2912 x 4368 px | 24,7 x 37 cm | 9,7 x 14,6 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
1 settembre 2016
Ubicazione:
Wells Cathedral. Somerset. UK.
Altre informazioni:
Quire and the main organ of Wells Cathedral. Somerset UK. From Welles Cathedral website: http://www.wellscathedral.org.uk/music-the-choir/organs-and-organists/ The present organ dates back to an instrument built by Henry Willis in 1857 (containing pipework of Samuel Green from 1786). This was enlarged by Harrison and Harrison in 1910 and was substantially rebuilt by them in 1973/4. It now consists of 67 stops – five divisions spread across four manuals. The original organ case was provided by the Friends of Wells Cathedral during the 1973/74 rebuild to a design by Mr Alan Rome, FRIBA. At the top of the two large towers on the Quire front will be seen four carved medallion profiles outlined in red, which are portraits of the great English church composers S. S. Wesley, C. V. Stanford, Byrd and Purcell. Two of the orginal wooden angels at the top of the case here reinstated and the entire case is resplendent in coats of gold leaf. The organ now stands as an eclectic instrument, properly equipped not only for the accompaniment of the choral services in the Quire, which is its chief function, but also for the interpretation of all periods and styles of organ music. (71)
