Census ID | PEK2024a |
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Location | Beijing Performing Arts Center, Tongzhou, Beijing |
Builder | Rieger |
Specs | IV/86+Ped |
Action | Main console: Mechanical/Electric; moveable console electric |
PEK2024a is large, four-manual and pedal organ by Rieger, located in the ‘Beijing Performing Arts Center’ in Tongzhou. Although a part of the greater Beijing area, the history of Tongzhou is that of a eastern point of entry to the Chinese capital, sitting as the old town center does at the intersection of the Grand Canal with a tributary canal, about 30 kilometers east of the center of Beijing. The English name of the new arts center is bound to cause confusion with the National Center for the Performing Arts, which in fact sits in the city center, just to the west of Tiananmen Square.
The dedicatory recital was apparently held on 30 March 2024, given by organist Olivier Latry.
The organ has four main divisions plus pedal, as well as a divided chamade division, and an Echo division (also under expression, and perhaps something like an old Ethereal division).
Manual I (Grand Orgue) C-C4 | Montre 16′ Violon 16′ Montre 8′ Viole de gambe 8′ Flûte harm. 8′ Cor de nuit 8′ Quinte 5 1/3′ Prestant 4′ Flûte 4′ Tierce 3 1/5′ Quinte 2 2/3′ Doublette 2′ Fourniture V 2′ Cymbale IV 1′ Bombarde 16′ Trompette 8′ Clairon 4′ |
Manual II (Positif) | Bourdon 16′ Principal 8′ Salicional 8′ Bourdon 8′ Prestant 4′ Flûte douce 4′ Nazard 2 2/3′ Doublette 2′ Tierce 1 3/5′ Larigot 1 1/3′ Septième 1 1/7′ Piccolo 1′ None 8/9′ Plein Jeu V 1 1/3′ Basson 16′ Trompette 8′ Voix humaine 8′ |
Manual III (Récit) | Salicional 16′ Diapason 8′ Viole de gambe 8′ Flûte traversière 8′ Voix céleste 8′ Flûte octaviante 4′ Fugara 4′ Nazard harmon. 2 2/3′ Octavin 2′ Tierce harmon. 1 3/5′ Fourniture V 2′ Trompette 16′ Trompette 8′ Basson-Hautbois 8′ Clairon 4′ |
Manual IV (Solo) | Flûte majeure 8′ Flûte traversière 4′ Cornet V 8′ Trompette harm 8′ Clarinette 8′ Rossignol 8′ Carillon 8′ |
Écho (floating manual) | Viole 16′ Diapason 8′ Violoncelle 8′ Salicional 8′ Viole de gambe 8′ Gemshorn 8′ Gemshorn céleste 8′ Violin Diapason 4′ Harmonia aeth. V 2′ |
Trompeteria (floating manual) | Chamade 16′ Chamade 8′ Tuba mirabilis 8′ Trompeta real 8′ |
Pedal C-g1 | Soubasse 32′ Flûte 16′ Montre 16′ Contrebasse 16′ Bourdon 16′ Quinte 10 2/3′ Principal 8′ Violoncelle 8′ Bourdon 8′ Flûte 4′ Fourniture V 2 2/3′ Contrebombarde 32′ Contrebasson 32′ Bombarde 16′ Basson 16′ Trompette 8′ Clairon 4′ |
Couplers | II/I, III/I, IV/I, III/II, IV/II, IV/III II/I, III/I, IV/I, III/II, IV/II, IV/III I/P, II/P, III/P, IV/P Couplers (mechanical): II/I Octave Couplers: I/I 16′, I/I 4′, III/I 16′, II/II 16′, III/III 16′, III/III 4′ I/P 4′, II/P 4′, III/P 4′ |
Accessories | Positif: Tremblant. Récit: Tremolo. Solo: Tremolo, Zimbelstern. Rieger Comb. System (REA): 10 Users with 1000 combinations each and with 3 inserts each. Archive for 250 Tracks, with 250 combinations each. 4 Crescendi – adjustable Sostenuto all manuals Sostenuto + all manuals Sequencer Copy function Repeat function General cancel Rieger Tuning System Rieger Replay System MIDI Proportional Key action system |
A glimpse of the stage right chamade division.
View of the stage and PEK2024, from the website of Kahle Acoustics, consultant on the construction of the hall.