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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments

[2013 Pipedreams Tour to Spain]  Click Here to see the 2013 Tour Booklet

[2011 Blancafort organ at Basílica Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain][decorative stamp]
2011 Blancafort organ at Basílica Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain

[1907 Walcker organ at Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, Spain][decorative stamp]
1907 Walcker organ at Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, Spain

[2008 Grenzing organ at Convent de Sant Francesc, Palma, Spain][decorative stamp]
2008 Grenzing organ at Convent de Sant Francesc, Palma, Spain

[1765 Bosch organ at Parròquia de St. Andreu, Santanyi, Spain][decorative stamp]
1765 Bosch organ at Parròquia de St. Andreu, Santanyi, Spain

[2009 Grenzing organ at Iglesia de Santa María la Real, Deba, Spain][decorative stamp]
2009 Grenzing organ at Iglesia de Santa María la Real, Deba, Spain

2013 Pipedreams Tour - Pipe Organs of Spain

The itinerary for this year's tour of The Pipe Organs of Spain took PIPEDREAMS host Michael Barone and his coach full of 40 organ-loving friends to Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Burgos, Toledo and Madrid for opportunities to hear and play Iberian instruments ranging in size from four to seventy-one stops. They'll also travelled to the Basque region in the north to experience its romantic-era Cavaillé-Coll organs, visited the famous monastery at Montserrat and the organ-building shop of Gerhard Grenzing, where they met iconic teacher and recitalist Montserrat Torrent, and later enjoyed an after-hours presentation of the new Blancafort installation in the Gaudi-designed Basilica Sagrada Familia.

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Itinerary:

Tuesday, May 14: Barcelona

Gerhard Grenzing Organ Builders


Wednesday, May 15: Barcelona

Santa Maria de Montserrat, 2010 Blancafort (IV/63)

Museo de la Música, 1719 Perez (I/7) – 17th C. Anonymous (I/7); 2005 Grenzing – 1590 Hauslaib (I/4 + espineta) Claviorgan, Grenzing 2012

Basílica Sagrada Familia, 2011 Blancafort (II/26)


Thursday, May 16: Barcelona/Palma de Mallorca

Barcelona, Palau de la Música Catalana, 1907 Walcker (IV/63); 2003 Grenzing

Barcelona, Basílica Santa Maria del Mar, 18th C. Anonymous (II/21); 1998 Grenzing (III/44)


Friday, May 17: Palma de Mallorca/Bilbao

Palma, Convent de St. Agusti (Eglésia dels Socors), 1703 Damià & Sebastià Caimari (III/30); 1970 Grenzing

Palma, Convent de Sant Francesc, 2008 Grenzing (III/55) – Gothic facade

Santanyi, Parròquia de St. Andreu, 1765 Bosch (II/23); 1978-2002 Grenzing


Saturday, May 18: Bilbao/San Sebastian

Azpetia, Basílica de Loyola, 1889 Cavaillé-Coll (III/36)

Azkoitia, Iglesia Santa Maria la Real, 1898 Cavaillé-Coll (III/40)

Deba, Iglesia de Santa María la Real, 2009 Grenzing (III/35)


Sunday, May 19: San Sebastian

San Sebastian, Iglesia San Vicente, 1868 Cavaillé-Coll; 1893 Puget; 1904 Mutin (III/35)

San Sebastian, Iglesia Santa María del Coro, 1863 Cavaillé-Coll (III/44)

San Sebastian, Iglesia San Iganacio de Loyola, 1914 E. F. Walcker (II/28)

Usurbil, Iglesia del Salvador, 1907-1920 Mutin; Cavaillé-Coll (II/50)


Monday, May 20: Burgos

Catedtral de Burgos, 1883 Roqués – 1670-74 Anonymous (1/75); 1999 Grenzing – 1530 F./F. Giménez (I/8,5); 1997 Magaz

Eglesia la Merced, 1905 Cavaillé-Coll (II/56); 2004 Grenzing


Tuesday, May 21: Lerma/Madrid

Iglesia de Lerma, 1615 Quijano (I/5) – 1615 Quijano (I/12)

Madrid, Escuela Superior de Musica Riena Sofia, 2008 Grenzing (II/24)


Wednesday, May 22: Madrid

Catedral de Santa María la Real de la Almudena, 1999 Grenzing (IV/71)

Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia, 2008 Grenzing (II/24)

San Francisco el Grande, 1884 Cavaillé-Coll, (II/22)


Thursday, May 23: Getafe/Toledo

Getafe, Catedral Santa Maria Magdalena, 18th c. Echevarria (I/16)

Toledo, Catedral of Saint Mary, 1798 Verdalonga (II/33) – 1755 Echevarria (III/28) – 1791 Verdalonga (III/55)


Friday, May 24: Madrid

Real Academia de las Bellas Artes de San Fernando, 1981 Blancafort

Basilica Pontifica San Miguel, 1975 Grenzing (III/58)

Palacio Real, 1778 Bosch & Davila (III/44); Grenzing


[2010 Blancafort organ at Santa Maria de Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain]

2010 Blancafort organ at Santa Maria de Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain



















 

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