Bernard Rands: Canti del Sole

Canti del Sole for tenor and chamber ensemble (1983)

Paul Sperry, tenor
Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group
William Kraft, conductor

KUSC identified this as the première performance of the chamber version of Canti del Sole, recorded live at the Japan America Theater on 13 February 1984. Rands’ own chronology shows that he conducted the first performance with Paul Sperry and UCSD’s modernist chamber ensemble “SONOR” at some point in 1983.

Bernard Rands (accent on his first syllable) was the composer in residence at the University of California, San Diego, at the time of this performance. He is British and his compositional style owes much to Benjamin Britten. He received a Pulitzer Prize for the orchestral version of this work … it bears mentioning, however, that people often nominate themselves for Pulitzers.

Recorded from a broadcast by KUSC-FM Los Angeles on 30 December 1984.


Rands Canti del Sole chamber version
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