20231103_AnetaKolesińska_organy Englera
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00:00 Organs are one of the instruments in this basilica.
00:05 The most magnificent ones were built in 1750-1731 by Michał Engler Młodszew.
00:13 Actually, they were not even completed by him, because he died a year before the construction,
00:18 and his son and son-in-law completed the construction of these organs.
00:22 It was an instrument that was considered one of the best in Wrocław, if not the best.
00:27 It was richly decorated, then it was modernized in the spirit of the times it was in,
00:35 and survived the war.
00:38 Unfortunately, it did not survive the fire that broke out in 1976.
00:43 For 40 years there was no instrument.
00:47 However, thanks to Mr. Włodzimierz Patalas,
00:54 who initiated the reconstruction of these organs for the Church,
00:59 in 2018 the Czech Arts Fair was held, which was won by the Czech Film Consortium.
01:05 Today we can enjoy these organs,
01:09 reconstructed according to all the original works from 1761,
01:16 that is, according to all the preserved sources, which are the remains of the instrument of Michał Engler.
01:21 I'm not buying that.
01:21 (dramatic music)