Phoenix Organ at Immaculate Conception

NOTE: Our website is moving to www.phoenixorganssouth.com ... This is Immaculate Conception Jesuit Church on Baronne St. in New Orleans. The music is played on the new Phoenix Custom Digital Organ by Donald Anderson.

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[TeDeum20]

A nice sounding organ. I am curious what happened to the Moller organ that was there?

[organist777]

The 4-rank Moller was sold to an individual for a residence organ.

[kensingtonpalace]

what a great organ! not too overpowering, not too soft, just right and so well balanced. beautiful.

[organist777]

@falaqdad15

Not at all... Many of the Scarlatti Sonatas work marvelously on the organ.

[falaqdad15]

this is, quite possibly, the only church in the world with moorish revival architecture

[falaqdad15]

@organist777

Indeed. I have played them.

But I am referring to how this is not part of a typical organist's repertoire. I think it goes very well with the unique architecture of this church, also in how Scarlatti is the pride of many classical Spanish musicians today.

[falaqdad15]

@organist777

How sad. Reminds me of the Boardwalk Hall organ in Atlantic City.

By the way, do you know the fate of the Solo Stentorphone rank?

[falaqdad15]

@organist777

This is certainly a strange song for organ.

[falaqdad15]

Holy Name of Jesus (the other Jesuit church of New Orleans) claims that HNJ's first church had the organ from Immaculate Conception installed. However, records indicate that the original HNJ had an A. Cavaile Coll (WOW!!!) organ. When HNJ's first church went into storage, it later became Our Lady of Prompt Succor in Westwego. The organ there has some Cavaile Coll pipes, but after many additions and screw-ups the organ is now a "mutt". You can read about this at neworleanschurches(dot)com

[organist777]

Could be. I was down in the nave with the recording equipment and did not see the exact registration. There is a floating Bombarde Division on this organ with 16-8-4 En Chamades and Tubas so it could have also been a tuba coupled with a Diapason.

[falaqdad15]

this church's architecture was deeply influenced by the Morrish. I live in nola and sometimes go here, it's nice.

[organist777]

Several of the ranks have been sold off or discarded, and the remainder are badly damaged and the windchests are falling apart due to many roof leaks and hurricanes over the years. The old console was removed when a 4-rank Moeller replaced it.