West London Synagogue

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West London Synagogue as seen from the junction of Hampden Gurney Street and Upper Berkeley Street

The West London Synagogue ( English West London Synagogue of British Jews ), abbreviated WLS ( Hebrew ק"ק שער ציון Qahal Qadosch Sha'ar Zion , ' Holy Congregation Gate of Zion') is a Reformed synagogue near Marble Arch in London . The synagogue was built in 1870 and is one of the oldest synagogues in the United Kingdom.

history

On April 15, 1840, 24 members of the congregations of the Sephardic Bevis-Marks Synagogue Congregation and the Ashkenazi Great Synagogue Congregation canceled their membership in order to found a new congregation “for British Jews” (“neither Germans nor Portuguese”). On January 27, 1842, the West London Synagogue was established in a chapel on Burton Street. The growing congregation moved to new premises on Margaret Street in 1848, and finally, in 1870, the new synagogue on Upper Berkley Street, which could accommodate 1,000 people.

organ

The synagogue has a large organ made by Harrison & Harrison in 1908. The instrument with electro-pneumatic slider drawer was restored in 2007 by the Rieger organ builder . It has 55 stops on four manual works and a pedal .

I Great Organ C – a 3
1. Great violins 16 ′
2. Large open diap 8th'
3. Small open diap 8th'
4th Violins 8th'
5. Stopped diapason 8th'
6th Hollow flute 8th'
7th Octave 4 ′
8th. Flûte harmonique 4 ′
9. Octave Quint 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Great Octave 2 ′
11. Sesquialtera II-III
12. Trombones 16 ′
13. Trombones 8th'
14th Octave tromba 4 ′
II Choir Organ C – a 3
15th Double Salicional 16 ′
16. Pointed flute 8th'
17th Claribel fled 8th'
18th Viola da gamba 8th'
19th Lieblick covered 8th'
20th Dulciana 8th'
21st Flûte d'amour 4 ′
22nd Gemshorn 4 ′
23. Flageolet 2 ′
24. Dulciana Mixture
III Swell Organ C – a 3
25th Bourdon 16 ′
26th Open diapason 8th'
27. Reed flute 8th'
28. Echo Salicional 8th'
29 Clean flute 16 ′
30th Vox angelica 8th'
31. Principal 4 ′
32. Piccolo 2 ′
33. Mixture IV
34. Double trumps 16 ′
35. Trumpet 8th'
36. Clairon 4 ′
37. oboe 8th'
38. Vox humana 8th'
Tremulant
IV Solo Organ C – a 3
39. Contra viola 16 ′
40. Harmony flowed 8th'
41. Viole d'orchestre 8th'
42. Concert flute 4 ′
43. Viole celeste 8th'
44. Corno de Bassetto 16 ′
45. Orchestral Hautboy 8th'
46. tuba 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal Organ C – f 1
47. Major bass 32 ′
48. Openwood 16 ′
49. Violone 16 ′
50. Sub bass 16 ′
51. Salicional 16 ′
52. Flute 8th'
53. Octavewood 8th'
54. trombone 8th'
55. Ophicléïde 16 ′

Web links

Commons : West London Synagogue  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on wls.org.uk.
  2. ↑ To the disposition

Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 55.1 ″  N , 0 ° 9 ′ 43.6 ″  W.