Westminster Central Hall

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Westminster Central Hall
View of the great organ

Westminster Central Hall , Westminster Methodist Hall or Westminster Methodist Central Hall is a building in London , England . It is on Victoria Street , just off Parliament Square , next to the Elizabeth II Conference Center and across from Westminster Abbey .

It is a multi-purpose building: a Methodist church, a conference and exhibition center, an art gallery, an office building, and at the same time is a tourist attraction. The "Great Hall" can accommodate up to 2,352 people.

history

The Methodist Central Hall was built in 1912 as a memorial to mark the centenary of John Wesley's death on the grounds of the Royal Aquarium, Music Hall and Imperial Theater , an event complex that existed from 1876 to 1903.

About 1,025,000 donors contributed to the construction of the Central Hall, who contributed to the Wesleyan Methodist Twentieth Century Fund (also known as the Million Guinea Fund) between 1898 and 1908. The aim of this foundation was to collect one million guineas from one million Methodists .

The first meeting of the United Nations took place in the Central Hall in 1946.

From 1932 to 2000 the Methodist Central Hall Westminster served as the headquarters of the Methodist Church of Great Britain .

organ

The organ was built in 1912 by the organ builder Arthur Hill. 1968 to 1970 the organ was reorganized and expanded by the organ builders Rushworth & Dreaper, and was last overhauled in 2011 by the organ builders Harrison & Harrison. The instrument has 57 registers (4731 pipes) on four manuals and a pedal. The action actions are electro-pneumatic, the stop actions are electric.

I Choir C – c 4
Open diapason 8th'
Stopped diapason 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Open flute 4 ′
Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Fifteenth 2 ′
Flageolet 2 ′
Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture III
Trumpet 8th'
Tremulant
II Great C – c 4
Double Open Diapason 16 ′
Open Diapason No. I 8th'
Open Diapason No II 8th'
Open Diapason No III 8th'
Clarabella 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Principal 4 ′
Hollow flute 4 ′
Twelfth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Fifteenth 2 ′
Mixture IV
Contra trombones 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Octave Trumpet 4 ′
III Swell C-c 4
Cone Gamba 16 ′
Open diapason 8th'
Lovely covered 8th'
Gamba 8th'
Voix Celeste 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Lovely tide 4 ′
Flageolet 2 ′
Mixture III
oboe 8th'
Vox Humana 8th'
Tremulant
Contra fagotto 16 ′
Cornopean 8th'
Clarion 4 ′
IV Solo C – c 4
Harmonic flute 8th'
Concert flute 4 ′
Piccolo 2 ′
Viol d'Orchestre 8th'
Voix Celestes 8th'
Clarinet 8th'
Orchestral oboe 8th'
Tremulant
French horn 8th'
Orchestral Trumpet 8th'
tuba 8th'
Pedal C – g 1
Contra violone 32 ′
Major bass 16 ′
Open diapason 16 ′ (Tr. Great)
Violone 16 ′ (Ext. 32 ')
Contra gamba 16 ′ (Tr. Swell)
Bourdon 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Flood 8 ′ (Ext. Bourdon 16 ')
Fifteenth 4 ′
Stopped Flute 4 ′ (Ext. Bourdon 16 ')
Mixture IV
Contra trumpet 32 ′ (Ext. Contra Trombone 16 'Great)
trombone 16 ′ (Tr. Great)
Trombones 16 ′
Contra fagotto 16 ′ (Tr. Swell)
Trumpet 8 ′ (Ext. Trombone 16 ')
  • Couple
    • Normal coupling: I / II, III / I, III / II, IV / I, IV / II, IV / III, I / P, II / P, III / P, IV / P.
    • Sub- and super-octave coupling: III / III, IV / IV. Unison off III, Unison off IV (equivalent position from).
  • Further playing aids: swell kicks for III (swell) and IV (solo, except tuba 8 '); 8 General Combinations (x 256 memory levels) and 8 Divisional Combinations for each part of the system; Sequencer forward and backward.

Web links

Commons : Westminster Central Hall  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More information on the history of the organ and the disposition

Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 0 ° 7 ′ 48 ″  W.