Canadian organ builder Joseph Casavant was born January 23, 1807 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. He constructed 17 organs in his lifetime, and although very little of his work survives today, his sons Claver and Samuel carried on his legacy and established Casavant Freres Organ Builders in 1879. Today, Casavant is one of the oldest and most successful organ builders and we celebrate Joseph Casavant’s vision on the King of Instruments.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Title: Fanfare
Composer: John Cook
Organist: Bradley Hunter Welch
Album: Bradley Welch plays at Broadway Baptist – Loft LRCD 1804
Organ: 1996 V/191 Casavant, Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas USA
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Title: Twelve Short Pieces, Volume 2 – A Royal Candian Fanfare, op. 53
Composer: Rachel Laurin
Organist: Rachel Laurin
Album: Music by Rachel Laurin – Raven OAR-943
Organ: 1914 III/58 Casavant, Ste-Anne Church, Ottawa, Canada
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Title: Scherzo
Composer: Alfred Hollins
Organist: David Baskeyfield
Album: David Baskeyfield – Oeuvres pour orgue – Atma Classique ACD2 2719
Organ: 1955 IV/119 Casavant, St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Toronto, Canada
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Chaconne in F Minor (POP 43)
Composer: Johann Pachelbel
Organist: Vincent Boucher
Album: A l’orgue – ATMA Classique ACD2 3016
Organ: 1964 III/45 Casavant, Eglise Saint-Pascal, Saint-Pascal-de-Kamouraska, Quebec Canada
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (BWV 614)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Claude Lagacé
Album: Claude Lagacé aux grandes orgues de la basilique Notre-Dame de Québec – S-131102
Organ: 1927 IV/70 Casavant/Guilbault-Thérien, Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame (Gallery Organ), Quebec City, Quebec Canada
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Title: Pièce Heroïque
Composer: César Franck
Organist: Maxine Thévenot
Album: Prairie Sounds – Raven OAR-162
Organ: 1930 III/55 Casavant, Holy Rosary Cathedral, Regina, Saskatchewan Canada
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Title: Impromptu from 24 Pièces de Fantaisie, op. 54 no. 2
Composer: Louis Vierne
Organist: Jeremy David Tarrant
Album: Charles-Marie Widor Symphony no 7 in A minor – Raven OAR-146
Organ: 2013 III/76 Casavant, First Presbyterian Church, Kirkwood, Missouri USA
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Title: Caprice in B-flat, op. 20 no. 3
Composer: Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
Organist: Jan Kraybill
Album: Organ Polychrome – Reference RR-133
Organ: 2011 IV/102 Casavant, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City, Missouri USA
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Title: Fantaisie sur un thème norvégien
Composer: Jean Langlais
Organist: Christina Harmon
Album: Eight Historic Pipe Organs of the Copper Country – Raven OAR-928
Organ: 1916 II/25 Casavant/Lauck, St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Lake Linden, Michigan USA
Title: Four Biblical Dances – IV. The Wedding in Cana
Composer: Petr Eben
Organist: Janette Fishell
Album: Dances Of Life, Dances Of Death – An Eben Organ Anthology – Pro Organo CD 7023
Organ: 1986 III/85 Casavant, St. George’s Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee USA
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