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Description
· Duruflé: Requiem | · Villette: Tu es Petrus; Three motets | · Poulenc: Salve Regina | · Alain: Chanson à bouche fermée | · Messiaen: O sacrum convivium
Featuring Duruflé’s sublime Requiem, and as well as the luminous choral writing, will display Our Lady of Victory’s glorious new grand organ. The rest of the programme includes music by Messiaen, his celebrated O sacrum convivium, Poulenc’s heartfelt Salve Regina, and sumptuous motets by Villette.
Completing the programme, our organist Richard Pinel will showcase the Skrabl grand organ with solos drawn from the French Romantic Organ repertoire.
Why You Should Attend
Showcasing: The Grand Organ of Our Lady of Victories was commissioned in 2019, and completed in 2021. There are 53 speaking stops over four manual divisions and pedals. Built by the Slovenian firm Skrabl, it is constructed and voiced in the French Symphonic style—inspired by the 19th century work of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. Inspiration for the instrument and console is drawn from several Parisian instruments: Notre Dame Cathedral, La Madeleine, and Sacre Coeur. This French style is also imbued with a number of British design features and 21st-Century characteristics, such as a 'pedal divide' function. Some of the pipework from the old instrument was retained and restored, and these surviving pipes have been incorporated into the new organ, alongside the brand new pipework.
