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Saint Vincent de Paul

Place Frantz-Liszt, 75010 Paris

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Organiste titulaire Pierre Cambourian Famous organists in the past: G. Lemmens, Léon Boellmann, Louis Braille, Jean Costa Concerts Seldom Masses with organ Saturday 6:30 PM, Sunday 10:30 AM and 6:30 PM Videos Jean Costa Photos of the organ case: Dominiek Lust (facebook) Photos below: Jeroen de Haan
The parish of St Vincent de Paul was established in 1802 and met in a dilapidated premises until the construction of the present church. The project of a new church was entrusted to Jean-Baptiste Lepère (1761-1844), who had accompanied Bonaparte to Egypt. He quickly associated his son-in-law Jacques- Ignace Hittorff (1792-1867) with the company. The first stone of a basilica building was laid in 1824. But the economic crisis of 1826 and the revolution of 1830 stopped the work. Finally, in 1832, the project passed into the hands of Hittorff, who remodeled it in his own way. The church was consecrated in 1844. The style of the church is inspired by ancient Roman basilicas. The interior, with its abundant decoration, has many works of art designed by Hippolyte Flandrin, François Rude ,Charles-Laurent Maréchal. The church is preceded by a square bearing the name of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll!
C2 1851-1852 Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, after submitting two proposals, was entrusted with the construction of the great organ, which was inaugurated on 26 January 1852 by the titular Peters Cavallo and the organist Louis-James-Alfred Lefébure-Wély. It was on this instrument that Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens made himself heard several times during the month of February 1852 in front of an elite audience, marvelling by the perfection of his technique as much as by the grandeur and severity of his style. Cavaillé-Coll applied many innovative ideas in organ building, including the principle of piston windchests, developed by Eberhard-Friedrich Walcker of Ludwigsburg around 1845, the use of glass for the walls of the expressive box, the differentiated arrangement of the windchests in the two cases, and the use of different pressures. The instrument has 47 stops spread over 3 manuals of 54 notes each and a German-style pedalboard of 25 notes. The case, designed by the architect of the church, Jacques-Ignace Hittorff, and executed by Napoléon Liénard for the sculpture and by Poncet for the carpentry, has an original layout with its two separate bodies to reveal the rose window pierced in the axis of the façade. The left case includes the pipework of the Positif, the Récit, the C windchest of the Montre of the GO (Montre 16, Gamba 16, Montre 8, Gamba 8, Montre 4, Voix céleste 8) as well as the C windchest of the Pedal while the case on the right includes the Cis windchest of the Montre du Grand Orgue, the two windchests of the other stops of the Grand-Orgue divided into basses and trebles as well as the windchest Cis of the Pedal. In addition to the couplings and pulls by Barker machine, the builder had arranged the Montre on two windchests with valves and special pressures. The other stops of the Grand-Orgue keyboard were arranged on two windchests, each with a different pressure. In 1859-1863, an overhaul was carried out by Cavaillé-Coll. 1927 Works by Charles Mutin (circa 1927). 1966-1970 Danion-Gonzalez carried out a restoration and enlargement, bringing neo-classical stops. The wind supply was revised. The transmission of the keyboards and stops was electrified and a console detached with four manuals and pedals was placed on the side tribune. But the fourth division was not realized. The divisions of the keyboards were increased to 61 notes, and the pedalboard was increased to 32 notes. Gonzalez returned in 1979 to clean the instrument following a fire in the building in 1972. 1990 Marc Hedelin carried out extensive maintenance of the organ. 2009-2011 Bernard Dargassies made a major overhaul with the separation of the GO in two, in order to make a Bombarde keyboard on 4th manual. The transmissions, the combiner and the damper rods have been replaced, the transmission is multiplied. Corrections have also been made to the wind tunnels, with the addition of a regulator to the Pedal. After flooding, Dargassies had to restore the windchests of the Positif and did a new overhaul. The Cavaillé-Coll pipework (currently, the instrument contains 49 Cavaillé-Coll stops) has always been preserved and has remained unmodified, except for essential repairs. But the original Plein Jeu stops are no more. Many thanks to Bernard Dragassies for additional information.
Léon Boëllmann à l’orgue Cavaillé-Coll The new console (Jean Costa) The old console (Jean Costa) Photo : Gaspard de La Motte (facebook)
1852 - Cavaillé-Coll (1) 1927 - Mutin (6) 1970 - Gonzalez (3a) 1990 - Hedelin (6) 2011 - Dargassies (5)

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Saint Vincent de

Paul

Place Frantz-Liszt, 75010 Paris

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C2 1851-1852 Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, after submitting two proposals, was entrusted with the construction of the great organ, which was inaugurated on 26 January 1852 by the titular Peters Cavallo and the organist Louis-James-Alfred Lefébure-Wély. It was on this instrument that Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens made himself heard several times during the month of February 1852 in front of an elite audience, marvelling by the perfection of his technique as much as by the grandeur and severity of his style. Cavaillé-Coll applied many innovative ideas in organ building, including the principle of piston windchests, developed by Eberhard-Friedrich Walcker of Ludwigsburg around 1845, the use of glass for the walls of the expressive box, the differentiated arrangement of the windchests in the two cases, and the use of different pressures. The instrument has 47 stops spread over 3 manuals of 54 notes each and a German-style pedalboard of 25 notes. The case, designed by the architect of the church, Jacques- Ignace Hittorff, and executed by Napoléon Liénard for the sculpture and by Poncet for the carpentry, has an original layout with its two separate bodies to reveal the rose window pierced in the axis of the façade. The left case includes the pipework of the Positif, the Récit, the C windchest of the Montre of the GO (Montre 16, Gamba 16, Montre 8, Gamba 8, Montre 4, Voix céleste 8) as well as the C windchest of the Pedal while the case on the right includes the Cis windchest of the Montre du Grand Orgue, the two windchests of the other stops of the Grand- Orgue divided into basses and trebles as well as the windchest Cis of the Pedal. In addition to the couplings and pulls by Barker machine, the builder had arranged the Montre on two windchests with valves and special pressures. The other stops of the Grand-Orgue keyboard were arranged on two windchests, each with a different pressure. In 1859-1863, an overhaul was carried out by Cavaillé-Coll. 1927 Works by Charles Mutin (circa 1927). 1966-1970 Danion-Gonzalez carried out a restoration and enlargement, bringing neo-classical stops. The wind supply was revised. The transmission of the keyboards and stops was electrified and a console detached with four manuals and pedals was placed on the side tribune. But the fourth division was not realized. The divisions of the keyboards were increased to 61 notes, and the pedalboard was increased to 32 notes. Gonzalez returned in 1979 to clean the instrument following a fire in the building in 1972. 1990 Marc Hedelin carried out extensive maintenance of the organ. 2009-2011 Bernard Dargassies made a major overhaul with the separation of the GO in two, in order to make a Bombarde keyboard on 4th manual. The transmissions, the combiner and the damper rods have been replaced, the transmission is multiplied. Corrections have also been made to the wind tunnels, with the addition of a regulator to the Pedal. After flooding, Dargassies had to restore the windchests of the Positif and did a new overhaul. The Cavaillé-Coll pipework (currently, the instrument contains 49 Cavaillé-Coll stops) has always been preserved and has remained unmodified, except for essential repairs. But the original Plein Jeu stops are no more. Many thanks to Bernard Dragassies for additional information.
Organiste titulaire Pierre Cambourian Famous organists in the past: G. Lemmens, Léon Boellmann, Louis Braille, Jean Costa Concerts Seldom Masses with organ Saturday 6:30 PM, Sunday 10:30 AM and 6:30 PM Videos Jean Costa Photos of the organ case: Dominiek Lust (facebook) Photos below: Jeroen de Haan
1852 - Cavaillé-Coll (1) 1927 - Mutin (6) 1970 - Gonzalez (3a) 1990 - Hedelin (6) 2011 - Dargassies (5)

III/66 - traction électrique

composition

composition original

Photo : Gaspard de La Motte (facebook)