The building of Saint-Roch started in 1653, but was not finished until 1740. The baroque façade, inspired by the Gesu-church of Rome, is decorated with doric columns for the lower part (with statues of St. Roch and St. Honoré) and corinthian columns for the higher part (with statues of St. Geneviève and Ste. Clothilde. The chancel was extended in 1709 with the circular Lady Chapel, again in 1717 with the Communion Chapel and finally with the Calvary Chapel in 1754. This makes the church unexpectedly lengthy. The church preserves a great number of masterworks, paintings and sculptures, partly derived from other churches destroyed during the revolution.
E21750-1756The organ was built by François-Henri Lesclop. The latter died during the construction of the instrument and its completion was entrusted to Louis-Alexandre Clicquot. Parts of Etienne Enocq's old organ (1671) were incorporated. 1769-1770François-Henri Clicquot carried out various works on the windchests, and added reed stops and flutes. The organ then had 50 stops on five manuals and pedalboard.1805Pierre Dallery repaired the instrument with pipes salvaged from other Parisian instruments. In 1820, Pierre-François Dallery completed this work by adding flute stops and reeds and by expanding the pedal.1842The instrument was rebuilt by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, who reused much of the old pipework and most of the windchests. He installed some new stops on the positive and the great organ and increased the range of manuals to 54 notes. He built a new division of Récit and installed a Barker machine on the great organ. The pedal is restored to F for both flutes and reeds (25 notes). The organ then had 49 stops on 4 manuals and a pedalboard.1859-1881Other work was carried out by Cavaillé-Coll1901The range of the Pedal was extended by Charles Mutin from 25 to 30 notes. 1927/1948A restoration was carried out in 1927 by Joseph Gutschenritter Jr. The Swell is moved to the third keyboard and the Bombarde to the fourth. The Récit receives a 16' Quintaton, an 8' Gamba, and an 8' Voix Céleste in place of a suppressed Clarinet and Voix Humaine. The action was restored and combination pedals were added.Between 1946 and 1948, the Swell was again augmented by the same builder.1994A complete restoration was entrusted to Jean Renaud. The restoration work aimed to restore the instrument to its 1858/81 configuration while preserving the range of the pedal increased by Mutin. The voicingwas carried out by Jean-Pierre Swiderski. The new parts are the chest of the Récit (10 stops), the Viola da gamba, the Voix Céleste, the Tierce and the complements of Plein jeu IX of the Positif, the Voix Humaine of the Récit.Most of the stops predate the Revolution, including all the reeds of the GO, the Positive, and most of the reeds of the Pedal. This organ is a beautiful synthesis between the classical French organ of Clicquot and a romantic instrument of Cavaillé-Coll.
Organiste titulaire Françoise Levéchin-Gangloff Organistes célèbres ayant illustré l’instrument par le passé: Claude-Bénigne Balbastre, Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély, Pierre Cochereau (1945- 1955). Concerts Regularly.Masses with organSaturday 6:30 PM on GO, Sunday 9:30 AM on OC (forme extraordinaire) and 11:00 AM onGOVideosFrançoise Levéchin-GangloffArnaud BahuaudAll organs built before the revolutionPhoto GO: Jeroen de Haan
E21750-1756The organ was built by François-Henri Lesclop. The latter died during the construction of the instrument and its completion was entrusted to Louis-Alexandre Clicquot. Parts of Etienne Enocq's old organ (1671) were incorporated. 1769-1770François-Henri Clicquot carried out various works on the windchests, and added reed stops and flutes. The organ then had 50 stops on five manuals and pedalboard.1805Pierre Dallery repaired the instrument with pipes salvaged from other Parisian instruments. In 1820, Pierre-François Dallery completed this work by adding flute stops and reeds and by expanding the pedal.1842The instrument was rebuilt by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, who reused much of the old pipework and most of the windchests. He installed some new stops on the positive and the great organ and increased the range of manuals to 54 notes. He built a new division of Récit and installed a Barker machine on the great organ. The pedal is restored to F for both flutes and reeds (25 notes). The organ then had 49 stops on 4 manuals and a pedalboard.1859-1881Other work was carried out by Cavaillé-Coll1901The range of the Pedal was extended by Charles Mutin from 25 to 30 notes. 1927/1948A restoration was carried out in 1927 by Joseph Gutschenritter Jr. The Swell is moved to the third keyboard and the Bombarde to the fourth. The Récit receives a 16' Quintaton, an 8' Gamba, and an 8' Voix Céleste in place of a suppressed Clarinet and Voix Humaine. The action was restored and combination pedals were added.Between 1946 and 1948, the Swell was again augmented by the same builder.1994A complete restoration was entrusted to Jean Renaud. The restoration work aimed to restore the instrument to its 1858/81 configuration while preserving the range of the pedal increased by Mutin. The voicingwas carried out by Jean-Pierre Swiderski. The new parts are the chest of the Récit (10 stops), the Viola da gamba, the Voix Céleste, the Tierce and the complements of Plein jeu IX of the Positif, the Voix Humaine of the Récit.Most of the stops predate the Revolution, including all the reeds of the GO, the Positive, and most of the reeds of the Pedal. This organ is a beautiful synthesis between the classical French organ of Clicquot and a romantic instrument of Cavaillé-Coll.
Organiste titulaire Françoise Levéchin-Gangloff Organistes célèbres ayant illustré l’instrument par le passé: Claude-Bénigne Balbastre, Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély, Pierre Cochereau (1945- 1955). Concerts Regularly.Masses with organSaturday 6:30 PM on GO, Sunday 9:30 AM on OC (forme extraordinaire) and 11:00 AM onGOVideosFrançoise Levéchin-GangloffArnaud BahuaudAll organs built before the revolutionPhoto GO: Jeroen de Haan