Recognition

In the final decades of her life, Coulthard devoted her time to composition, and continued to work until her death in 2000 at the age of 92. She remained an active traveller, with more visits to the UK where a performance of her 2nd String Quartet at the Cheltenham Music Festival was received with great acclaim. Donald Macleod introduces the third movement from the quartet plus an orchestral piece based on folksongs from across Canada, two pieces with nature themes, and one of her final piano pieces whose title, she says, "describes how the heavenly bodies provoke our imagination".

Lyric Sonatina for Flute and Piano (3rd movement)
Mark Takeshi McGregor, flute
Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, piano

Canada Mosaic (Introduction and Three Folksongs)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, Conductor

String Quartet No.2 (3rd movement)
Thomas Rolston, violin
Lawrence Fisher, violin
Michael Bowie, viola
Claude Kenneson, cello

Image Astrale
Charles Foreman, piano

The Secret Garden (Gardens)
Sherman Friedland, clarinet
Dale Bartlett, piano

Of Fields and Forests
Rita Costanzi, harp

The Bird of Dawning Singeth All Night Long
Campbell Trowsdale, violin
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, Conductor.