Videos

“I Never Knew” is a song cycle inspired by friendship and the intrinsic musicality of language. The following poetry selections by David Cameron were set to music by David Jaeger in 2018. Performed by soprano Zixin Emily Lapin and pianist Jialiang Zhu. Audio and video by Yang Sui. January 14, 2023 at Infiniti Strings Music Hall, Markham, ON.

Music by David Jaeger, C.M.; poetry by David Cameron Performed by Madeline Hildebrand (piano and voice) and David Cameron (voice), 2021
Video by Stephen Cameron

Karen Usha Gray sings ‘In the Forest’, David Jaeger’s setting of a poem by David Cameron
As performed at ‘COSA Canada Presents: USHA! The Music of My Life’
Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto

A unique work for accordion and electronics that straddles the line between solo and chambermusic with both the acoustic and electronic sounds generated by the soloist.

Lament for Horn and Strings for the People of Ukraine (2022)
David Jaeger (b.1947)

Olivia Esther, horn https://canadiansinfonietta.com/olivi…
Tak Ng Lai, conductor https://canadiansinfonietta.com/tak-n…
Joyce Lai, violin https://canadiansinfonietta.com/joyce…
Alain Bouvier, violin https://canadiansinfonietta.com/alain…
Ian Clarke, viola https://canadiansinfonietta.com/ian-c…
Andras Weber, cello https://canadiansinfonietta.com/andra…
Tim FitzGerald, double bass https://canadiansinfonietta.com/tim-f…

0:00 Beginning
3:08 Lament for Horn and Strings for the People of Ukraine (2022)
7:01 Ending

Olivia Esther, Horn Conducted by Tak Ng Lai Musicians of the Canadian Sinfonietta

A poem by David Cameron set to music by David Jaeger C.M. and performed by Karen Usha Gray. 2020.

LANDSCAPE
I draw my hands apart
So you’re free to go.
The blue trees rise again:
This landscape I know.

Les trois mouvements de Lyrics, au marimba, composés par David Jaeger.

Annie Li, piano

(starting at 30:18)
Nocturnes, Set II (2020–21) – David Jaeger (b.1947)
1 The Red Deer (b. 1947)
2 The Holes of Night
3 The House and You
4 Forget the Day