Organs of Paris

during the weekend

Saturday

6.00 PM Notre-Dame, evening mass 6.30 PM Sainte-Clotilde, evening mass 7.00 PM Saint-Germain-des-Prés, evening mass

Sunday

10.00 AM Notre-Dame, Gregorian mass, preceded by Laudes 10.00 AM or 4.00 PM Saint-Sulpice Audition (organ concert) 11 AM Many options - see below 4.00 PM Notre-Dame-de-Paris Audition 5.00 PM Saint-Eustache Audition 5.15 PM Notre-Dame Vespers and Evening Mass 6.45 PM St. Etienne-du-Mont Evening Mass Sunday 11 AM If you prefer the symphonic organs: • Saint-Sulpice (prelude starts at 10.45) • Sainte-Clotilde • Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts • Sainte-Madeleine • Notre-Dame d’Auteuil • Saint-Etienne-du-Mont • Sainte-Trinité • Notre-Dame (Masses at 10.00 and 11.30 AM) • Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix • Saint-Bernard-de-la-Chapelle The Great organ of Sacré-Coeur is being restored and cannot be heard for two years (2025-2027). If you prefer French baroque organs: • Saint-Roch • Saint-Gervais If you prefer German baroque organs: • Saint-Louis-en-l’ile Other organs you should visit (which don’t fit into any schedule): • Saint-Denis, cathédrale • Aubervilliers, Notre-Dame-des-Vertus Organ concerts (‘auditions d’orgue’) Weekly or monthly Saturday 16.00 Saint-Gervais (once per month) 17.00 Sainte-Clotilde (second Saturday of the month) Sunday 10.00 Saint-Sulpice (every Sunday, 10 AM or 4 PM) 12.30 Saint-Louis-en-l’ile (second Sunday of the month) 16.00 Notre-Dame (every Sunday) 16.00 Saint-Sulpice (every Sunday, 10 AM or 4 PM) 16.00 Sainte-Madeleine (two times a month) 17.00 Saint-Eustache (every Sunday) Consult the pdf-file for more information/details

How to hear as much

organs as possible

during a weekend?

Organ concerts (‘audition d’orgue’) are scarse in Paris. To hear the organs, you often have to attend the masses. The organ is mostly used during the masses on Saturday-evening and Sunday-morning. The organist plays the prelude (often very short), the offertoire (2-3 minutes) the communion (6-10 minutes) and the sortie (5 minutes). Many organs are tuned before Christmas and before Easter. Many organs need maintenance-works rather urgently, but the city of Paris has only very limited resources for its organs…