Toby Johnston-Stewart - Cathedral After Dark (Jillian Forster; Emily Carr Quartet; Bruce Meikle)

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Composer: Toby Johnston-Stewart

1. After Dark
2. Obscured Horizon: I. —
3. Obscured Horizon: II. —
4. Deception Pass
5. Anchors
6. Our Broken Shores
7. Ten Years
8. Of Many Minds
9. Finite
10. Through and Through
11. In Between Time
12. Continuum
13. In Waves
14. Haunts: I. —
15. Haunts: II. —
16. Haunts: III. —
17. Haunts: IV. —
18. Haunts: V. —
19. Contemplation

Jillian Forster, piano

Emily Carr String Quartet

    Müge Büyükçelen, violin

    Cory Balzer, violin

    Mieka Michaux, viola

    Alasdair Money, cello

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Bruce Meikle, double bass

Date: 2026

Label: Leaf Music Distribution

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Released through Leaf Music Distribution, Cathedral After Dark is a live album by composer Toby Johnston-Stewart, recorded late-night on September 12, 2025, at Victoria’s resonant Christ Church Cathedral. Performed by pianist Jillian Forster Fair, double bassist Bruce Meikle, and the Emily Carr String Quartet, the work is structured as a continuous narrative without traditional structural divisions. The album leverages the cathedral’s vast acoustic space to create an immersive listening experience, weaving together intimate piano passages, detailed string textures, and deep double bass sonorities that seamlessly transition from quiet moments into expansive, resonant climaxes.

Based in Victoria, Canada, Swiss-born composer Toby Johnston-Stewart creates deeply atmospheric and introspective concert music designed to shape space, mood, and emotion. Mentored for many years by Tim Janz at the Mount Royal University Conservatory of Music, Johnston-Stewart has cultivated a distinct compositional voice focused on total emotional immersion. Rather than relying on traditional structural divisions, his works unfold through continuous, seamless evolutions of texture and narrative. This approach invites listeners into a transformative, deeply meditative musical experience that highlights his early and enduring fascination with the spatial and evocative power of sound.

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