Highlights of the 1978-79 season of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra include the world premiere of Van Dijk's The Shadowmaker (1977) under the direction of Mario Bernardi and featuring Canadian baritone Victor Braun. It was performed at Massey Hall in Toronto, October 1978. The work was set to a book of poems called The Shadowmaker written in 1969 by the Canadian poet Gwendolyn MacEwan. The biographer of MacEwan, Rosemary Sullivan, quotes Van Dijk in her book: ``What attracted me to the poetry was the substance behind the subject matter - namely the dream.
Highlights of the 1978-79 season of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra include the world premiere of Van Dijk's The Shadowmaker (1977) under the direction of Mario Bernardi and featuring Canadian baritone Victor Braun.
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It was performed at Massey Hall in Toronto, October 1978.
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The work was set to a book of poems called The Shadowmaker written in 1969 by the Canadian poet Gwendolyn MacEwan.
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The biographer of MacEwan, Rosemary Sullivan, quotes Van Dijk in her book: ``What attracted me to the poetry was the substance behind the subject matter - namely the dream.
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