David Jaeger 
The Scottish poet, David Cameron, with whom I have collaborated often, made the observation that the six female characters mentioned in T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land seemed, in his view, to be rather narrowly defined. Cameron chose to write six poems in which he expanded on these characters, giving them deeper, more fully-formed images. The six Cameron poems … Read more
Listen to Mozart Complete Sonatas & Variations For Piano & Violin Navona, 2025 9/10 The pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico and violinist Jacques Israelievitch pays tribute to Israelievitch 10 years after his death with these works that were finished just months before he passed away. “Violin Sonata No. 28 in E-Flat Major, K. 380” leads with … Read more
On May 13, clarinettist Ann Murdocca presented her graduate recital at the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Mazzoleni Hall, featuring the world premieres of Coeur à Coeur , by Alice Ping-Yee Ho, alongside David Jaeger’s admirable Diptych – Lament and Defiance, both works for clarinet and piano. It’s quite unusual for a graduate recital to offer … Read more
I was delighted when, late in 2024, I received a request from Jordi Morell, on behalf of the Swan Ensemble, to compose a quintet for the strings of the group. I had, just then, been working on a number of the melodies I had composed as settings of the poems of the Scottish poet, David … Read more
The highly regarded Brazilian-American piano virtuoso, Sergio R. Gallo will present a recital on June 10th, 2025 in which David Jaeger’s Song Without Words no. 5, based on a poem by David Cameron (I Can’t Help It) will receive its world premiere. Sergio Gallo is the winner of concerto competitions of the Sao Paulo Symphony … Read more
I’m very pleased to have my new work, Lyrics II – in memoriam Norma Beecroft included in Beverley Johnston’s wonderful project. It’s a work for vibraphone and electronic sound tracks, paying hommage to the great pioneer of Canadian electronic music, and my dear friend and colleague Norma Beecfroft. We lost Norma last October. She was … Read more
On March 30th, 2025, Canadian soprano Katherine Whyte gave the World Premiere of an unaccompanied song composed by David Jaeger, titled Awake Asleep, a setting of a poem by David Cameron. Her recital took place at the Hamilton Conservatory of the Arts. Katherine Whyte has been praised for her “keen artistic sensibility” (Opera Today) and … Read more
The premiere took place in Tortosa, Spain, located near Barcelona, on Saturday, April 5th. The work consists of four movements based on melodies created setting the poetry of David Cameron. The movements are individually titled, 1. Sometimes the Summer, 2. For Winter, 3. A Blessing and 4. Gifts. The Swan Ensemble will also come to Ontario in June. They will give … Read more
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sämtliche Sonaten und Variationen für Klavier und Violine; Christina Petrowska Quilico, Klavier, Jacques Israelievitch, Violine; # Navona NV6697; Aufnahme 11.2014 + 02.-03.2015, Veröffentlichung 21.02.2025 (404′) – Rezension von Uwe Krusch ** (For English please scroll down) Fast ein Jahrzehnt nach dem Tod von Jacques Israelievitch, der als jüngster stellvertretender Konzertmeister in Chicago … Read more
More Rivers, the seven-movement solo piano suite composed by Frank Horvat and performed by its commissioner Christina Petrowska Quilico, is many things. It’s a work, first of all, its creator dedicated to the spirit of Canadian composer Ann Southam and her seminal Rivers; by his own admission, the work she did in the field of minimalist … Read more