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A schedule for an organ tour

during the weekend

Saturday

5.00 PM Sainte-Clotilde Audition (2nd Saturday of the month) 6.00 PM Notre-Dame, evening mass 6.30 PM Sainte-Clotilde, evening mass 7.00 PM Saint-Germain-des-Prés, evening mass

Sunday

10.00 AM Notre-Dame, Gregorian mass, preceded by Laudes (9.30 AM) 10.00 AM or 4.00 PM Saint-Sulpice Audition (organ concert) 11 AM Thirteen options - see below 4.00 PM Sacré-Coeur Vespers 4.00 AM Sainte-Madeleine Audition (two times each month) 4.00 PM Notre-Dame-de-Paris Audition 5.00 PM Saint-Eustache Audition 5.15 PM Notre-Dame Vespers and Evening Mass 6.45 PM St. Etienne-du-Mont Evening Mass 10.00 PM Sacré-Coeur Evening Mass OPTIONS SUNDAY 11 AM If you prefer the symphonic organs: • Saint-Sulpice (prelude starts at 10.45) • Sainte-Clotilde • Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts • Sainte-Madeleine • Notre-Dame d’Auteuil • Saint-Etienne-du-Mont • Sainte-Trinité • Notre-Dame (Masses at 10.00 and 11.30 AM) • Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix • Saint-Bernard-de-la-Chapelle If you prefer French baroque organs: • Saint-Roch • Saint-Gervais If you prefer German baroque organs: • Saint-Louis-en-l’ile Other organs you should visit (which don’t fit into any schedule): • Saint-Denis, cathédrale • Aubervilliers, Notre-Dame-des-Vertus • Versailles, Cathédrale St. Louis (silent due to restoration of the church) 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

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Organs of Paris

A schedule for an organ tour during the

weekend

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Saturday

5.00 PM Sainte-Clotilde Audition (2nd Saturday of the month) 6.00 PM Notre-Dame, evening mass 6.30 PM Sainte-Clotilde, evening mass 7.00 PM Saint-Germain-des-Prés, evening mass

Sunday

10.00 AM Notre-Dame, Gregorian mass, preceded by Laudes (9.30 AM) 10.00 AM or 4.00 PM Saint-Sulpice Audition (organ concert) 11 AM Thirteen options - see below 4.00 PM Sacré-Coeur Vespers 4.00 AM Sainte-Madeleine Audition (two times each month) 4.00 PM Notre-Dame-de-Paris Audition 5.00 PM Saint-Eustache Audition 5.15 PM Notre-Dame Vespers and Evening Mass 6.45 PM St. Etienne-du-Mont Evening Mass 10.00 PM Sacré-Coeur Evening Mass OPTIONS SUNDAY 11 AM If you prefer the symphonic organs: • Saint-Sulpice (prelude starts at 10.45) • Sainte-Clotilde • Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts • Sainte-Madeleine • Notre-Dame d’Auteuil • Saint-Etienne-du-Mont • Sainte-Trinité • Notre-Dame (Masses at 10.00 and 11.30 AM) • Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix • Saint-Bernard-de-la-Chapelle If you prefer French baroque organs: • Saint-Roch • Saint-Gervais If you prefer German baroque organs: • Saint-Louis-en-l’ile Other organs you should visit (which don’t fit into any schedule): • Saint-Denis, cathédrale • Aubervilliers, Notre-Dame-des-Vertus • Versailles, Cathédrale St. Louis (silent due to restoration of the church) Consult the pdf-file for more information/details