Acclamations – Canadian Organ Music

(Eclectra ECCD-2063)

Stillman Matheson, organ

Liner notes in English and French.

This is a very attractively produced and stylistically varied collection of the ECCS members music. Beautifully played, the CD remains one of our true hits. Almost sold out.
 
 
 
 

Robin King: Acclamations (1992) [02:15]

Jacobus Kloppers: Triptych On Hymn Tunes Of Ralph Vaughan Williams (1984) [11:56]

G. Gordon Nicholson: Waiting for Change (1996, ed. Piotr Grella-Mozejko) [04:04]

Monte Keene Pishny-Floyd: Piobaireachd (1995) [06:46]

Vernon Murgatroyd: Meditation sur un thème gregorien (1966) [07:11]

George Andrix: Three Pieces for Organ (2002) [08:04]

Reinhard von Berg: Meditation on “Christ ist erstanden” (1987) [02:44]

Piotr Grella-Możejko: Lachrymæ (In Memory of September 11, 2001) (2001-2002) [09:04]

Violet Archer: Improvisation on “Veni Creator” (1984) [05:34]

This one makes my head swim in the most delightful of ways. Each of the composers is either Canadian born or ended up there from elsewhere. . . The one thing all these composers have in common is that there really is no commonality and, paradoxically, all the commonality in the world. They are all players in our now well-documented musical continuum, and they have all made fine, though quite contrasted contributions to its continuance… Organist Stillman Matheson performs on a fairly new instrument, a tracker-action organ built by Gabriel Kney Ltd, (opus 91) in 1979, and located at the Robertson Wesley United Church in Edmonton. The instrument is a sweet one, persuasive in all registers, and commanded by a technically impeccable and enthusiastic player.

William Zagorski, Fanfare, March/April 2004

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