Invitation
For those of us who were involved in the restoration this was a time of celebration. The instrument itself is unique not only in Burgos but in the surrounding area as well. Even in France it is hard to find an organ like this in its original condition. The instrument was built in Cavaillé-Coll’s Paris workshop under the supervision of Charles Mutin, Cavaillé-Coll’s successor, and was installed in Burgos in May of 1905. Its specifications, as well as a number of features in its construction, place it firmly within this period. It has remained practically unaltered for the last one hundred years while the vast majority of organs built during the same period have either disappeared or have undergone substantial changes.
On November 12th 2004 in the Church of the Merced in Burgos, we were able to hear the results of all this work in the concert, which Jean-Claude Guidarini offered us.
Mr. Guidarini is titulaire at the Cavaillé-Coll organ at the Cathedral in Saint Alain de Lavaur and teaches organ at the École Nationale de Musique et Danse in Tarn. He performed compositions by Alexis Chauvet, Alexandre Boëly, César Franck, Guy Ropartz, Charles Tournemire and Jean Bouvard.