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Église Notre Dame des Champs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_QS0itIRDF-YDQnWHz54IfOGMmwSM_W5GeeuVHEUgYNLuWichgTUQMvqDfdNO3BodKuL-iEEeUxuowhV1W7FU1pRnqQVojPNp6z0ncd6wSXnVR7wkrI-vgJGWiRu2BLCcpWUfB6mI8E/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_90DSC_9201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_QS0itIRDF-YDQnWHz54IfOGMmwSM_W5GeeuVHEUgYNLuWichgTUQMvqDfdNO3BodKuL-iEEeUxuowhV1W7FU1pRnqQVojPNp6z0ncd6wSXnVR7wkrI-vgJGWiRu2BLCcpWUfB6mI8E/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_90DSC_9201.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Notre Dame des Champs</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We sat and listened intently to the organ </div><div style="text-align: center;">as the music filled every corner of the immense space.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a rehearsal by Yannick Merlin, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and we watched as he and his assistant </div><div style="text-align: center;">descended the narrow spiral stairs behind the latticed enclosure, </div><div style="text-align: center;">seen at the back of the church (under the arches).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The organ was built by Cavaillé-Coll in 1877, </div><div style="text-align: center;">just as the roman styled church was completed (a ten-year venture).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Notre Dame des Champs</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">92 bis, boulevard du Montparnasse</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Notre Dame des Champs

Église Notre Dame des Champs We sat and listened intently to the organ as the music filled every corner of the immense space. It was a re...

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Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs - l'orgue

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG85JnyvhbW94WsO0J7ycghEbGoj1YvTk6FAmhpOHv5w9og6Tc3vCfSuUVwdsTtLZLs8IxFpAg-mwKkmRL1yqRCuD6LuASJChWIht2bzAsxDBj_bBwA7Gdf0TRGMBQpOW5TpKFWndfjVE/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_90DSC_9201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG85JnyvhbW94WsO0J7ycghEbGoj1YvTk6FAmhpOHv5w9og6Tc3vCfSuUVwdsTtLZLs8IxFpAg-mwKkmRL1yqRCuD6LuASJChWIht2bzAsxDBj_bBwA7Gdf0TRGMBQpOW5TpKFWndfjVE/s640/2012+Oct+8+Monday_90DSC_9201.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The organ is Cavaillé-Coll from 1877, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and on this dreary, rainy day Yannick Merlin </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">was rehearsing for a concert.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you want to have a sample of the sounds and a video of the church, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">follow<a href="http://www.organsofparis.vhhil.nl/cc/notre-dame-des-champs/index.html" target="_blank"> this link</a>.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>bon dimanche</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">92 bis, Boulevard du Montparnasse</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div>

Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs - l'orgue

Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs The organ is Cavaillé-Coll from 1877, and on this dreary, rainy day Yannick Merlin was rehearsing for a conce...

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