Saint-Esprit

1, rue Cannebière, 75012 Paris

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Saint-Esprit was built between 1928 and 1935 by architect Paul Tournon, following a design inspired by the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. The church was made of reinforced concrete and faced with red bricks from Burgundy. Tournon explained that the massive dome, lightened by a row of openings at its base and resting on a square nave, was meant to symbolize the union of the divine and the earthly. The dome is 22 meters (72 feet) in diameter, rising to a height of 33 meters (108 feet). At the time, using reinforced concrete for both the supporting structure and the dome was quite a technical achievement.

E7 This organ is the masterpiece of Louis Eugène-Rochesson, built between 1940 and 1951 for St. Nicaise Church in Rouen and completed in 1957 by the Beuchet firm (III/46), with voicing by René Aussourd. It will be transferred to Saint-Esprit by Grenzing and Lacorre and placed on the gallery above the church’s main entrance, serving as the grand organ alongside the existing choir organ (1934).

1940/51 - Louis Eugène-Rochesson (1) 1957 - Beuchet-Debierre (2) 1989 - Denis Lacorre (6) 2000 - Denis Lacorre (6) 2026/28 - Grenzing & Lacorre (3) expected 2028

III/46 - electropneumatic traction

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Planned: the installation of a great organ in 2028, located above the church portal.

For now, an empty space — in the future, the home of the new Grand Organ...

Titular organist Hampus Lindwall Organistes célèbres ayant illustré l’orgue par le passé : Jeanne Demessieux Parish website

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