Presentation of the restoration of the great organ of the Notre-Dame d'Amiens Cathedral

Name: Présentation de la restauration du grand orgue de la cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens
Start: 2024-09-21T14:15:00+02:00
End: 2024-09-21T15:30:00+02:00
Location: Cathédrale Notre-Dame D'Amiens

Presentation of the restoration of the great organ (15th-20th centuries), nearing completion.

Samedi 21 septembre, 14h15Passé

Thomas Monnet, agence Eric Brottier

Presentation of the restoration of the great organ (15th-20th centuries), in the process of completion.

Organ builders, master builder, organist, heritage engineer, historian, curator, all these actors concerned by this exceptional project will contribute by their presence to expose the stakes and share the rediscoveries. A focus will be made on the harmony works: the organ will stammer on this occasion!
By an audition of about ten minutes, the choir organ (nineteenth century) will then respond to the few sounds emitted by its elder.

À propos du lieu

Cathédrale Notre-Dame D'Amiens

30, place Notre-Dame 80000 Amiens

Somme
Hauts-de-France

The Notre-Dame d'Amiens Cathedral is the largest Gothic church in France, built on the site of the old cathedral destroyed by fire in 1218\. The architect Robert de Luzarches and the bishop Évrard de Fouilloy launched this ambitious project in 1220\. The building is 145 metres long and 42.30 metres high, with an interior space of 200,000 cubic metres, more than double that of Notre-Dame de Paris.
Construction was completed quickly: the structural work was completed in 1269 and the framework laid between 1284 and 1305\. The trade of the guède, a blue dye plant, finances a large part of the work, which is reflected in the sculptures representing this plant on the building.
In the 16th and 18th centuries, the cathedral underwent modifications, including the creation of a large flamboyant rose and the addition of richly carved stalls. In the 19th century, major restorations were carried out by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc to repair the deterioration of time and revolutionary damage, thus preservi