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    La Sagrada Familia

    I know that this is the pipe organ forum but I didn't
    know just where to put this video. I was in awe when
    I watched it. Many of you left me in awe by showing
    all of those beautiful pipe organ pictures. Well here's
    the video. Tell me what you think.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luDJfH-i20U
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    It is a beautiful building ... here is some information about the organ.

    The basilica's website can be found here.
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    Is anybody ever going to live long enough for that thing to be COMPLETE? Everything you read talks about it being '"incomplete", and they have been at it for decades. At least by now it's far enough along to have a roof and an organ.

    But do you call that an organ??? Two manuals and pedal for such a "Gaudi" place? And I know enough Spanish to catch that those stop names are simply translations of the same things in three or four other languages.

    Maybe some day the will get far enough along on the building to put in a real organ. But given the rate things are going, it will probably take at least twenty years to build the organ.

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    I'm glad you liked it. I didn't know that such a
    beautiful church like that even existed.
    I also found out that this church is also a big
    tourist attraction and has been in a lot of
    movies including a cartoon version of the church
    in Rise of Darkari. I would get very lost in
    such a big church but be delighted that I was.
    In spite of the pipe organ being so small
    it must have more ranks than the one at
    my church. The one I go to is the biggest
    one in my town and the oldest.
    judy tooley

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    Thank you Judy, that is a gorgeous edifice. Some of these projects do seem to go on forever. I am not certain if The Cathedral of St. John the Devine or Washington National Cathedral are finished yet, and they have been in progress for about a hundred years, more or less. some of the Spanish Architects do magnificent work such as this in Barcelona and the designs of Calavaro in Seville.
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    I know if I walked into a place like this I would probably feel like I stepped into heaven.
    I can agree with some of you about the organ being small. But it probably has enough
    ranks to pack a punch unlike some small organs. Did you see some of the stairwells?
    This place to me is breath taking.
    judy tooley

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    Great thread Judy and one that brings back many memories. I first visited this cathedral over 40years ago and I too was entranced. My youngest daughter visited Barcleona this summer purely to study Gaudis work. If you are not familiar with his work look him up on the web and prepare to be entranced by his architecture

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    I know I'm in awe of this place.
    judy tooley

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    Many cathedrals and large churches are steeped in age, and they still stand there. Whether or not they are "finisheed" probably depends on whom you ask.

    Interestingly, some of the more recent examples have stirred up as much controversy as reverence. Architects seem to be like most artists -- they want to push the boundaries and see how "avant garde" they can be. The Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles has come in for its share of criticism, to say nothing of the new one in Oakland, CA, which they say has the acoustics of an echo chamber. How many more bishops/cardinals are going to want to put up monuments to themselves? Do any of these new-fangled attempts compare with Notre Dame, Chartres, Reims, or Lincoln?

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    Organ at La Sagrad Familia

    I found this link to a youtube video of the organ being played:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm5me3AAclA

    Here is a link to the organ in the old cathedral in Barcelona:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL8gq7307Jk

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    Welcome to the forum Voet! I just wonder what El Virola means.
    judy tooley

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    My what a modern console .Sure was not what I was expecting. Nice sound
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    I have been trying to post some more pictures of Gaudis work in Baecelona, but with no success. Maybe someone else with a better brain will succeed

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    That's okay. You can find these pictures to download somewhere.
    Usually I right click on the picture I want and save it with a name
    which works better for me. This is a beautiful church and I do
    like churches. I grew up going to those little country churches and
    now that I live in a small to medium town, I found the church I
    belong to now and I was in awe of it when I stepped foot into
    it. The Methodist church I go to is just as beautiful to me and
    I live just down the street from it. I will give you a picture of
    my church to compare with La Sagrada Familia. Don't under
    estimate the size of an organ. My church has a small pipe
    organ that's probably smaller than the one at La Sagrada Familia
    and it packs a real punch for it's small size.
    judy tooley
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    Thanks Judy. Nice picture of your church.

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