[Theme] The Organ Thread

[Ann]

From Google:
"The main organ in Oslo Cathedral was built by Norwegian organ builders Ryde & Berg in 1998. The organ façade is the original one from the Baroque organ of 1727 built by the Danish organ builder Lambert Daniel Kastens, who studied and worked with the famous North German organ builder Arp Schnitger."

I was fortunate to have a day to spend in Oslo after our wonderful safari around Norway in 2010 because my flight home had been changed due to badly behaving volcanoes in Iceland.
I took these shots of the fairly new organ in Oslo's Cathedral that day.

[Akira]

From Google:
"The main organ in Oslo Cathedral was built by Norwegian organ builders Ryde & Berg in 1998. The organ façade is the original one from the Baroque organ of 1727 built by the Danish organ builder Lambert Daniel Kastens, who studied and worked with the famous North German organ builder Arp Schnitger."

I was fortunate to have a day to spend in Oslo after our wonderful safari around Norway in 2010 because my flight home had been changed due to badly behaving volcanoes in Iceland.
I took these shots of the fairly new organ in Oslo's Cathedral that day.

This is a literally gorgeous organ!  The blue reflection on the pipes makes the entire organ even more gorgeous!

[Ann]

This is Oslo’s third cathedral. It was originally built during the 17th century but was heavily "Gothicised" during the 19th century.
Further work during the late 20th century saw the removal of the 19th century work and the restoration of 17th century gilded carvings, the painting of the ceiling and the installation of the new organ.
The cathedral is now very bright and airy.
 
There is a second (but smaller) organ halfway down the central Nave.

[ColinM]

The organ is good, but the setting is amazing.
I'm not religious, but reckon visiting here would give many people a religious experience!

[Ann]

I am glad that you both enjoyed these photographs of that very beautiful organ in a most impressive space.

[armando_m]

Ann , very beautiful organ

Nice to see you are posting again

[Luc]

Choir organ Grote Sint-Laurenskerk, Alkmaar/Netherlands

The Grote Sint-Laurenskerk has two world-famous organs: the Van Covelens organ (also called the Choir organ) and the Van Hagerbeer/Schnitger or Large organ.

The Choir Organ dates from 1511 and is placed against the north wall of the church. The last restoration of this oldest playable organ in the Netherlands was completed in the year 2000. In 1636, ideas arose for the construction of a large organ in the church. Various organ builders worked on it, but in 1645 Jacobus Caltus van Hagerbeer completed the Great Organ. Jacob van Campen designed the organ case and Caesar van Everdingen was commissioned in 1643 to paint the doors of the organ case with 'the triumph of the Coninck Saul'. This painting is one of his first major works. Above the organ, the painter Romeyn de Hooghe painted the baroque-style 'The Virtue, which crushes the Vice'. From 1723 to 1725, the Great Organ was restored and expanded by Frans Caspar Schnitger. Subsequently, various restorations have been made to this organ over time.

Image shot with a Ricoh GRIII

GRIII_R0000305 by Luc de Schepper, on Flickr

[Bruno Schroder]

Boulogne sur mer, France. iPhone

[Frank Fremerey]

The thread is nine years old and still alive and kicking

[Bruno Schroder]

And I still have half a dozen unpublished organ pictures sitting around somewhere

[Frank Fremerey]

And I still have half a dozen unpublished organ pictures sitting around somewhere

Ditto

Lots of Organ pictures on my hard drive. Much better in taking than I am in publishing.

[Airy]

Several thousands... but for technical documentation. And very few fresh ones.

[Bruno Schroder]

Forcalquier, cathédrale Notre Dame du Bourguet.
iPhone and D500 10.5/2.8 DX

[Airy]

Paris, Saint Séverin. The ancient organ case is elegant, but not even a match for the sheer seduction that this particular organ is capable of. It was rebuilt in 1963 when the interest in recovering that "baroque sound" was peaking, and was well served by the local organists, esp. the late Michel Chapuis, André Isoir, and Jean Boyer. Bloody hell, all my idols from my teenage years are dead. Where am I heading to?

The front pipes are quite old, and blackened by gaslighting emanations in ancient times. Organ builders then preferred to leave the pipes alone, because reverting the chemical reactions on the surface of the pipes may have ruined them.

Zf, Voigtländer 50/1.0 at f/4, 1/15s with stabilizer, 1400 ISO, no de-noising.

[ColinM]

Forcalquier, cathédrale Notre Dame du Bourguet.
iPhone and D500 10.5/2.8 DX

I really like the second one, to give a striking impression of what it must have felt like in there Bruno.