Aujourd'hui a été l'églises et musique d'orgue, demain le Louvre! (Today was churches and organ music, tomorrow the Louvre!)

Basilique Ste-Clotilde (Neo-Gothic building, the church of Cesar Franck, Charles Tournemire, and Jean Langlais)

Detail Ste-Clotilde. The bells were beautiful, had deep tone, and reverberated throughout the nave before and during worship.

The organ of Ste-Clotilde. Largely altered from Franck and Langlais' time, it maintains the wonderfully French 'montre' (foundations) and especially the reeds. The original console is in Belgium (Franck's native land).

The nave-- Ste-Clotilde. Gorgeous, peaceful. It was absolutely filled for mass- many children were present-- a point of pride for the friendly and engaging Curé.

Here we are gathered around the console, playing from some Bach scores we found. Between GP and Sam Libra is Brad Schultz '07 (brother of Ethan '12) has joined us on leave from his own vacation in Leipzig.

The shrine in Saint-Louis's (Louis IX) Sainte-Chapelle which was built to house his newly acquired relics of the Passion (allegedly the Crown of Thorns) in the early to mid 13th century. The stained glass, needless to say, is breathtaking.

The (sideways) altar and sanctuary at St-Eustache. This is where the likes of Joseph Bonnet, André Marchal, Jean Guillou have played. We heard the weekly 5:30 recital here.

The illuminated facade of the Van den Heuvel organ-- presumably the largest in Paris-- in the gallery of St-Eustache.