Organ music and church concerts

[GitteK]

I find the best way to experience a church is while listening to music. Let me start with this list - and I hope that you will add to this thread with suggestions for listening to church singing as well.

SAINT EUSTACHE--
Place du Jour
1er arrondissement
Métro: Halles
RER A, B, C: Châtelet les Halles (Sortie Rue Rambuteau)
Saturday 6 pm (office avec orgue de choeur )
Sunday 9:30 am (office avec orgue de choeur), 11 am (office solennel à 2
orgues avec la Maîtrise dirigée par Didier Seutin), and 6 pm
Organ recital every Sunday from 5:30-6 pm
(titulaire organist is Jean Guillou and choir organist is Gilles Weber)
www.st-eustache.org/
www.orgel.com/guillou/

SAINT ROCH---
296, rue St-Honoré
1er arrondissement
Métro: Pyramides or Tuileries
Saturday 6:30 pm for children
Sunday 9:15 am in Latin, 10:30 am, 12 pm, and 6:30 pm
www.saintroch.esqualite.com/

BASILIQUE des NOTRE DAME des VICTOIRES--
Place des Petits Pères
2ème arrondissement
Métro: Bourse
Saturday 6:30 pm
Sunday 9:30 am (in Portugese), 11 am (Messe Solennelle), 6:30 pm (Messe)
www.notredamedesvictoires.com/

SAINTE ELISABETH--
195, rue du Temple
3ème arrondissement
Métro: Temple
Saturday 6:30 pm
Sunday 10:15 am (laudes), 11 am, 5:30 pm
sainteelisabethdehongrie.com/

SAINT NICHOLAS des CHAMPS
254, rue Saint-Martin
3ème arrondissement
Métro: Réaumur-Sebastopol or Arts & Métiers
Saturday 6:30 pm
Sunday 11 am
www.asaintnicolas.com/

CATHÉDRALE NOTRE-DAME de PARIS--
6, place du Parvis Notre-Dame
4ème arrondissement
Métro: Cité
RER B & C: St-Michel/Notre-Dame
Saturday 6:30 pm
Sunday 8 am, 8:45 am, 9:30 am (Laudes), 10 am, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 4 pm
(Vespers), 6:30 pm
www.cathedraledeparis.com/FR/0.asp
catholique-paris.cef.fr/nd2/pagefr/index.htm

SAINT LOUIS-EN-L' ÎLE--
19 bis rue Saint Louis en l' Île
4 ème arrondissement
Métro: Pont Marie
www.saintlouisenlile.com/

SAINT ETIENNE-du-MONT---
Place Sainte-Geneviève
5 ème arrondissement
Métro: Cardinal-Lemoine
RER B: Luxembourg
Saturday 6:45 pm
Sunday 9 am, 11 am, 6:45 pm
concerts.intrada.fr/
www.uquebec.ca/musique/orgues/france/setiennemp.html

SAINT SÉVERIN - SAINT NICHOLAS---
3, rue des Prêtres-Saint-Severin
5ème arrondissement
Métro: Saint Michel or Cluny/La Sorbonne
RER B & C: Saint-Michel/Notre-Dame
Saturday 6:30 pm
Sunday 10 am, 12 pm, and 6 pm
www.saint-severin.com/

SAINT GERMAIN-des-PRÉS---
Place St-Germain-des-Prés
6ème arrondissement
Métro: St-Germain-des-Prés
Saturday 7 pm
Sunday 9 am, 11 am, 5 pm in Spanish, 7 pm
www.eglise-sgp.org/

SAINT SULPICE---
50, rue de Vaugirard
6ème arrondissement
Métro: Saint-Sulpice
Saturday 6:45 pm in the crypte (no music)
Sunday 9 am, 10:30 am, 12:05 pm, 6:45 pm
Organ "audition" every Sunday from 11:30-12
www.stsulpice.com/
www.danielrothsaintsulpice.org/

The AMERICAN CHURCH in Paris---
65 Quai d'Orsay
7ème arrondissement
Métro: Alma Marceau
RER C: Pont de L'Alma
Sunday morning at 9:00 (communion every week) and 11:00 am
The sanctuary houses a 47-stop mechanical action pipe organ built in 1988 by the Beckerath Company of Hamburg, Germany.
www.acparis.org/

BASILIQUE SAINTE CLOTILDE--
23 bis, rue Las Cases
7ème arrondissement
Métro: Solférino
RER C: Invalides
Saturday 6:30 pm
Sunday 11 am and 7 pm
www.sainte-clotilde.com/

SAINT FRANÇOIS XAVIER--
Place du President Mithouard
7ème arrondissement
Métro: St-François Xavier
Saturday 6:30 pm
Sunday 9 am chant grégorien, 10:15 am, 11:30 am, 6:30 pm
www.paroisse-sfx-paris.org/

SAINT THOMAS d' AQUIN---
Place Saint-Thomas d'Aquin
7ème arrondissement
Métro: Rue du Bac
Saturday 6:30 pm
Sunday 9:30 am, 11 am and 6:30 pm
www.eglisesaintthomasdaquin.fr/

AMERICAN CATHEDRAL in Paris (Episcopal/Anglican)---
23, avenue George V, Paris
8ème arrondissement
Métro: George V or Alma Marceau
Sunday
9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I
10:45 a.m. Sunday School for children and nursery care
11:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Third Sunday
4:30 pm organ recital
5:00 pm Solemn Evensong
French Language Services
Samedi 18h. Eucharistie solennelle en français
Chinese Language Services
3:00 p.m.Sunday. Holy Eucharist in Chinese
THE ORGAN:
A. CAVAILLÉ-COLL, 1887
CAVAILLÉ-COLL / MUTIN, 1922
CAVAILLÉ-COLL / CONVERS, 1930
BEUCHET / DEBIERRE, 1970
BERNARD DARGASSIES, 1993
americancathedral.org/

SAINT AUGUSTIN---
Place Saint Augustin
8ème arrondissement
Métro: St-Augustin or St-Lazare
Saturday 6:30 pm (grand orgue)
Sunday 9 am (orgue de choeur), 11 am (grand orgue), 6:30 pm (orgue de choeur)

LA MADELEINE---
Place de la Madeleine
8ème arrondissement
Métro: Madeleine
Saturday 6 pm (chant & orgue)
Sunday 9:30 am (chant & orgue), 11 am (messe solennelle avec 2 orgues et
l'Ensemble Vocal de la Madeleine), and 6 pm (orgue)
www.eglise-lamadeleine.com/

La SAINT TRINITÉ---
Place d'Estienne-d'Orves
9ème arrondissement
Métro: Trinité
RER A: Auber
Saturday 6:30 pm
Sunday 11 am and 7 pm
www.latriniteparis.com/
www.najihakim.com/

SAINT VINCENT de PAUL---
5, rue de Belzunce
10ème arrondissement
Métro: Poissonnière or Gare du Nord
Saturday 6:30 pm
Sunday 9 am, 10:30 am, and 6:30 pm
catholique-paris.cef.fr/svp/

NOTRE-DAME des CHAMPS---
91, bd du Montparnasse
14ème arrondissement
Métro: Notre-Dame des Champs
Saturday 6:30 pm
Sunday 9:30 am, 11 am, 5:30 pm

NOTRE-DAME du ROSAIRE--
194 rue Raymond Losserand
14 éme arrondissement
Métro: Porte de Vanves
ndrosaire.online.fr/

La BASILIQUE du SACRÉ-COEUR de MONTMARTRE---
18ème arrondissement
Métro: Anvers or Abesses
Saturday 6 pm and 10:15 pm
Sunday 9:30 am, 11 am, 12:30 pm, 6 pm, and 10:15 pm
www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com/

Website of DIOCESE de PARIS churches----
catholique-paris.cef.fr/

Web site for Parish Mass Services Schedules--
messesinfo.cef.fr/index.php?rub=2

[annettecinca]

Wow! Thanks, this will be a handy list

[GitteK]

thanks annette - I cannot take credit for it, though. I have had it in my Paris-folder for a long time, can't remember where I found it.

[Sarastro]

If anyone is interested in Organs in France and Organ music:

www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/orgues/sommaire.html

Some of this information is a duplication of the Paris references that Gittek has offered. Of note are the listings found outside of Paris.

And if anyone would like to listen to any of these great masterpieces (including some of those GitteK mentions):

pipedreams.publicradio.org/

[parishoes]

I have another website to search for concerts in churches: www.ampconcerts.com

[Becky (Berkeleytravelers)]

Thanks all -- what a great combined list to have!

[trechic]

Thanks Gitte for that extensive list. I am telling myself I will actually enter a cathedral on one Sunday morning while I am in Paris!! I hope it doesn't collapse upon my entering, though!

[luvparee]

Wow, you guys have hit my music nerve!! Having only done one concert in Paris (so far!), it is something that will become a bigger part of any time I'm in Paris. Thanks, Gitte, for such a great listing. I could just hop from one basilique/cathedral to another. I agree with you that that is the best way to experience the church. I "saw" St. Chapelle on a prior trip to Paris, but last summer, I "experienced" St. Chapelle while listening to Vivaldi. Merci!!!

[GitteK]

I thought I'd bump this one, now that the weather is not inviting to outdoor activities.
This is from the latest Heather Stimmler-Hall newsletter:

>>
There are plenty of Parisian churches that have free recitals and concerts, such as the lovely Eglise St-Roch (corner of Rue St-Roch and Rue St-Honoré, 1st, M° Tuileries). Concerts are most Tuesdays, 12:30-1:15pm. Upcoming concerts include Russian Balalaika (Oct 21), Mozart on violin and spinet (Nov 18), Baroque French organ (Nov 23), guitar trio doing Bach and Johnson (Dec 2) and traditional Gregorian chant (Dec 16).

There are often free organ concerts on Sunday afternoons at St-Eustache (1st, Les Halles), St-Paul-St-Louis (4th, Marais), Notre-Dame (4th) and St-Sulpice (6th).
Simply check the signs by the door for “Récital d'orgue”.

For classical music, the Louvre often has free classical concerts (click on “Auditorium”).

[denise]

:)The organ recital at st Eustache has been on my list this year, but in July we were in the Parc floral listening to the wonderful jazz and in October we were at Longchamps. So I really, really intended to go in December. We visited the church in October and checked details. The concert is at 17.30h on Sunday and I am sure there is a charge of 10euros. I remember thinking it was much more reasonable than the 26euros we paid for a concert at St Chapelle.

Now I note there are organ recitals at st Paul and St Louis which will be my "local" church in December.

Ahh..decisions, decisions! So much to do and so little time.........

Love Denise

[geordy]

Denise..we went to the concert at St. Eustache September 2007(I think Yes.. hidden in the thread.. it is in #3 Journees Patrmoine + Foie Gras Flies!!!) and there was no charge. Enjoyed it !

[denise]

Thanks Geordy...nice surprise to know concerts at St Eustace are free.

I have just been doing a bit of digging and came up with this.

www.colleensparis.com/Colleens_Paris_concerts.htm

Anyone there on 31st & 7th november? interesting to note from this.

>>"free concerts will be held in the auditorium of the Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris. Exceptionally, there will be concerts on October 31 and November

You can collect ticket 30 minutes before the start. No start times have yet been posted on the website.<<

Denise
love from England

[Jody]

We'll be there on the 31st. May give it a try

Thanks

[sunshine817]

I went to a concert at La Madeleine a couple of weeks ago -- Verdi's Fantastica, and Beethoven's Requiem. The seats were 40 Euros, but we sat only an arm's length from the performers, who were simply amazing.

Loved it, loved it, loved it -- there are tons of concerts at La Madeleine -- with flyers posted all around that area of the city. My only regret was missing Les Quatres Saisons -- but it was on a Tuesday -- impossible with work and school.

[Happygoin]

Thanks, Gitte, for bumping this. It's very timely since one of the things I will do with my teen ami this trip is go to a music event at one of the churches, hopefully just prior to dinner on Saturday evening. The website ampconcerts.com is updated on a monthly basis, so November's events will be posted soon. But your list is a keeper too.

[annette]

We didn't manage a concert on our trip, but were at Sacre Coeur last week when the 6pm Saturday service started. We decided to sit down and rest our feet to the sweet voices of a handful of nuns. The acoustics made their small choir sound quadruple it's size. I can't wait to attend a full offering in one of these cathedrals.

[MaisonMetz]

Gitte,

Thanks for resurrecting this thread. An exhalt from me for a super resource. Have bookmarked it for future reference.

While not organ music or a church concert per se, the Collège des Bernadins also has some musical events. We attended a piano recital there earlier this month, so I've added its website to my list of places to check for concerts.

www.collegedesbernardins.fr/index.php/art/musique.html

Jo