{"id":5751,"date":"2025-10-20T14:25:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cathedralisbruxellensis.be\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=5751"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:06:19","slug":"messiers-xavier-deprez-et-bart-jacobs-les-orgues-de-la-cathedrale-des-saints-michel-et-gudule","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/cathedralisbruxellensis.be\/en\/events\/messiers-xavier-deprez-et-bart-jacobs-les-orgues-de-la-cathedrale-des-saints-michel-et-gudule\/","title":{"rendered":"9\/05\/2026 &#8211; 15:00 &#8211; Lecture by Xavier Deprez and Bart Jacobs &#8211; \u2018The organs of the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Saturday 09\/05\/2026 (bilingual Fr\/Nl) <\/h3>\n<h3>Speakers: Messrs Xavier Deprez and Bart Jacobs, organists at the cathedral.<\/h3>\n<h3>Title: \u2018The organs of the Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudula\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Suspended 13 metres above the floor, the cathedral&#8217;s grand organ is as spectacular to behold as it is to hear. Designed in 2000 by German master organ builder Gerhard Grenzing, it combines tradition and modernity in a unique swallow&#8217;s nest design. Its sound, which is deep, rich and powerful, enhances both classical and contemporary repertoire. A true technical feat weighing 30 tonnes, concealed within an elegant wooden case, this exceptional instrument fills the cathedral and its visitors with emotion like nowhere else.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Free admission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 09\/05\/2026 (bilingual Fr\/Nl) Speakers: Messrs Xavier Deprez and Bart Jacobs, organists at the cathedral. Title: \u2018The organs of the Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudula\u2019 Suspended 13 metres above the floor, the cathedral&#8217;s grand organ is as spectacular to behold as it is to hear. Designed in 2000 by German master organ builder Gerhard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"gudula-26-categories":[],"mec_category":[120,70],"class_list":["post-5751","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-conferences-en","mec_category-gudula-26-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cathedralisbruxellensis.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/5751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cathedralisbruxellensis.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cathedralisbruxellensis.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cathedralisbruxellensis.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cathedralisbruxellensis.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5751"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cathedralisbruxellensis.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/5751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7517,"href":"https:\/\/cathedralisbruxellensis.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/5751\/revisions\/7517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cathedralisbruxellensis.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cathedralisbruxellensis.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cathedralisbruxellensis.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5751"},{"taxonomy":"gudula-26-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cathedralisbruxellensis.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gudula-26-categories?post=5751"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cathedralisbruxellensis.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=5751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}