British Columbia Suite is a 1969 studio album by Nelson Riddle, released on the Capilano Records label.
Origin
"British Columbia Suite" is a work composed by Nelson Riddle that was commissioned in August 1968, by the Government of the Province of British Columbia, Canada, as a musical portrait of the province. Its premier performance took place in San Francisco, California, March 19, 1969, with Riddle conducting. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performed the suite at Butchart Gardens a year later, on April 14, 1970.
Album The studio recording of "British Columbia Suite" was released on Vancouver-based Capilano Records in 1969, in a deluxe gatefold album with photographs and text depicting each of the twelve compositions comprising the suite.
Then-Prime Minister W.A.C. Bennett is credited with the album's liner notes, which are congratulatory and laudatory of Riddle's efforts:
In 1995 the recording was re-released in compact disc format on the Total Recording label, titled Symphony For The North
Track listing
Side 1 "The Route of the Haidas" "Peace River" "Victoria" "The Cariboo" "Valley of the Swans" "Government House"
Side 2 "Vancouver Nights" "The Okanagan" "Butchart Gardens" "Barkerville" "Garibaldi Mountain" "Moving Ahead"
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