Places to see in ( Rouen - France ) St Ouen's Abbey
Places to see in ( Rouen - France ) St Ouen's Abbey
Saint-Ouen Abbey Church, also referred in English as Saint-Owen Abbey Church, is a large Gothic Roman Catholic church in Rouen, Normandy, France. The abbey is famous for both its architecture and its large, unaltered Cavaillé-Coll organ, which has once been described as a Michelangelo of an organ by Charles-Marie Widor. Built on a similar scale to nearby Rouen Cathedral, it is, along with the Church of Saint-Maclou, one of the principal Gothic monuments of Rouen.
The church was originally built as the abbey church of Saint Ouen for the Benedictine Order, beginning in 1318 and interrupted by the Hundred Years' War and sacked and badly damaged during the Harelle. It was completed in the 15th century in the Flamboyant style.
The foundation of St. Ouen's Abbey has been variously credited, among others, to Clothair I and to St. Clothilda, but evidence is scanty. It was dedicated at first to St. Peter when the body of St. Ouen, Archbishop of Rouen (d. 678), was buried there; the name of St. Peter and St. Ouen became common and finally St. Ouen only. The history of the abbey, on record from the 1000, is unremarkable; a list of abbots is in Gallia Christiana XI, 140. In 1660 the monastery was united to the Congregation of St. Maur, and when suppressed, in 1794, the community numbered twenty-four. The abbey building itself was vacated by the time of the French Revolution and was subsequently occupied by the Town Hall of Rouen.
The church is 137 m in length under 33 m high vaults. The central crossing is surmounted by an unusual lantern-style tower similar to that at Ely Cathedral in England. The tower was completed in the Flamboyant style. The well-preserved stained glass of the nave dates to the 15th and 16th centuries, and features jewel tones among panels of clear and frosted white glass. These materials allow more light to filter into the nave, creating a brighter interior than is typical of Gothic churches. Despite the use of Flamboyant tracery in the aisles, triforium, and clerestory, the nave maintains a conservative appearance through the use of compound piers, trumpet bases, and capitals which helps maintain harmony throughout the edifice. The west façade was never completed during the Middle Ages. It was constructed between 1846 and 1851 in a Neo-Gothic style that bears little resemblance to the original Late Gothic designs.
The church contains a large four-manual pipe organ built in 1890 by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. This instrument is considered to be one of the most important organs in France, and is notable for its unusually powerful 32' Contre Bombarde. The organ stands unaltered and thus is one of the few of the master's works to speak with its original voice.
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Cavaillé Coll Organ - Saint-Ouen Abbey Church - Final Symphony No 1 - Gerard Brooks
composer, Alexandre Guilmant. .Gerard Brooks is one of the foremost performers and interpreters of French Romantic organ music.
Saint-Ouen Abbey Church, also referred in English as Saint-Owen Abbey Church (French: Abbatiale Saint-Ouen), is a large Gothic Roman Catholic church in Rouen, Normandy, France, famous for both its architecture and its large, unaltered Cavaillé-Coll organ, which Charles-Marie Widor described as a Michelangelo of an organ. Built on a similar scale to nearby Rouen Cathedral, it is, along with church of Saint Maclou, one of the principal Gothic monuments of Rouen.
Chorals de J S BACH par M. Dupré à St Ouen de Rouen
Sur le grand Cavaillé-Coll de St Ouen de Rouen, Marcel Dupré interprète 6 chorals de J.S.Bach
Extrait de l'Orgelbüchlein)
1. In dir ist Freude BWV 615
2. O Mensch bewein dein' Sünde gross BWV622
3. Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schaar BWV 607
4. Durch Adam's Fall ist ganz verderbt BWV 637
Des Chorals Schübler :
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645
Des Chorals de Leipzig
Vor deinem Thron tret ich BWV 668.
(Une autre façon de voir Bach et surtout sur un grand orgue symphonique dans une très grande acoustique). enregistrement des années 1960.
Bach Concert at St. Maclou Church, Rouen, France
Bach being played in St Maclou Church, Rouen, France
Ancestral home of Anne LeSeigneur, fille du roi
(Recorded by Dave Cadorette and used with permission)
Places to see in ( Rouen - France )
Places to see in ( Rouen - France )
Rouen, capital of the northern French region Haute-Normandie, is a port city on the river Seine. Important in the Roman era and Middle Ages, it has Gothic churches, such as Saint-Maclou and Saint-Ouen, and a cobblestoned pedestrian center with medieval half-timbered houses. The skyline is dominated by the spires of Cathédrale Notre-Dame, much-painted by Impressionist Claude Monet.
Rouen is a city on the River Seine in the north of France. It is the capital of the region of Normandy. Formerly one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, Rouen was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy during the Middle Ages. It was one of the capitals of the Anglo-Norman dynasties, which ruled both England and large parts of modern France from the 11th to the 15th centuries.
Rouen was heavily damaged during World War II - approximately 45% of the city was destroyed. In June 1940 the area between the Rouen Cathedral and the Seine river burned for 48 hours as the Nazis did not allow firemen access to the fire. Other areas were destroyed between March and August 1944 just before and during the Battle of Normandy, which ended on the left bank of the Seine with the destruction of several regiments belonging to the German 7th Army. Rouen's cathedral and several significant monuments were damaged by Allied bombing. During the German occupation, Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine had its headquarters located in a château on what is now the Rouen Business School (École Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen). The city was liberated by the Canadians on 30 August 1944 after the breakout from Normandy.
Rouen is known for its Notre Dame cathedral, with its Tour de Beurre (butter tower) financed by the sale of indulgences for the consumption of butter during Lent. The cathedral's gothic façade (completed in the 16th century) was the subject of a series of paintings by Claude Monet, some of which are exhibited in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. The Gros Horloge is an astronomical clock dating back to the 16th century. It is located in the Gros Horloge street.
Other famous structures include Rouen Castle, whose keep is known as the tour Jeanne d'Arc, where Joan of Arc was brought in 1431 to be threatened with torture (contrary to popular belief, she was not imprisoned there but in the since destroyed tour de lady Pucelle); the Church of Saint Ouen (12th–15th century); the Palais de Justice, which was once the seat of the Parlement (French court of law) of Normandy; the Gothic Church of St Maclou (15th century); and the Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics which contains a splendid collection of faïence and porcelain for which Rouen was renowned during the 16th to 18th centuries. Rouen is also noted for its surviving half-timbered buildings. There are many museums in Rouen: the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, an art museum with pictures of well-known painters such as Claude Monet and Géricault; the Musée maritime fluvial et portuaire, a museum on the history of the port of Rouen and navigation; Musée des antiquités, an art and history museum with local works from the Bronze Age through the Renaissance, the Musée de la céramique and the Musée Le Secq des Tournelles.
The Jardin des Plantes de Rouen is a notable botanical garden once owned by Scottish banker John Law dated from 1840 in its present form. It was the site of Élisa Garnerin's parachute jump from a balloon in 1817. In the centre of the Place du Vieux Marché (the site of Joan of Arc's pyre) is the modern church of St Joan of Arc. This is a large, modern structure which dominates the square. The form of the building represents an upturned viking boat and a fish shape. Rouen was also home to the French Grand Prix, hosting the race at the nearby Rouen-Les-Essarts track sporadically between 1952 and 1968. In 1999 Rouen authorities demolished the grandstands and other remnants of Rouen's racing past. Today, little remains beyond the public roads that formed the circuit.
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I had an unexpected experience entering into this Abbey in Rouen, France. I hope it feels as magical to you as it did to me.
Places to see in ( Rouen - France ) St Maclou's Church
Places to see in ( Rouen - France ) St Maclou's Church
The Church of Saint-Maclou is a Roman Catholic church in Rouen, France which is considered one of the best examples of the Flamboyant style of Gothic architecture in France. Saint-Maclou, along with Rouen Cathedral, the Palais de Justice (also Flamboyant), and the Church of St. Ouen, form a famous ensemble of significant Gothic buildings in Rouen. Its spire reaches a height of 83 meters.
Construction on Saint-Maclou began sometime after 1435; it was to replace an existing Romanesque parish church that had suffered from several years of neglect resulting in a collapsed transept roof. In its place, master mason Pierre Robin created a basilica style church with four radiating chapels around an octagonal choir. The decoration of the church is macabre, beckoning back to the church's grim past rooted in the Black Death pandemic. The transept is non-projecting complete with piers that support the above lantern tower.
The choir is rather large in size for the structure and has two bays and four radiating chapels that branch off from the ambulatory. Overall, the plan places its emphasis on the transept which is midway between the choir and the nave. Saint-Maclou has the classic three-story elevation of an arcade, triforium, and clerestory. The famous western facade is towerless with five gabled porches with flying buttresses above the aisles that are attached to the western wall featuring a rose window.
The Church of Saint Maclou was built during the transition from the late Gothic period (15th - 16th century) to the Renaissance in the 16th century. The space above a portal within the arch is referred to as the tympanum. Typically, the tympanum is filled with sculpture of a scene alluding to Heaven and Hell. The tympanum of the main entrance of the Church of Saint Maclou displays Christ standing with his hands held out to people surrounding him, those to his right heading for Heaven and those to his left heading for the fiery pits of Hell.
This message, commonly depicted during the Gothic period, was designed to scare and evoke emotion from the public. The architectural plan of the church of Saint-Maclou includes radiating chapels. Saint-Maclou, like most Gothic churches, had many exterior stone statues; however, they suffered much of the French wars of religion, weather conditions, and pollution. Most inside statues disappeared during the French revolution. Nevertheless, the chapels inside had kept their wooden furniture and decorations made in the 18th century, but most of them were destroyed during the allied bombings in 1944. The church was partly damaged by the falling of two bombs. Concerning the Renaissance outside doors with their carvings and the Renaissance organ, they escaped destruction both during the French revolution and the Second World War.
The patrons of Saint-Maclou were of the wealthy merchant class that had experienced an immense social and economic growth during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The family most closely associated with the rebuilding of the church was the Dufour family. The patrons were responsible for the selection of the master mason, Pierre Robin, as well as for part of the overall style of the church. The Dufours and others are cited as being the impetus behind the similarities between Saint-Maclou and Rouen Cathedral.
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Rouen was the historical capital of Normandy. Since 1954, the city on the Seine River is the capital of the Upper Normandy region.
Although Rouen is not on our itinerary, we decide at short notice to visit the city. Even if we only can see a small part of the city, we are thrilled.
Our walk through the historic center starts at the Abbey Church of Saint Ouen, a Gothic Roman Catholic church built in 1318. We are completely overwhelmed by the filigree masonry.
To the north you see the town hall with an equestrian statue of Napoleon. We turn to the south and immerse in a medieval world. Never before we have seen so many half-timbered houses within the smallest space. Small artful shops invite you to stroll through the winding streets and squares. It's Monday and so, as usual in France, most shops are closed.
Rouen still has more than 2000 late medieval half-timbered houses.
Past the church of Saint Maclou, classified as a Monument Historique in 1840 and thus under preservation, we reach the cathedral Notre-Dame de l’Assomption which was built in the Gothic style in 1180. Again, we are completely overwhelmed by both the architecture and of the dimensions.
Unfortunately we are running out of time and have to continue our journey without being walked in the traces of Joan of Arc. She was held as prisoner, interrogated and publicly burned here during the Hundred Years' War.
When leaving the city of Rouen we cross the Gustave Flaubert Bridge over the Seine River, a vertical-lift bridge, which is the highest lift bridge in Europe with a total height of 86 m.
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Rouen war die historische Hauptstadt der Normandie. Seit 1954 ist die Stadt an der Seine die Hauptstadt der Region Haute-Normandie.
Eigentlich liegt Rouen nicht auf unserer Reiseroute, dennoch entschließen wir uns kurzfristig die Stadt zu besuchen. Auch wenn wir nur einen kleinen Teil der Stadt sehen können, sind wir total begeistert.
Unser Rundgang beginnt bei der Abteikirche Saint Ouen die 1318 im gotischen Stil erbaut wurde. Wir sind völlig überwältigt von dem filigranen Mauerwerk. Nördlich davon befindet sich das Rathaus mit einem Reiterdenkmal von Napoleon. Wir wenden uns nach Süden und tauchen ein in eine mittelalterliche Welt. So viele Fachwerkhäuser auf kleinstem Raum haben wir bis dahin noch nicht gesehen. Kleine kunstvolle Läden laden zum Spazieren durch die verwinkelten Gassen und Plätze ein. Es ist Montag und damit sind, wie in Frankreich üblich, die meisten Geschäfte geschlossen.
Rouen soll noch über 2000 spätmittelalterliche Fachwerkhäuser besitzen.
Vorbei, an der Kirche Saint-Maclou, die 1840 als Monument Historique klassifiziert wurde und damit unter Denkmalschutz steht, erreichen wir die Kathedrale Notre-Dame de l’Assomption, die 1180 ebenfalls im gotischen Stil erbaut wurde. Wieder sind wir von der Architektur, aber auch von ihren Dimensionen völlig überwältigt.
Leider läuft uns die Zeit davon und wir müssen aufbrechen ohne auf den Spuren von Jeanne d´Arc gewandelt zu sein, die hier im 100-jährigen Krieg gefangen gehalten, verhört und öffentlich verbrannt wurde.
Beim Verlassen von Rouen überqueren wir noch die Seinebrücke Gustave Flaubert, die mit einer Gesamthöhe von 86 m die höchste Hubbrücke Europas ist.
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Places to see in ( Rouen - France ) Cathedrale Notre Dame de Rouen
Places to see in ( Rouen - France ) Cathedrale Notre Dame de Rouen
Rouen Cathedral is a Catholic church in Rouen, Normandy, France. It is the see of the Archbishop of Rouen, Primate of Normandy. The cathedral is in the Gothic architectural tradition. A church was already present at the location in the late 4th century, and eventually a cathedral was established in Rouen as in Poitiers. It was enlarged by St. Ouen in 650, and visited by Charlemagne in 769.
All the buildings perished during a Viking raid in the 9th century. The Viking leader, Rollo, founder of the Duchy of Normandy, was baptised here in 915 and buried in 932. His grandson, Richard I, further enlarged it in 950. St. Romain's tower was built in 1035. The buildings of Archbishop Robert II were consecrated in 1065. The cathedral was struck by lightning in 1110.
Construction on the current building began in the 12th century in Early Gothic style for Saint Romain's tower, front side porches and part of the nave. The cathedral was burnt in 1200. Others were built in High Gothic style for the mainworks: nave, transept, choir and first floor of the lantern tower in the 13th century; side chapels, lady chapel and side doorways in the 14th century. Some windows are still decorated with stained glass of the 13th century, famous because of a special cobalt blue colour, known as the blue from Chartres. The north transept end commenced in 1280.
The cathedral has had a strong musical tradition since the Middle Ages. Its choir was famous up to the French Revolution for singing from memory. The first major organist to work here was Jean Titelouze, the so-called father of the French organ school. He occupied the post of the titular organist in 1588–1633. Around 1600 in collaboration with the famous Franco-Flemish organ builder Crespin Carlier, Titelouze transformed the organ of the cathedral to one of the best instruments in France. Some 80 years later the legendary organ builder Robert Clicquot restored and enhanced the instrument; organists who played the new organ included distinguished composers such as Jacques Boyvin (in 1674–1706), and François d'Agincourt (1706–1758). New organs were built by Merklin & Schütze (1858–60) and, after World War II, by Jacquot-Lavergne.
The most famous paintings of the cathedral were done by the Impressionist artist Claude Monet, who produced a series of paintings of the building showing the same scene at different times of the day and in different weather conditions. Two paintings are in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; one is in the Getty Center in Los Angeles; one is in the National Museum of Serbia in Belgrade; one is at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts; one is in a museum of Cologne; one is in the Rouen fine art museum; and five are in the musée d'Orsay in Paris. The estimated value of one painting is over $40 million. Other painters inspired by the building included John Ruskin, who selected it as an example of good architecture in The Seven Lamps of Architecture, and Roy Lichtenstein, who produced a series of pictures representing the cathedral's front. Mae Babitz, known for illustrations of the Watts Towers and Victorian era buildings in Los Angeles, illustrated the Cathedral in the 1960s. Those works are held in the UCLA library Special Collections.
In literature, Gustave Flaubert was inspired by the stained glass windows of St. Julian and the bas-relief of Salome, and based two of his Three Tales on them. Joris-Karl Huysmans wrote La Cathédrale, a novel based on an intensive examination of the building. Willa Cather sets a key scene in the development of the protagonist Claude Wheeler of One of Ours in the cathedral.
The Cathedral houses a tomb containing the heart of Richard the Lionheart. His bowels were probably buried within the church of the Château of Châlus-Chabrol in the Limousin. It was from the walls of the Château of Châlus-Chabrol that the crossbow bolt was fired, which led to his death once the wound became septic. His corporeal remains were buried next to his father at Fontevraud Abbey near Chinon and Saumur, France. Richard's effigy is on top of the tomb, and his name is inscribed in Latin on the side.
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Demo in Rouen - St-Ouen
Demo in Rouen - St-Ouen - Monday, July 11, 2011
Diaporama de L'abbatiale De Saint-Ouen à Rouen
L’abbatiale de Saint-Ouen
Cet édifice aux dimensions majestueuses (137m de long et 33m sous voûte) était l’église de l’abbaye de Saint-Ouen, l’un des plus puissants monastères de Normandie entre les 11e et 16e siècles.
Jean-Baptiste Monnot - St Ouen
Jean-Baptiste Monnot demonstrates his 'L’Orgue du Voyage' portable pipe organ, here established in its home in St Ouen Abbey, in Rouen, France. Here is my video I made recently of Jean-Baptiste Monnot performing on his wonderful portable organ system, located at the back of Saint Ouen, Rouen, France. The Travel Organ is a modular instrument designed and produced by Jean-Baptiste Monnot.
Pipe organ “outside the walls”, transportable like a concert piano, it allows Jean-Baptiste Monnot to meet audiences, making the organ and its repertoire accessible, in renewed environments and for innovative artistic projects.
Each element being modular, the organ can be recomposed and adapted according to the place and the concert. The musicality and plasticity of his timbres make it possible to explore a very large repertoire, as a soloist or with ensemble.
Sarah Soularue plays Franz Liszt at Saint Ouen in Rouen
Sarah Soularue plays Franz Liszt's Variations on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen on the great Cavaillé-Coll organ of Saint-Ouen Abbey church in Rouen. This piece is an excerpt of a concert given September 11, 2016.
Franz Liszt's eldest daughter Blandine, who had married the French politician Émile Ollivier in 1857 in Florence, died on September 11, 1862 at age 26 in dramatic circumstances. She had given birth to a son, Daniel, on July 3 of that year. After a normal pregnancy and easy delivery in the home of her brother-in-law and surgeon Charles Isnard, she breast-fed her baby with no problem until August 3 when she developed an engorgement on her left breast. In spite of daily care provided by Isnard, he was compelled to operate on August 16 for a breast abscess. Her medical condition then worsened irremediably until she died.(1)
At the end of September, Ollivier, still in a state of shock, travelled to Rome in order to give Liszt a first-hand account of Blandine's last days. Liszt put him up in his apartments at Via Felice 113, where the two men shared their grief.*
Liszt brought forth his Variations on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen during this very period of turmoil with Ollivier and the shared anguish over the loss of his daughter. The emergence of such a piece in the second half of 1862 was not accidental. It is best understood as a symptom of the grieving process, and like so much else in Liszt's output, this music is really autobiographical. Liszt found in the first movement of Bach's cantata Weeping, Wailing, Mourning, Trembling a wonderful vehicle for his grief. He composed his own variation on its ground bass (that Bach also used in the Crucifixus of the B minor Mass)*.
(1) The precise circumstances of Blandine's unexplained death are detailed in Dominique Mabin's article La mort inexpliquée de Blandine Liszt Ollivier
* Text of these two paragraphs is an excerpt from Franz Liszt, the final years 1861-1886 by Alan Walker, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 1997.
Sarah Soularue joue les Variations sur Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen de Franz Liszt sur le grand orgue Cavaillé-Coll de l'église abbatiale Saint-Ouen de Rouen. Cette pièce est extraite d'un concert donné le 11 septembre 2016.
La fille aînée de Franz Liszt, Blandine, qui avait épousé le politicien français Émile Ollivier en 1857 à Florence, mourut le 11 septembre 1862 à l'âge de 26 ans dans des circonstances dramatiques. Elle avait donné naissance à un fils, Daniel, le 3 juillet de cette même année. Après une grossesse normale et un accouchement facile au domicile de son beau-frère Charles Isnard qui était chirurgien, elle allaita le bébé sans problème jusqu'au 3 août où apparut un engorgement du sein gauche. En dépit des soins quotidiens prodigués par son beau-frère, ce dernier fut contraint de l'opérer le 16 août d'un abcès au sein. Son état de santé ne cessa dès lors de s'aggraver jusqu'à son décès.(2)
Vers la fin du mois de septembre, Émile Ollivier, toujours en état de choc, se rendit à Rome pour rapporter à Liszt une fidèle description des derniers jours de Blandine. Liszt l'installa dans ses appartements, Via Felice 113, où les deux hommes partagèrent leur chagrin.*
C'est précisément pendant cette période de désarroi et d'angoisse partagée avec Émile Ollivier que Liszt produisit ses Variations sur Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen. L'émergence d'une telle pièce dans la seconde moitié de 1862 n'est pas le fait du hasard. Elle doit être comprise comme le symptôme du processus de deuil. A l'instar de beaucoup d'autres œuvres du compositeur, elle est en quelque sorte pleinement autobiographique. Liszt trouva dans le premier mouvement de la cantate de Bach Les pleurs et les lamentations, les tourments et le découragement (BWV 12) un merveilleux matériau pour l'expression de sa douleur. Il composa ses propres variations sur l'ostinato de basse de ce premier mouvement (que Bach a également utilisé pour le Crucifixus de la Messe en si mineur).*
(2) Les circonstances précises de la mort inexpliquée de Blandine sont détaillées dans l'article de Dominique Mabin La mort inexpliquée de Blandine Liszt Ollivier,
* Le texte de ces deux paragraphes est extrait de Franz Liszt, the final years 1861-1886 by Alan Walker, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 1997.
Improvised Alleluia at Saint-Ouen in Rouen
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Daniel Roth Plays the Cavaillé-Coll at Saint-Ouen in Rouen, France
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Kalevi Kiviniemi plays Widor's Toccata at St.Ouen, Rouen, France
Happy Birthday, Cavaillé-Coll Organ at Saint-Ouen, Rouen, France! Kalevi Kiviniemi joins the party and plays Toccata (from 5th Symphony) by Charles-Marie Widor. On 17 April 1890, Widor himself played this piece as the last one in organ's inauguration recital.
We decided to put this video online on the very same day to celebrate this magnifient organ, cathedral and its stained glass paintings, architecture and acoustics. Video was recorded in 2008 during the recording sessions of Kiviniemi's Cavaille-Coll -CD/Super Audio CD (OrganERA vol.14, FUGA-9282, fuga.fi). As far as we know, this is the only video of Widor's Toccata, from Saint-Ouen, that is recorded and filmed live in professional quality.
Organ in Saint-Ouen is one of those rare instruments from a French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, that are remained untouched to our days, no alterations has been made. Many organ freaks also know this organ from its very loud reed stop, Bombarde 32, in Pedal, generating 16 Hz tones at its lowest. It sounds like a four-motor WWII bomber flies over! Still it blends perfectly with other stops. In video, there are some shots of Bombarde pipes behind the organ. They do not look special, but - listen...
This video was specially made and prepared for Youtube. Audio was taken from high quality multi channel recording setup, not from video camera's built-in microphone. The better your computer's audio system and especially the speakers and the subwoofer are, the better is the sound. Video was filmed in full HD, please enjoy the better picture quality that it offers (720p, 1080p). In 720p and 1080p versions also audio quality is better.
We really hope that you enjoy this special anniversary video!
Video, audio, editing and description by Mika Koivusalo.
L'ABBATIALE SAINT-OUEN DE ROUEN
Dialogue du premier ton de Louis-Nicolas Clérambault sur le Grand-jeu de l'orgue Cavaillé-Coll (1890-Quatre claviers pédalier 64 jeux) de l'abbatiale Saint-Ouen de Rouen.Enregistrement personnel lors de mon passage dans l'abbatiale, à savourer à la fin du dialogue la fameuse contre-bombarde 32'.
Church of St. Ouen, Rouen
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Saint-Ouen Abbey Church, also referred in English as Saint-Owen Abbey Church , is a large Gothic Roman Catholic church in Rouen, Normandy, France, famous for both its architecture and its large, unaltered Cavaillé-Coll organ, which Charles-Marie Widor described as a Michelangelo of an organ.Built on a similar scale to nearby Rouen Cathedral, it is, along with church of Saint Maclou, one of the principal Gothic monuments of Rouen.
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Grand Organ/ Abbaye Saint-Ouen de Rouen. Schumann: Symphony No 3 - Feierlich
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Аббатство Сент-Уэн (фр. Abbaye Saint-Ouen de Rouen) — один из основных исторических памятников французского города Руана; сохранившаяся церковь аббатства является ярким образцом завершённого готического сооружения в Нормандии.
Сент-Уэн было основано в 553 году во имя святого Петра, и стало одним из самых могущественных монастырей бенедиктинского ордена в Нормандии.
Rouen Cathedral and Organ
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The Cathedral of our Lady of Rouen (Cathédrale de Notre Dame de Rouen) is an architectural masterpiece built on a 4th century basilica. Listen to its magnificent organ and see a bit of the interior of this beautiful cathedral.