Orison: Celtic and Contemporary Instrumental Music
Label: Gourd Music
Format: CD
Categories: Celtic Music, Contemporary
Performers: Anne Cleveland, Barry Phillips, Joe Menichetti, Joel Schaeffer, Shelley Phillips, Steve Coulter, Susan Anderson, William Coulter
Available: 6
Price: $14.99
Orison: Celtic and Contemporary Instrumental Music
William Coulter, classical and steel string guitar
Steve Coulter, harp and recorder
Shelley Phillips, oboe, English horn, flute, harp
Barry Phillips, cello, percussion
Anne Cleveland, flute
Joe Menichetti, guitar
Susan Anderson, flute
Joel Schaeffer, cello
Five San Francisco Bay instrumentalists take the name Orison from the old-fashioned word for prayer or invocaiton (see Hamlet, III, i). They are: Barry Phillips, Shelley Phillips, William Coulter, Steve Coulter and Anne Cleveland, whose repertoire includes music from both the folk and classical traditions (The Butterfly, Arran Boat Song, The Maids of Mitchelston, The Water Kilpie, Morgan Megan and more), along with original compositions. Their combinations of harp, guitar, cello, oboe, English horn, flute and percussion produce textures of etheral and poignant beauty.
| Track Listing | Time | MP3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arran Boat Song | 3:33 | |
| 2 | Pierre on the Mountain Playing the Hurdy Gurdy | 6:35 | |
| 3 | Morning Rain | 3:45 |  |
| 4 | The Dance of the Spirits of Water/The Golden Goose | 5:25 | |
| 5 | Pastorale | 3:03 | |
| 6 | The Water Kilpie (trad. Manx)/The Maids of Mitchelston (trad. Irish) | 4:50 | |
| 7 | The Butterfly | 3:50 | |
| 8 | Morgan Megan | 3:32 | |
| 9 | Bob's Room | 3:46 | |