Allan Rae

Allan Rae (born 3 July 1942 in Blairmore, Alberta) is a Canadian composer, conductor, and trumpeter based in Calgary, Alberta. An associate and former board member of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers, he is particularly known for his works for the theatre which include several musicals and operas as well as incidental music. He has been commissioned to write music for productions mounted by the National Arts Centre, the Shaw Festival, and the Stratford Festival, as well as Theatre Passe Muraille, Vancouver Playhouse, Theatre Calgary, and the Globe Theatre, Regina. Between 1985 and 2000 he was composer-in-residence at Alberta Theatre Projects.

He has also written numerous symphonic and many chamber works, including commissions for the Calgary Philharmonic and the Calgary Youth Orchestra. His music has been performed by Carol McLaughlin, Gloria Saarinen and Cenek J. Vrba among others.

Rae studied composition and arranging at the Berklee College of Music. He later studied electronic music and composition with Samuel Dolin at The Royal Conservatory of Music from 1970 to 1973. He began his career as a trumpeter in the Band of Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians). He worked for CBC Calgary TV and radio as a composer and conductor from 1966 to 1970. He served briefly on the music faculty at the RCMT in 1973–1974.

Works

Solo piano

Through a Broken Window 1970 (twelve short movements) Songs for Children 1978 Book #1 Alam Al Mithal 1978 Songs for Children 1980 Book #2 Poetic Petits #3 (n.d) Be true, you need not fail 1999

Harp

Mirror of Galadriel 1977 Fantazzia 1979 Be true, you need not fail 2005 (see above for solo piano version)

Chamber music

String Quartet #1 1967 Autumn Colours (WW. Quartet) 1969 A Day in the Life of a Toad (Brass Quintet) 1970 Impressions (WW. Quintet) 1971 Sleep Whispering (Flute, Percussion, Piano) 1971 String Quartet #2 1971 Things to Play on A Boring Day (Thirteen short Trumpet duets) 1972 Ode to a Pumpkin (Quintet for Percussion) 1973 Poems for Trio (Violin, Piano, Cello) 1974 Four Brass Quartets 1975 On the Wind (Violin, Piano, Cello) 1976 Rainbow Sketches (Flute, Oboe, Violin, Piano, two Percussion) 1976 Alto Flute Sonata 1977 Improvisations for String Quartet 1977 Improvisations for WW Quartet 1977 Whispering of the Nagual (Flute, B♭ Clarinet, B♭ Trumpet, Trombone, Cello, Piano and Percussion) 1978 Images #1 (Trumpet and F Horn) 1979 Images #2 (Flute and Clarinet) 1979, Images #3 (B♭ Trumpet, F Horn, Tuba) 1979 Images #4 (Flute, B♭ Clarinet, Bassoon) 1979 Kiwani Owapi (Two Pianos, B♭ Clarinet, Two Percussion) 1981 Reflections (Violin, Piano, Cello) 1981 Something Old, Something New (Brass Quintet) 1981 En Passant (Two Marimbas) 1982 Ancien Régime (Cello and Piano) 1986 Caamora (Piano and Violin) 1987 Serenade (Tuba and Piano) 1991 Chanson da Camera (String Quartet) 1993 10 March – Chinook, Hallulelujah (Violin, Flute, Cello, Marimba) 1993 Poetic Petits #2 (Harp and Clarinet) 1993 Poetic Petits #4 (String Quartet) 1993 Poetic Petits #5 (Harp, Flute, B♭ Clarinet) 1993 Poetic Petits #6 (String Quartet) 1993 Poetic Petits#7 (B♭ Clarinet, F Horn, Harp, Marimba) 1993 Poetic Petits #8 (Alto Flute, B♭ Clarinet, F Horn, Marimba, Harp) 1993 Poetic Petits #9 (Alto Flute, Marimba, Harp) 1993 Circles (Clarinet, Bassoon Harp) 1996 Dialogues (Alto Flute, B♭ Clarinet, F Horn, Marimba, Harp) 1996 Echar La Casa por la Ventana (String Quartet) 1996 Hay Que Gozar Mucho Para Desquitarse do la Vida (String Quartet, Alto Flute, Harp, Marimba) 1996 Todo esto muy Diverdo (Brass Quintet) 1996 Romance (Oboe and Bassoon) 1997 Even a Tyrannosaurus can be Romantic (Tuba Quartet) 1998 Whispering of the Nagual (Flute, B♭ Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, Percussion, Piano) 1978, revised in 1998 Dialogue (B♭ Clarinet, Piano, Drums and Cello) 1999 Energy (Piano, 2 Violins, Viola and Cello) 1999 From the wings of a raven (Alto Flute, Bass Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola and Cello) 1999 If The Raven Speaks (Violin, Viola and Cello) 1999 I must speak (Clarinet and Marimba) 1999 I too remember (Alto Flute, Piano and Cello) 1999 There was peace (Violin and Viola) 1999 Visions of the Past from the Future (Flute, Clarinet, Piano, Drums, 2 Violins, Viola and Cello) 1999 With force (Violin, Viola and Cello) 1999 You must pay attention (Flute, Clarinet, Piano, Drums, 2 Violins, Viola and Cello) 1999 Impromptu (Marimba and Cello) 2002 Scherzando (Marimba and Cello) 2002 Tess (Piano and narrator) 2005 Three Movements for Piano and Violin 2006 Winter Chinook (Trio for three Harps) 2006 A Road Through Alberta Foothills (Bass Clarinet, Piano and Violin) 2009

Chamber orchestra

Db Harp Concerto 1976 Sonata for Bass Clarinet 1976 Strings and B♭ Bass Clarinet Concerto for Bass 1977 Concerto for Violin and String Ensemble 1979 D Minor Piano Concerto 1978

Choral

Listen to the Wind (Chorus and Orchestra) 1973 Keltic Suite (SATB unaccompanied) 1993 Transition (SATB and Orchestra) 1993 Pacific Suite (SATB and String Orchestra) 1994 Gaia – Earth Images 2009

Orchestra Trip (youth orchestra) 1970 Wheel of Fortune 1971 Two Thousand Years Ago 1972 Symphony # 1 1972 "In the Shadow of Atlantis" Love is Me 1972 The Hippopotamus 1972 Celebration (youth orchestra) 1974 Image for Orchestra 1975 The Alberta Pioneers (youth orchestra) 1980 Symphony #2 1978 "Winds of Change" Symphony #3 1980 Mirror of Galadriel 1982 (see above for solo harp version) L`heure Entre Chien et Loup 1994 Mist of Summer Seas (string orchestra) 1995 Standing Stones 1995 Imagenés de Baja (string orchestra) 1996 Tu Hablas muy Bien 1996, Concerto for Trumpet Celebration of Spring 1998, (in four movements) Take Back the Ring 2001 'Alam Al Mithal' (n.d.)

Dance drama/ballet

Like Gods, Like Gods Among Them 1973 Two Act Dance Drama Mirror, Mirror 1974 one act, two scene ballet Scarecrow 1975 Mime stage show

Music theatre You Two Stay Here and the Rest Come With Me (1968–9) Trip (1969–70) Where Are You Now That We Need You Simon Fraser? (1971) Beware the Quickly Who (1971) Charles Manson AKA Jesus Christ (1972)