Rocking Horse Winner, by Gareth Williams

Rocking Horse Winner

by Gareth Williams

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joel1958 This recording stands on it's own The story is told simply and precisely through the text which engages in a dance with the music. It is rather beautiful and sad.

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1.	Overture 01:37	info	buy track
2.	Ava at the Piano ft. Lucia Cesaroni 04:46	info	buy track
3.	Ava and Paul Talk About Luck ft. Lucia Cesaroni and Asitha Tennekoon 03:15	info	buy track
4.	Paul Rides His Rocking Horse ft. Asitha Tennekoon 02:17	info	buy track
5.	Paul Tells Uncle Oscar His Secret ft. Asitha Tennekoon and Keith Klassen 04:28	info	buy track
6.	The Boys Go To The Races ft. Asitha Tennekoon, Keith Klassen and Peter McGillivray 06:44		buy track
7.	Paul Tells Oscar About The House ft. Asitha Tennekoon and Keith Klassen 05:56	info	buy track
8.	Ava at the Piano, with Paul ft. Lucia Cesaroni 07:28	info	buy track
9.	Ava's Birthday ft. Lucia Cesaroni 01:57	info	buy track
10.	The Money Gets Spent ft. Asitha Tennekoon 03:12	info	buy track
11.	Ava and Paul ft. Asitha Tennekoon and Lucia Cesaroni 07:02	info	buy track
12.	Paul Dies ft. Asitha Tennekoon 06:06	info	buy track

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Featuring a score by Irish composer Gareth Williams “so evocative and beautiful” (Globe and Mail) and a libretto by Canadian playwright Anna Chatterton that “packs an emotional wallop” (Musical Toronto), this intimate and psychologically insightful look at love, luck, and greed premiered in 2016 and received 9 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations and 5 awards in 2017, including Outstanding Male Performance by Asitha Tennekoon, Outstanding Lighting Design by Michelle Ramsay, Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Direction by Michael Hidetoshi Mori, and Outstanding Production.

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released December 16, 2020

Composer: Gareth Williams
Librettist: Anna Chatterton
Story Director: Michael Hidetoshi Mori
Music Director and Conductor: Kamna Gupta

CAST:
Paul - Asitha Tennekoon
Ava - Lucia Cesaroni
Oscar - Keith Klassen
Bassett - Peter McGillivray

The House - Midori Marsh, Soprano
The House - Alex Hetherington, Mezzo-Soprano
The House - Stephen Bell, Tenor
The House - Korin Thomas-Smith, Baritone

MUSICIANS:
Piano - Stéphane Mayer
Violin I - Aysel Taghi-Zada
Violin II - Suhashini Arulanandam
Viola - Brenna McLane
Cello - Bryan Holt

RECORDING PERSONNEL:
Director - Michael Hidetoshi Mori
Music Director - Kamna Gupta
Assistant Conductor - Gregory Oh
Executive Producer - Michael Hidetoshi Mori
Recording Producer - David Jaeger
Recording Engineer - Dennis Patterson
Tapestry Producer - Jaime Martino

Original Photography - Dahlia Katz
Cover Art Design - Angie Caunce, Jenni Grandfield

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Keith Fernandes, Kate Croome, Georgie Sykes, Dona Arbabzadeh, Charissa Wilcox, Sebastian Marziali, Jacques Arsenault, Erika Neilsen, Brian Dawson, Christie Matwee, Jean-Francois Leclerc, Jill Roussy, Ali Kashani, Richard Paradiso, Juliette Sweeney, Chris Younkman, Wayne Ferguson, ACTRA Toronto, the Toronto Musicians’ Association, the Distillery Historic District, Ernest Balmer and Barb Parsons.

FUNDED BY:
FACTOR Canada
The Government of Canada

Recorded with the generous support of Michiel Horn and Cornelia Schuh
Midori Marsh and Stephen Bell appearing with the generous support of Michael and Linda Hutcheon

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