William Aide

Pianist. Poet. Teacher.

Chamber Music

Mozart: Concerto in C K415

Allegro – Andante – Allegro
William Aide, piano

with Geoff Nuttall and Barry Shiffman – violins, Lesley Robertson – viola, Simon Fryer – cello, Peter Madgett – double bass

Mozart: Concerto in C K415

by William Aide

Brahms: Sonata in A Major, Op. 100

Otto Armin, violin. William Aide, piano.

Brahms: Sonata in A Major, Op. 100

by William Aide and Otto Armin

Brahms: Sonata in D Minor, Op. 108

Otto Armin, violin. William Aide, piano.

Brahms: Sonata in D Minor, Op. 108

by William Aide and Otto Armin

Brahms: FAE Sonatensatz

Otto Armin, violin. William Aide, piano.

Brahms: FAE Sonatensatz

by William Aide and Otto Armin

Bartok: Violin Sonata #2

Lea Foli, violin. William Aide, piano.

Bartok: Violin Sonata #2

by William Aide and Lea Foli

Haydn: Trio no. 43 in C major

The Rolscottade Trio
Shauna Rolston, cello; Scott St. John, violin; William Aide, piano

Haydn: Trio no. 43 in C major

by The Rolscottade Trio Shauna Rolston, cello; Scott St. John, violin; William Aide, piano

Toshi Ichiyanagi: Time in Tree, Time in Water

Russell Hartenberger, percussion

William Aide, piano

Toshi Ichiyanagi: Time in Tree, Time in Water

by Russell Hartenberger, percussion - William Aide, piano

Mozart Concerto in A major, K. 414

The St. Lawrence Quartet
William Aide, piano

Mozart Concerto in A major, K. 414

by The St. Lawrence Quartet William Aide, piano

Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor

William Aide, piano

Orford Quartet

Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor

by William Aide, piano - Orford Quartet

Schoenberg: Ode to Napoleon

Phyllis Mailing, reciter

Vaghy  String Quartet

William Aide, piano

Schoenberg: Ode to Napoleon

by Schoenberg: Ode to Napoleon Phyllis Mailing, reciter - Vaghy String Quartet, William Aide, piano

Debussy: Cello Sonata

Shauna Rolson, Cello

William Aide, piano

Debussy: Cello Sonata

by Shauna Rolston, cello - William Aide, piano

Prokofiev: Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94

Patrick Gallois, flute

William Aide, piano

Prokofiev: Sonata in D, Op. 94

by Patrick Gallois, flute - William Aide, piano

Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata, Op. 19

Shauna Rolston, cello

William Aide, piano

Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata, Op. 19

by Shauna Rolson, cello - William Aide, piano

Brahms: Piano Trio in C, Op.87

Otto Armin, violin – Peter Schenkman, cello

William Aide, piano

Brahms: Piano Trio in C, Op.87

by Otto Armin, violin - Peter Schenkman, cello - William Aide, piano

Brahms: Trio in B major, Op. 8

Anya Aide-Mallinger, violin
David Hetherington, cello
William Aide, piano

Brahms: Trio in B major, Op. 8

by Anya Aide-Mallinger, violin - David Hetherington, cello - William Aide, piano

Hindemith: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Opus 11 #4

Fantasie
Lebhaft (mit Variazionen)
Finale (mit Variazionen)

 

Rifka Golani, viola
William Aide, piano

Hindemith: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Opus 11 #4

by Rifka Golani, viola -- William Aide, piano

Mendelssohn: Trio in D minor, Op. 49

The Rolscottade Trio:
Shauna Rolston, cello
Scott St. John, violin
William Aide, piano

Mendelssohn: Trio in D minor, Op. 49

by The Rolscottade Trio - William Aide, piano

Saint-Saens: Caprice

Douglas Stewart, flute
Cynthia Steljes, oboe
Gwillym Williams, clarinet
William Aide, piano

Saint-Saens: Caprice

by Douglas Stewart, flute - Cynthia Steljes, oboe - Gwillym Williams, clarinet - William Aide, piano

Franck: Sonata in A major

Ofra Harnoy, cello
William Aide, piano

Franck: Sonata in A major

by Ofra Harnoy, cello - William Aide, piano

Shostakovich:  Viola Sonata, Op. 147 (July, 1975)

Rivka Golani, viola; William Aide, piano

Shostakovich: Viola Sonata, Op. 147 (July, 1975)

by Rivka Golani, viola; William Aide, piano

Britten: Sonata in C major, Op. 65

Dialogo. Allegro
Scherzo-Pizzicato. Allegretto
Elegia; Lento
Marcia. Energico
Moto perpetuo. Presto
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cello; William Aide, piano
Bravo Britten

Higgledy, piggledy,
Dodecacophony
claimed to amalgamate
all keys at once.
Back in the seventies
anyone wanting to
write in C major was
clearly a dunce.

Britten: Sonata in C major, Op. 65

by Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cello; William Aide, piano

Schoenberg: Kammersymphonie, Op. 9

Galliard Ensemble:
Robert Bick, flute
Joseph Peleg, violin
Douglas McNabney, viola
Paul Pulford, cello
William Aide, piano

Schoenberg: Kammersymphonie, Op. 9

by Galliard Ensemble - William Aide, piano

Poulenc: Sextuor for Winds and Piano

Douglas Stewart, flute
Richard Dorsey, oboe
James Campbell, clarinet
Steven Braunstein, bassoon
Eugene Rittich, horn
William Aide, piano

Poulenc: Sextuor for Winds and Piano

by Douglas Stewart, flute - Richard Dorsey, oboe - James Campbell, clarinet - Steven Braunstein, bassoon - Eugene Rittich, horn - William Aide, piano

Shouldice Sonatinas

for Dr. Keith Slater
sit-ups

My neighbour’s olderish,
ignores any nursing help,
aid to peeing’s balderdash,
groans his own hoist,
pain’s a chore, and queer;
I explore swivelling, yelp–
he’s had two, this my first,
I’m the second oldest here.
My neighbor moans, stays flat.
I hobble to wifi, phone,
when moving home to heal
refuse to over-feel
his elder-geezer hurt:
“You’re leaving me alone.”

country club

This stately edifice is no hovel,
Augustan lintel, greensward, towering cedars,
fit setting for an Austen novel,
capacious ball-rooms where knowing readers
watch Mrs. Bennett auctioning daughters,
trilling on marriage, superior wealth.
Men indifferent to dancing matters
shuffle these halls for recovering health,
discomfited men in pajamas and track suits
forming a club, a round table for meals,
not desperately ill but aware of decline;
(the young ones cradle their private parts).
Every one knows how the other guy feels–
a scarred, hospitable circle of sorts.

root causes

Mario, genial lad from Sarnia
calls me old-timer—
lawn-mowing popped his hernia,
sneezing’s a slammer.
Tim, talkative bartender
hoicked with straight legs,
bent his belly-fender
heaving kegs.
Eugene’s zealous golf swing
jumped out of his shoes;
viscera’s double hornet-sting
bogies the blues.
Hoariest of the stricken kids
septuagenarian mugger
raising grand piano lids,
Boesendorfer- bugger.

the doc

You’d expect a Shouldice surgeon
to have undergone spartan training
like filleting a sturgeon
or threading a canvas awning
without straining.
But my doctor’s a piano jock
who’s mastered his ARCT*
both mano a mano with Bartok
and octave dexterity,
Lisztian filigree.
Bravura, the kindest cut,
lies keen within his hands,
he knows my playing, feels my gut;
sudden peculiar friends–
with blue bull’s eye he marks the spot
where pain ends.

*Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto

Poulenc: Flute Sonata

Patrick Gallois, flute
William Aide, piano

Poulenc: Flute Sonata

by Patrick Gallois, flute William Aide, piano

Schubert: Three Pieces for Piano Duo

Rondeau, D.608 ( Notre amitié est invariable)
Andantino Varié in B minor, D. 823
Marche Militaire, D. 733/1
William Tritt, William Aide, piano

Schubert: Three Pieces for Piano Duo

by William Tritt, William Aide, piano

Mozart: Piano Trio in E major, K. 542

Allegro
Andante grazioso
Finale: Allegro
Otto Armin, violin
Peter Schenkman, cello
William Aide, piano

Mozart: Piano Trio in E major, K. 542

by Otto Armin, violin; Peter Schenkman, cello; William Aide, piano

Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44

Allegro brillante
In modo d’una marcia
Scherzo: Molto vivace
Finale: Allegro ma non troppo
Orford Quartet with William Aide, piano

Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44

by Orford Quartet with William Aide, piano