The historic organ at Carcassonne

Pastor de Lasala plays the Offertoire in G by Guillaume Lasceux on 17th century organ in the Basilica of St Nazaire-St Celse, Carcassonne.

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• carcassonne
• offertoire
• lasceux

[Rankett16]

This is excellent. It shows off the reeds and cornets to fine effect, well able to be compared to Poitiers. I love the shots showing the architectural marvels of the venues. Eclatement!

[tormus1]

Thank you for your comment. The Poitiers organ - the last Clicquot ca. 1791 has even bigger reeds which just explode in an 8 second acoustic. For a 17th century organ, the reeds here are quite big, mainly because the organ underwent a rebuild by Jean-Pierre Cavaillé in 1772 (grandfather of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll). Reeds in a 17th century organ a full but are nowhere near as powerful. Have a look some time at my clip on the 1690s organ at Rozay-en-Brie and you will see.

[douloschristou1]

Jean-Albert has gone to God now - but when last in Poitiers a couple of years ago, I heard his wife play on the new organ at Ste Radegonde... She is still the titular there, 30-something years later - an amazing woman, and still going strong...

The old Ste-Radegonde organ was my 'orgue-de-travail' in those days, when I used to play weekly at St Paul's in the Fauburg du Pont-Neuf...

[tormus1]

I fondly remember the day I met Jean-Albert Villard and when he demonstrated his Clicquot at Poitiers. Then he gave me the keys to return to him after I had finished playing. I could stay as long as I liked. I still have the map he drew for me so I could find his house. I met his wife, Simone, a few years later when I went back to have another play on the Clicquot. Yes, she is an amazing woman.

[tribuletto]

Thanks! It is really well played. Although the organ would have needed some tuning, especially the reeds. This is one of my favorite organs in France.