Isabelle Demers performs Rachel Laurin on Casavant Opus 869

Organist Isabelle Demers performs Étude héroïque, by Rachel Laurin, on the Acis Productions label.

In advance of the forthcoming release of organ works of Rachel Laurin, this video from the recording sessions gives a glimpse of the glorious Casavant Opus 869 (1921); renovated in 2001-6, and captured clearly in the generous acoustic of the Church of Saint Anges, Lachine, Montreal. Ms. Demers performs from memory, including registration changes.

Acis Productions acknowledges the generous cooperation of Ms. Laurin's music publisher, Éditions Lucarel in the making of this recording, particularly Gilles Leclerc and Gaston Arel.

Sheet music is available from Lucarel:
http://www.lucarel.com/oeuvres/etude_heroique.html
lucarel@sympatico.ca

Information on the instrument's restoration is available here:
www.casavant.ca/.../869%20Lachine%20QC%20Saints-Anges-gardiens%20_formatted_.pdf

L'organiste Isabelle Demers interprète l'Étude héroïque de Rachel Laurin sous étiquette Acis.

Ce vidéo, réalisé sur l'orgue Casavant de l'église des Sts-Anges-Gardiens de Lachine, est un avant-goût de l'enregistrement des oeuvres pour orgue de Rachel Laurin, lequel sera disponible au printemps 2011.

Les Productions Acis remercient MM. Gilles Leclerc et Gaston Arel, des éditions Lucarel, pour leur collaboration.

L'étude est disponible au: http://www.lucarel.com/oeuvres/etude_heroique.html
lucarel@sympatico.ca

Une description du processus de restauration de l'instrument est disponible au: www.casavant.ca/.../869%20Lachine%20QC%20Saints-Anges-gardiens%20_formatted_.pdf

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• Isabelle
• Demers
• Rachel
• Laurin
• Etude Heroique
• Anges
• Lachine
• Quebec
• Montreal
• Canada
• Organist
• Lucarel

[Nojaru]

Saw Rachel Laurin perform her Toccata from her 1st symphony live yesterday. She writes some intensely complicated, yet amazing-sounding stuff.

[lustful2]

Shes's a very talented lady ! Had the pleasure of meeting her today in the United Kingdom where she played a lunch time concert at the Birmingham Town Hall Organ which ended with this piece. She palyed the entire concert programme from memory how's that for musicianship ! I was amazed at her organ playing she makes any work seem effortless . Her sheer consumate skill and contol of handling  cadenzas awkward passages glissando on the pedal two and three part

pedalling at times.

[JoRoAM1]

Casavant Rules!!!!!! Bravo Isabelle Demers!

[MrQvm]

Marvelously performed! A brilliant piece with a brilliant organist at the most charming Casavant of Montréal. Congratulations!

[AllTheStopsJB]

Beautiful organ !

[chatyon37]

chatyon37

félicitations à la compositrice et à l'organiste. Très impressionnant ! Jean Chatillon

[jmeister321684]

Sublime présentation du disque à sortir !! Bravo à Isabelle et aux autres !