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Maureen Forrester
12+ albums
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Maureen (Katherine Stewart) Forrester. Contralto, teacher, administrator, b Montreal 25 Jul 1930; Forrester was awarded nearly 30 honorary doctorates, among them: honorary LL D (Sir George Williams) 1967, honorary D LITT (York) 1972, honorary D LITT (St Mary's) 1972, honorary D MUS (Western) 1974, honorary D MUS (Mt Allison) 1974, honorary LL D (Wilfrid Laurier) 1975, honorary D MUS (Toronto) 1977, honorary LL D (McMaster) 1978, honorary LL D (Victoria) 1978, honorary LL D (Carleton) 1979, honorary D MUS (McGill) 1982, honorary LL D (Trent) 1983, honorary LL D (Dalhousie) 1983, honorary DU (Ottawa) 1984, honorary DU (Sherbrooke) 1985, honorary D MUS (Laval) 1985, honorary LL D (PEI) 1986, honorary doctorate (Montreal) 1987, honorary D LITT (Lakehead) 1988, honorary LL D (Windsor) 1988, honorary LL D (Simon Fraser) 1989. Youngest of a family of four children raised in Montreal, she studied piano as a child. Encouraged by her mother she joined Montreal church choirs, where two organists, Warner Norman at St James United and Doris Killam at Stanley Presbyterian, provided a background in music theory and literature. After she left high school at 13 her studies were financed by her earnings as a secretary, supplemented by assistance from the Montreal Social Club. She sang as a soprano until she was 17. She had begun voice studies at 16 in Montreal with Sally Martin, who soon recognized the potential of her lower voice, and she continued at 19 with Frank Rowe, a retired English o
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Cantata No. 54: Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Trinity), BWV 54: Aria, “Widerstehe doch der Sünde”
522Cantata No. 53: Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde, BWV53: Aria, “Schlage doch, gewunschte Stunde”
493Passion According to St. Matthew, BWV244: Recitative, “Du Lieber Heiland”
484Cantata No. 54: Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Trinity), BWV 54: Recitative: “Die art verruchter Sünden”
465Passion According to St. John, BWV245: Aria, “Est ist vollbracht”
466Christmas Oratorio, BWV248: Aria, “Bereite dich, Zion”
457Cantata No. 54: Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Trinity), BWV 54: Aria, “Wer Sunde tut”
418Cantata No.55: Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht (22nd Sunday after Trinity), BWV55: Aria, 'Erbarme dich'
409Das Lied von der Erde: II. "Der Einsame im Herbst"
3810Priva Son D'Ogni Conforto
37albums
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Bigger Bach Set
Handel: Serse
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Frère André, un homme de prière: musique pour la réflexion et la méditation
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Porträt Maureen Forrester
Maureen Forrester - A Brahms-Schumann Recital
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Maureen Forrester Sings Bach and Handel
Alien Resurrection
Singer Portrait - Maureen Forrester, Vol. 2
Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
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Gustav Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn & Rückert-Lieder
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Forrester, Maureen: Handel Arias From Oratorios and Operas
Mahler: The Symphonies