DESCRIPTION:
Loek Jehee plays at Forcalquier historic organ (sample set), with images of the Cathedral and surrounding city.
The Premier Livre d'Orgue contains two suites, one of the first and one of the second tone. Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676 - 1749) was organist of the Maison Royale de Saint Louis à St. Cyr (an institution for young girls from the poor nobility) and of the Eglise Paroissiale de St. Sulpice. He dedicated this work to Monsieur Raison, organist de l'Abbaye Royale de St. Genevieve du Mont et des R.R.P.P. Jacobins de la rue St. Jaques.
Forcalquier Cathedral (Concathédrale Notre-Dame-du-Bourguet de Forcalquier) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in the town of Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Erected in the 12th century, the cathedral of Forcalquier was a second seat of the Bishop of Sisteron, and for that reason is referred to as a co-cathedral. The nave, the choir, the transept and the cloister date from the early 13th century, representing one of the first examples of Gothic style in southern France. The bell tower is from the 16th century. The church houses a panel of the Triumph of Christ by Pierre Mignard.
History of the Grand Organ
1627: construction of an organ of 9 stops on a manual and pedals by Pierre Marchand
1786 renewal of the keyboard
During the Revolution, the organ was used for parties of the new regime ...
1803 went to worship, the organ has some maintenance work
1847 reconstruction of the organ by Antoine Moitessier with reuse of old equipment. The organ then has 22 stops on a Grand Organ of 54 notes, above Swell 30 notes and a pedal 4 stops (mechanical bond) in 18 steps. The Moitessier organ has a new buffet, which is what we can still admire today.
1857 Moitessier places an independent pedal four stops.
1932 restoration by the Cavaillé-Coll - Mutin
The pedal is increased to 30 steps, deleted mechanical bond and the first two octaves Story completed in tire.
1981: Reconstruction by Alain Sals.
2000: replacement pedal Moitessier, add 2 sets of pedal and replacement bass Voix Humaine by Alain Charles Henry and Sals