Saint-Ignace

33 rue de Sèvres, 75006 Paris

Saint Ignace. Particularly well hidden on Rue de Sèvres in the 6th, you have to be a regular of the place to be able to access it without hesitation. Access is indeed through the entrance hall of a modern building which in no way suggests the vast nave to which it gives access. This church was built by the Jesuits between 1855 and 1858, financed by generous donors including Napoleon III. The building followed the neo- Gothic fashion that was spreading at the time. However, its layout takes into account the Jesuit architecture: a single nave to facilitate preaching. During the dark hours of the Commune, the Jesuits had to disperse and the church was closed and then rented to a piano dealer. It was not until 1923 that it was rehabilitated and became the "Church of Foreigners" before taking the name of Saint-Ignace in 1961. In 2017, the church was completely renovated. To bring to life the 52 blind windows of the Triforium due to the interweaving of the building in apartment buildings, Patrick Rimoux designed glasses of light from the texts of Saint-Ignace. Six of them have already been installed under the organ. Texte : Thierry Correard

E5 The instrument was originally built by the Belgian builder Hippolyte Loret and was inaugurated by César Franck in 1862. But the organ gave no satisfaction, so, the Jesuits asked Cavaillé- Coll to build a new instrument of 31 stops, in the Loret case. The work was completed in 1891. Following the expulsion of the Jesuits during the law of 1905 and the disaffection of the church, Mutin was commissioned to overhaul the instrument in 1924, without making any changes to the instrument. In 1947, during a new overhaul, Danniellot and Salmon replaced the Salicional and the Cornet with a Nasard and a Tierce. In 1977, the Haerpfer-Ermann factor was commissioned to complete a complete restoration with the addition of a back positive with 11 stops. In 1998, maintenance work was carried out by Yves Koenig in collaboration with Philippe Emeriau. The organ was completely dismantled and cleaned, the worn parts replaced. The mechanics were reviewed. The keyboard, the Salicional, the Cornet and all the pieces of Cavaillé-Coll were restored. At the Positif, the Clairon was replaced by a Cromorne. In 2012, the same builders carried out new maintenance work on the traction and installation of a combinator. The organ was completely dismantled and dusted. But the main work was to renew all the bellows of the instrument. Used and obsolete stop draw reels were replaced. In 2018, Yves Fossaert replaced all the conducts eaten away by oxidation. Source Pierre Queval speaks about the organ

1862 - Hippolyte Loret (buffet) 1891 - Cavaillé-Coll (1) 1924 - Mutin (6) 1947 - Daniellot & Salmon (6) 1977 - Haerpfer-Ermann (3a) 1998/2012 - Koenig & Emeriau (5) 2012 - Koenig & Emeriau (6) 2018 - Fossaert (6)

III/43 -

traction mécanique (claviers),

traction électrique(jeux)

composition

Organiste titulaire Simon Cnockaert, Pascal Marsault, Anne-Isabelle de Parcevaux et Pierre Queval. Organistes célèbres ayants illustré l’instrument par le passé : Jacques Berthier, Michel Bonfils, Père Joseph Gelineau. Concerts Regularly Masses with organ Saturday 6:00 PM, Sunday 9:30 and 11:00 AM Vidéos Pierre Queval I Pierre Queval II Photo buffet : Jeroen de Haan Photo Console : Thierry Correard

The organs of Paris

Saint-Ignace

33 rue de Sèvres, 75006 Paris

E5 The instrument was originally built by the Belgian builder Hippolyte Loret and was inaugurated by César Franck in 1862. But the organ gave no satisfaction, so, the Jesuits asked Cavaillé-Coll to build a new instrument of 31 stops, in the Loret case. The work was completed in 1891. Following the expulsion of the Jesuits during the law of 1905 and the disaffection of the church, Mutin was commissioned to overhaul the instrument in 1924, without making any changes to the instrument. In 1947, during a new overhaul, Danniellot and Salmon replaced the Salicional and the Cornet with a Nasard and a Tierce. In 1977, the Haerpfer-Ermann factor was commissioned to complete a complete restoration with the addition of a back positive with 11 stops. In 1998, maintenance work was carried out by Yves Koenig in collaboration with Philippe Emeriau. The organ was completely dismantled and cleaned, the worn parts replaced. The mechanics were reviewed. The keyboard, the Salicional, the Cornet and all the pieces of Cavaillé-Coll were restored. At the Positif, the Clairon was replaced by a Cromorne. In 2012, the same builders carried out new maintenance work on the traction and installation of a combinator. The organ was completely dismantled and dusted. But the main work was to renew all the bellows of the instrument. Used and obsolete stop draw reels were replaced. In 2018, Yves Fossaert replaced all the conducts eaten away by oxidation. Source Pierre Queval speaks about the organ