tabla, Guzheng, Erhu, Yangqin
Composer's Notes
Spirit House - 20' (2007)
Koni, Danbau, Bass Danbau, Zheng, Ud, Santur, Khane, Bamboo flute, Guanzi, Shakuhachi, World Percussion
Composer's Notes |
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| Coat Cooke |
Agua Azul - 9' (2007)
Danbau, Ud, Zheng, World Percussion
Composer's Notes |
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| Joseph "Pepe" Danza |
The Hermit and the Princess - 12' (1986, 2001)
Shakuhachi, Koto, Erhu, Yangqin, Ruan, World Percussion
I Saw a Mountain - 18' (2002)
Bandoneon, Quena, Quenacho, Charango, Latin American and Andean Percussion
Composer's Notes
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
Composer's Notes
Rapprochements (Reconciliations) - 40' (2000)
Erhu, Yangqin, Zheng, Sitar, Tabla, Darabuka, Hurdy Gurdy, Ney, Bansuri, Shakuhachi, Didjeridu, Tin Whistle, Oud, Pipa
Composer's Notes
The King is Dancing - 15' (1988)
Tabla, "Indian" (tonic-dominant tuned) Guitars, World Percussion, Tambura
Composer's Notes
Can You Hear My Prayer - 16-20' (1989, 1988, 2002)
Sitar, "Indian" (tonic-dominant tuned) Guitar,
Tabla, Tambura
Masala - 10' (1990)
2 Bansuris, Sitar, "Indian" Guitar, Tambura, Tabla, Mridangam
El Ginat Egoz (Into the Walnut Garden) - 7' (2006)
Erhu, Zheng, 2 Uds
Composer's Notes
Camel Hop at the Caravanserai - 9' (2007)
2 Zhengs, Ud, Santur, Djembe or Darabuka
Composer's Notes |
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| Niel Golden |
Kusumamaya (Consisting of Flowers) - 15' (2003)
Tabla, Udu, Kartal, Manjira, Tambura
Composer's Notes
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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
Composer's Notes |
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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
Composer's Notes |
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| Farshid Samandari |
Sinfonia Unifica - 15' (2003)
Sitar, Tar, Tabla, Darabuka, World Percussion, Kamanche, Shakuhachi
Composer's Notes
Remover of Difficulties - 20' (2003)
Kamanche, Erhu, Tabla
Composer's Notes
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
Composer's Notes
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| Jin Zhang |
Circling - 19' (2002)
Erhu, Pipa, Ruan, Zheng, Sitar, Tabla
Composer's Notes
Green Wind - 7' (2007)
Danbau, Dulcimer, Zheng, Bawu
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