Identity area
Reference code
CA ON00156 2006-26
Title
S. Alec Gordon Organ Presentation & Recital
Date(s)
- 1 June 1980 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2 audio CDs
Context area
Name of creator
(1905-1989)
Biographical history
Stanley Alec Gordon was born in England in 1905, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Fred Gordon. The family moved to Canada in 1912. Alec was a teacher at the Ontario School for the Deaf in Belleville and was the organist for Bridge Street United Church. He died on January 16, 1989.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Doug Knutson in June 2005.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
25th anniversary re-recording of a recital by S. Alec Gordon held at the Victoria Avenue Baptist Church in Belleville, Ontario, on 1 June 1980. Original recording by David Long. Re-recorded by Doug Knutson.
Track listing:
- Opening & Humn - "Praise to the Lord! The Almighty"
- Scripture - Psalm 103: v1-22
- Presentation of Organ by Alec Gordon
- Reception of Organ - Bill Hales, Mrs. MacFarland, Rev. MacFarland & Congregation
- "Lamentation" - Guilmant
- "Prelude & Fugue" - Back
- "Mortify Us by Thy Grace" - Back
- Demonstration of Organ Functions
- "Now Thank We All Our God" - Zwart
- "Nam Danket Alle Gott" - Zwart
- "The Swan" - Saint-Saens
- "The Flight of the Bumblebee"
- "The Temptation" - Malling
- "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
- Hymn - "Praise My Soul, The King of Heaven" and Benediction