WIDOR - TOCCATA - CAVAILLÉ-COLL ORGAN OF MANCHESTER TOWN HALL
Toccata from Symphony No. 5 in F by Charles-Marie Widor performed by Jonathan Scott on the Cavaillé-Coll Organ in the Great Hall of Manchester Town Hall, Manchester, UK. Filmed September 2018. For full specification and information about this important instrument see below.
Film & Sound by Tom Scott
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THE ORGAN OF MANCHESTER TOWN HALL
CAVAILLÉ-COLL, PARIS 1877 & 1893
T.C. LEWIS, BRIXTON 1912
JARDINE, MANCHESTER 1970
This organ was originally built with three manuals and pedals by the celebrated French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll in 1877. Cavaillé-Coll returned to enlarge the instrument and added a fourth solo manual in 1893. The organ was rebuilt and further enlarged with the addition of a fifth manual by T.C. Lewis in 1912. A minor rebuild took place by Jardine Organ Builders in 1970 which provided a new console.
The organ contains the largest body of Cavaillé-Coll pipework in the UK and despite years of neglect it remains one the finest and most important musical instruments in Britain. The organ became unreliable for concerts in the late 1990’s and large parts of the instrument are unplayable due to collapsing pipework, perished leatherwork or mechanical/electrical failure. The Grade I listed Town Hall is currently closed for a 330 million pound restoration until 2024 which will require the temporary removal and storage of this instrument.
SPECIFICATION
Pedal
Soubasse 32 Cavaillé-Coll (1893)
Great Bass 16 Lewis
Contre Bass 16 Cavaillé-Coll
Principal 16 GO Cavaillé-Coll
Bourdon 16 GO Cavaillé-Coll
Octave 8 GO Cavaillé-Coll/Lewis (was Violoncelle)
Flute Bass 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Bourdon 8 GO Cavaillé-Coll
Flute 4 Lewis
Contra Bombarde 32 Lewis
Bombarde 16 Cavaillé-Coll
Trompette 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Man. I Choir (Enclosed)
Principal 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Salicional 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Unda Maris 8 TC Cavaillé-Coll
Cor de Nuit 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Flute Douce 4 Cavaillé-Coll
Octavin 2 Cavaillé-Coll
Carillon I-III Cavaillé-Coll
Trompette 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Clarinette 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Voix Humaine 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Tremulant
Man. II Great
Principal 16 Cavaillé-Coll
Bourdon 16 Cavaillé-Coll
Diapason 1 (Montre 8) Cavaillé-Coll
Diapason 2 8 Cavaillé-Coll/Lewis (was Violoncelle)
Flute Harmonique 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Bourdon 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Gambe 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Prestant 4 Cavaillé-Coll
Quinte 2 2/3 Cavaillé-Coll
Doublette 2 Cavaillé-Coll
Plein-Jeu V-VII Cavaillé-Coll (harmonic mixture)
Basson 16 Cavaillé-Coll
Trompette 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Clairon 4 Cavaillé-Coll
Man. III Swell (Enclosed)
Bourdon 16 Cavaillé-Coll
Diapason 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Flute Harmonique 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Viole de Gambe 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Voix Celeste 8 TC Cavaillé-Coll
Prestant 4 Cavaillé-Coll
Flute Octaviante 4 Cavaillé-Coll
Plein-Jeu III-V Cavaillé-Coll (harmonic mixture)
Basson 16 Cavaillé-Coll
Basson-Hautbois 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Trompette 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Clairon 4 Cavaillé-Coll
Tremulant
Man. IV Solo (Enclosed)
Diapason Stentor 8 Lewis
Rohr Gedact 8 Lewis
Nazard 2 2/3 Jardine
Grosse Clarinet 8 Lewis
Tremulant
Man. IV Solo (Unenclosed)
Diapason 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Flute Harmonique 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Flute Harmonique 4 Cavaillé-Coll
Musette 8 Cavaillé-Coll
Tromba 8 Lewis
Tuba 8 Lewis (original CC chamades revoiced)
Tuba Clarion Lewis (original CC chamades revoiced)
Man. V Echo
Viole d’Orchestre 8 Lewis
Echo Dulciana 8 Lewis
Viole Celeste 8 TC Lewis
Philomel 8 Lewis
Viole Cornet V Lewis
Tremulant
Couplers
Swell to Pedal
Swell to Great
Swell to Choir
Swell octave
Swell suboctave
Swell unison off
Choir to Great
Choir to Pedal
Choir octave
Choir suboctave
Choir unison off
Great to Pedal
Solo to Pedal
Echo to Pedal
Solo to Great
Solo to Swell
Echo to Swell
Solo Octave
Solo Sub Octave
Solo Unison Off
Echo Octave
Echo Sub Octave
Echo Unison Off
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