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A schedule for an organ tour

during the weekend

SATURDAY 5.45 PM Sainte-Madeleine (1846, III/58) Prelude Mass 7.15 PM Sainte-Clotilde (1859, III/71) Sortie Mass 8 PM Notre-Dame-de-Paris Audition (organ concert) SUNDAY 9.30 AM Notre-Dame-de-Paris* (1867, V/113) Laudes (choir organ) and prelude (GO) mass 10 - 12 AM Twelve options - see below 12.05 AM St.Sulpice Audition (organ concert) 3.55 PM Sacré-Coeur Vespers 5 PM St-Eustache Audition (organ concert) 6.25 PM Notre-Dame-de-Paris Evening Mass  6.40 PM St.Etienne-du-Mont Evening Mass  9.55 PM Sacré-Coeur Evening Mass  OPTIONS SUNDAY BETWEEN 10-12 AM, attending the prelude of the 11 AM mass If you prefer the symphonic organs: • Ste. Clotilde • St. Etienne-du-Mont • Ste. Trinité  • Ste. Madeleine  • Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix • Église d’Auteuil • St. Bernard de la Chapelle • St. Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts Other organs you should visit (but don’t fit into any schedule): • Saint-Denis, cathédrale • Aubervilliers, Notre-Dame-des-Vertus • Versailles, Cathédrale St. Louis (restoration 2018-2020) Consult the pdf-file for more information/details

How to hear as much

organs as possible

during a weekend?

Organ concerts (‘audition d’orgue’) are scarse in Paris. To hear the organs, you often have to attend the masses. The organ is mostly used during the masses on Saturday-evening and Sunday- morning. The organist plays the prelude (often very short), the offertoire (2-3 minutes) the communion (6- 10 minutes) and the sortie (5 minutes). Many organs are tuned before Christmas and before Easter. Many organs need maintenance- works rather urgently, but the city of Paris has only very limited resources for its organs…

Agenda of organ

concerts in Paris

If you prefer French baroque organs: • St-Nicolas-des-Champs  • St-Roch  • St-Gervais If you prefer German baroque organs: • St-Louis-en-l’ile (silent due to restoration of the church)
Organs of Paris

A schedule for an organ tour

during the weekend

Agenda of organ concerts in Paris SATURDAY 5.45pm Ste-Madeleine (1846, III/58) Prelude Mass 7.15pm Ste-Clotilde (1859, III/71) Sortie Mass 8pm Notre-Dame-de-Paris Audition (organ concert) SUNDAY 9.30am Notre-Dame-de-Paris* (1867, V/113) Laudes (choir organ) and prelude (GO) mass 10m Ten options - see below 12.05am St.Sulpice Audition (organ concert) 4pm Sacré-Coeur Vespers 5pm St-Eustache Audition (organ concert) 6.20pm Notre-Dame-de-Paris Evening Mass  6.40pm St.Etienne-du-Mont Evening Mass  10pm Sacré-Coeur Evening Mass  OTHER OPTIONS SUNDAY BETWEEN 10.00-11.30, attending the prelude of the 11.00 mass If you prefer the symphonic organs: • Ste Clotilde • St Etienne-du-Mont • Ste Trinité  • Ste Madeleine  • Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix • Église d’Auteuil • St Bernard de la Chapelle • St Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts If you prefer French baroque organs: • St-Nicolas-des-Champs  • St-Roch  • St-Gervais If you prefer German baroque organs: • St-Louis-en-l’ile  (silent due to restoration of the church) Other organs you should visit (but don’t fit into any schedule): • Saint-Denis, cathédrale • Aubervilliers, Notre-Dame-des-Vertus • Versailles, Cathédrale St. Louis (restoration 2018- 2020) Consult the pdf-file for more information/details
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