Chapelle de

l’Ecole militaire

1 Place Joffre, 75007 Paris

D1 In 1773, the chapel was equipped with an organ built by the Lepine factor which was dismantled during the Revolution. Part of the instrument was then reused in the organ of St Roch. In 1969 Gonzalez installed a new organ of a neo-classical design, voiced by Jean-Marc Cicchero. It was inaugurated by Marie-Madeleine Duruflé on January 20, 1970. The case has been redecorated in recent years.

1969 - Gonzalez (1)

III/23 - mechanical traction (manuals), electrical

traction (stops)

stoplist

Parish website Video (Didier Matry) J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Fugue en ut mineur BWV 537 Choral "Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein" BWV 641 Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749) Caprice sur les grands jeux Audio (Didier Matry)

Didier Matry: 4 pièces brèves

(from ‘14 Médidations’)

andante - lent - allegro - bien chanté (CD Orgues Nouvelles 2012, prise de son Nicolas Giraud)

The École Militaire is a prestigious higher military education institution, founded in 1751 by Louis XV. Designed by royal architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel, this impressive complex is still active today. It marks the southeastern end of the Champ-de-Mars, the former site of annual troop reviews before they moved to the Champs-Élysées. From 1876 to 1993, the École Supérieure de Guerre trained staff officers and generals there. Renamed Collège Interarmées de Défense in 1993 and then École de Guerre in 2011, it’s still based on site. The Saint-Louis Chapel, dedicated to the patron saint of the armies and designed by Gabriel, nestles inside the château. Napoleon Bonaparte was a student there and received his confirmation in it. Damaged during the Revolution, it was long used as a clothing depot or ballroom (for Napoleon’s coronation anniversary), before being returned to worship in 1952.

Organs of Paris