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Joseph Casavant
The Brothers Casavant – Casavant 125th Anniversary
This week we celebrate the 125th anniversary of Canada’s most prominent organ maker: Casavant Frères.
Program Broadcast dates:
- November 08, 2004 (Locklair commission)
Featured Organs:
1885 Casavant organ at the Anglican Church, Lacolle, Quebec- 1993 Coignet-Casavant in the Temple of the Community of Christ, Independence, MO
- 1964 Casavant organ in the Church of Saint Pascal de Kamouraska, Quebec
- 1974 Brunzema-Casavant at Maternity of Mary Church, Saint Paul, MN
- 1998 Casavant at the Church of Saint Louis, King of France, Saint Paul, MN
Music played in the program
GERALD BALES: Petite Suite –Gayle H. Martin (1926 Casavant/Trinity-Saint Stephen’s United Church, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada) Prism CD-001
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI: Canzon post il Comune, from Messe della Domenica –Antoine Reboulot (1885 Casavant/Anglican Church, Lacolle, Québec, Canada) Fonovox CD-7829 (nla)
CONRAD LETENDRE: Stabat Mater Versets –Alan Reesor (1895 Casavant/Church of Saint Philippe et Saint Jacques, Egmont Bay, PEI, Canada) CBC CD-6562
HERBERT HOWELLS: Psalm Prelude, Op. 32, no. 1 –John Obetz (1993 Coignet-Casavant/Temple of the Community of Christ, Independence, MO) RBW CD-006
EDWIN H. LEMARE: Loch Lomond. DENIS BEDARD: Festive Toccata (1998) –Patricia Phillips Wright (1930-1998 Casavant/Metropolitan United Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Metropolitan CD-1999
JOHANN PACHELBEL: Aria in A –Antoine Bouchard (1964 Casavant/Church of Saint Pascal de Kamouraska, Québec, Canada) Dorian CD-93206
LOUIS VIERNE: Scherzo, from Organ Symphony No. 6 in b, Op. 59 –Jacquelin Rochette (1915 Casavant/Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montréal, Québec, Canada) REM Editions CD-11048-3/4
RAYMOND DAVELUY: Fantasie, from Sonata No. 3 –David MacDonald (1963 Casavant/Basilica Notre-Dame-du-Cap, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada) CBC CD-1104
NICOLAS de GRIGNY: Hymn Versets on Veni Creator W. Randolph Bourne (1974 Brunzema-Casavant/Maternity of Mary Church, Saint Paul, MN) Ten Thousand Lakes CD-113
DAN LOCKLAIR: In Mystery and Wonder (The Casavant Diptych) Brad Althoff (1998 Casavant/Church of Saint Louis, King of France; Saint Paul, MN) MPR Archive (recorded 10/04)