2014-09-06 - Identified through information in Casavant documents, courtesy of Simon Couture and Denis Blaine. The tonal director was Lawrence Phelps. -Database Manager
2021-01-13 - Op. 2695 was a console-only job for St. Anne's Catholic Church in Penetanguishene, Ontario; the Ursuline College organ was given the opus number of 2695A. -Jeff Scofield
2023-09-04 - *Praise God* [lp recording] Ursuline College Chatham, a.k.a. "The Pines," Chatham, Ontario Concert, June 25, 1964 Jacket notes summary: “A concert of sacred music sung by the Ursuline Choir in their convent chapel in Chatham, Ontario. Mother Anne Genevieve, a student of Pius X School of Liturgical Music, Manhattanville, New York directs a choir of sixty young sisters . . . This program of Sacred Polyphony, Choir and Organ was initially produced to celebrate the name day of Mother M. St. David, the Superior General of the Ursulines of the Chatham Union . . . “ Graham Murray, Wonderland Recording Studios, London, ON – WRLP – 1 (based on the catalogue number, this may have been the first recording of the Wonderland Recording Studios) Program notes summary: The triumphant processional hymn, Praise Ye the Father, by Gounod, was sung at the dedication of the Ursuline Motherhouse Chapel, at “The Pines”, Chatham in 1962. Side 1 Praise Ye the Father Gounod Hymn of Joy – Let hymns of joy to grief succeed from Aurora coelum purpurat How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place – Requiem Johannes Brahms Pascha Nostrum Oreste Ravanello Resurrexi – Gregorian theme based on the Introit for Easter – organ Resurrexi (vocal) Side 2 Pie Jesu – from the Requiem Gabriel Fauré Terra Tremuit – 3-part arrangement Caro Caturan Create in Me – motet Johannes Brahms Prelude in D - organ J. S. Bach Psalm 95 [sic, Psalm 96], Chantez a Dieu Jan Sweelinck Regina Coeli Melchiorre Maura-Cottone Sanctus – from the Requiem Gabriel Fauré -Ian Mason
Source: Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
Chatham, Ontario
Ursuline College
Casavant Op. 2695A 1962 2/20
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GREAT SWELL PEDAL
8' Principal 61 8' Gedackt 61 16' Subbass 32
8' Rohrflöte 61 8' Spitzflöte 61 8' Spitzprincipal 32
4' Principal 61 8' Spitzflöte Cel 49 4' Choralbass 32
4' Nachthorn 61 4' Koppelflöte 61 16' Fagott L/2 32
2' Flachflöte 61 2' Gemshorn 61
IV Mixture 244 1 1/3' Quintflöte 61
8' Oboe or Trumpet 61
Tremulant
Super
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