Praise to the Lord, The Almighty! (1922 Casavant Opus 955)

Praise to the Lord played on the 1922 Casavant Opus 955 at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Parish in Detroit, MI.

Words: Jo­ach­im Ne­an­der, in A und Ω Glaub- und Lieb­es­ü­bung (Stras­lund: 1680); trans­lat­ed from Ger­man to Eng­lish by Cath­er­ine Wink­worth, 1863.

Music: Lobe den Her­ren, An­der Theil des Er­neu­er­ten Ge­sang­buch, se­cond edi­tion (Bre­men, Ger­ma­ny: 1665); har­mo­ny by Wil­liam S. Ben­nett, 1864

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation!
All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near;
Praise Him in glad adoration.

Praise to the Lord, who over all things so wondrously reigneth,
Shelters thee under His wings, yea, so gently sustaineth!
Hast thou not seen how thy desires ever have been
Granted in what He ordaineth?

Praise to the Lord, who hath fearfully, wondrously, made thee;
Health hath vouchsafed and, when heedlessly falling, hath stayed thee.
What need or grief ever hath failed of relief?
Wings of His mercy did shade thee.

Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee;
Surely His goodness and mercy here daily attend thee.
Ponder anew what the Almighty can do,
If with His love He befriend thee.

Praise to the Lord, who, when tempests their warfare are waging,
Who, when the elements madly around thee are raging,
Biddeth them cease, turneth their fury to peace,
Whirlwinds and waters assuaging.

Praise to the Lord, who, when darkness of sin is abounding,
Who, when the godless do triumph, all virtue confounding,
Sheddeth His light, chaseth the horrors of night,
Saints with His mercy surrounding.

Praise to the Lord, O let all that is in me adore Him!
All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him.
Let the Amen sound from His people again,
Gladly for aye we adore Him.

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[Casavantorgan]

It is amazing how well these old organs have endured. We have several in Thunder Bay that date between 1900 and 1930 and with a little care they sound like new. The old purple leathers from the original instrument is still in use in two of the three vintage organs. Casavant never used the extravegantly large scaling of some of his comtemporaries and these organs can work up an impressive sound even to today's ears. Try playing Mendelsohnn on them, they are great!

[MelosAntropon]

Holy Redeemer was my parent's parish. As a kid, I attended many services there, but the organ was disused and in poor repair for many years. I believe it is fully functional now, but is still all "original". For those interested, it has 45 ranks, and all manual ranks are 72 pipes - but no mutations at all. Five divisions (two floating) 30 pedals. The church itself is magnificently resonant.

[Fozzymaple]

It sounds like the automatic gain control on your camera's microphone kicked in, which is really unfortunate, Casavants are lovely instruments. Your playing was very nice.

[GNVVisalright]

This was the only organ I ever knew as a child and I love finally hearing it again!

[Casavant3336]

Thank you for posting this! I don't have many opportunities to hear Casavant organs from this era.

[TVWriterGuy]

Hurrah! ....oops, I mean..."Amen." ;-)

[0Terri0]

Beautiful...



[mikedc2020]

Fantastic. Originally from Detroit and worked on some Casavant organs in Michigan. Had never heard this one before. Thanks for posting!

[baileybronfg]

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[Szwisztak222]

nice :]