Recordings and Commissions

Recordings 

Mr. Petric’s discography of 101 recordings includes 42 CD titles and 59 international state radio recordings that reflect broad stylistic sympathies of his concert programing. A repeat laureate of Quebec's Prix Opus and the OAC Hunter Recording Prize, his CD Orbiting Garden (Centrediscs) was JUNO nominated and cited in Gramophone as “a dizzying, elaborate and impressively played recital.” Mr Petric's Haydn album Heretic Threads was cited for special mention in California’s Future of Music alongside John Zorn and Pat Metheny. His recordings have been broadcast by HNK Japan, BBCRadio3, TV5, PBS, and most European Broadcast Union partners. Mr Petric's work has been aired on special features by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 1986, 1996, 2019, 2021, Société Radio Canada in 2002 and 2004, and BBCRadio3 1994, 1998 and 2022. Upcoming recordings include an album of little known Iberian keyboard composers, a post-critical Bach project and  a debut album of the duo les anches lyriques with oboist Ari Cohen-Mann. 

 

Commissions

Mr. Petric attributes his success with audiences to the collaborative spirit of his composer colleagues equally passionate in their respect for concert hall audiences. Described as a “legendary collaborator” he was the first instrumentalist laureate of the Canadian Music Center's Friend of Canadian Music Award. A champion of new creation, he presented eight world premieres in one night for the Societe de Musique Contemporaine de Quebec and three concertos in one evening with the Victoria Symphony. Mr Petric has commissioned Pauline Oliveros, David Jaeger, Witold Lutowslawski, Linda C. Smith, Norma Beecroft, Norbert Palej, David Mott, Yves Daoust, Linda C. Smith, Christos Hatzis, Micheline Roi, alcides lanza, Jocelyn Morlock, Julia Mermelstein, Bekah Simms, and Emilie Lebel, among others.