 Highlights of the 1978-79 season of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra include the world premiere of Van Dijk's The Shadowmaker (1977)  under the direction of Mario Bernardi  and featuring Canadian baritone Victor Braun.It was performed at Massey Hall in Toronto, October 1978.The work was set to a book of poems called The Shadowmaker written in 1969 by the Canadian poet Gwendolyn MacEwan.