Though she was out of step with musical fashions in Canada, Coulthard's reputation kept on growing. Regular broadcasts across the USA and parts of Europe attracted an international audience to her music. When she celebrated her 65th birthday in 1973, she was forced to retire from her teaching post at the University of British Columbia. But retirement gave her more time to compose and she got involved in publishing educational material for teachers. Donald Macleod introduces a selection of pieces from the years surrounding her retirement including a set of piano pieces inspired by reminiscences of an Aegean cruise, and a work for two quartets written as a farewell to her university life.

Young and Golden Haired (Six Mediaeval Love Songs)
Jon Vickers, tenor
Richard Woitach, piano

Aegean Sketches
Elaine Keillor, piano

Sonata Rhapsody for viola and piano (1st movement)
Robert Verebes, viola
Dale Bartlett, piano

Twelve Essays on a Cantabile Theme
Purcell String Quartet
University of Alberta String Quartet. Show less