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In the early 1950s Coulthard's role as lecturer in music theory at the University of British Columbia came under threat, and she was asked to leave. She managed to retain her position but was thankful to be offered a scholarship to study in Paris, where she took classes with Nadia Boulanger. Coulthard resolutely continued to develop her own brand of musical expression, ignoring the critics who berated her for refusing to embrace current trends. Donald Macleod explores works from this period when her style began to change including two very different sets of variations and a setting of poems by Canadian poets in honour of the centenary of the founding of British Columbia.

Villanelle (Cello Sonata)
Ofra Harnoy, cello
Michael Dussek, piano

Music on a Quiet Song
Timothy Hutchins, flute
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, Conductor

Variations on B.A.C.H.
John Ogdon, piano

Les Chansons du Coeur
Caroline Schiller, soprano
Kristina Szutor, piano

Music to St. Cecilia
Foundation Philharmonic Orchestra
David Snell, Conductor

Spring Rhapsody
Maureen Forrester, contralto
John Newmark, piano.