2011 Casavant Organ - Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

2011 Casavant Organ - Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts - Kansas City, Missouri

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Brent Johnson talks with Jan Kraybill, Curator of Organs for the Kauffman Center about the Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant organ of The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri.
Specification of the organ: pipeorgandatabase.org/organ/4...
Kauffman Center of the Arts page about the organ: www.kauffmancenter.org/about/...
Jan's albums:
The Orchestral Organ CD: www.amazon.com/dp/B07QBRK9VB?...
The Orchestra Organ MP3: www.amazon.com/dp/B07RFNSRKT?...
Organ Polychrome CD: www.amazon.com/dp/B00LUH9CSI?...
Organ Polychrome MP3: www.amazon.com/dp/B00Q3W02YI?...
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 Organ CD: www.amazon.com/dp/B00WUFBQ92?...
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 Organ MP3: www.amazon.com/dp/B00XDCWB2W?...
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00:00 Introduction
04:25 Grand Orgue
07:41 Positiv
13:05 Récit
17:58 Pedale
21:52 Grand Choeur
31:29 Being a concert hall organist
33:49 Chamber Tour, Grand Orgue and Pedal
37:09 Inside the Grand Choeur chamber
39:18 Inside the Récit chamber and Grand Orgue reeds
41:31 Lower level, facade pipes and Positiv
44:42 Lowest level, winding and pedal opens
46:27 Backstage and blower
48:26 Closing

Пікірлер: 64

@729MendicantTide Жыл бұрын

It really does seem that Casavant build works of art as much as they build instruments.

@ErikN1 2 ай бұрын

This may be the only organ in the world that you can step into right from an elevator. Amazingly unique and cool. Thanks for sharing this beautiful instrument with us here on KZfaq.

@peterfennema3112 Ай бұрын

Wow! What an instrument. I so appreciate Jan's spirit, knowledge, and love for this instrument. And, she's a great player!

@bobmcrobertson848 Жыл бұрын

Jan is the kind of organist that gives us a good name. She’s personable, gracious, delightful and has a great knowledge of how the organ works and can explain it well. I love how passionate she is about certain stops and ensembles and uses them to fine effect. Thanks Brent for being awesome as well!

@ryankramer Жыл бұрын

She played an entire Mother’s Day program for us yesterday here in KC. And her banter between songs couldn’t have been more charismatic. She was an utter joy. 👏🏻

@kodygoad9711 Жыл бұрын

The very last chord omg! Almost every stop on the organ. Made me chuckle and smile.

@OrganNLou Жыл бұрын

Jan did an incredible job of playing and touring this Casavant organ!

@JeffWindoloski Жыл бұрын

The fact that the 32' pedal reed speaks directly to the room must be phenomenal to hear in person... Love it!! 😊

@JWHall-il8oe Жыл бұрын

Great video; magnificent instrument. Every Casavant I've played is a delight. So happy they are keeping the French tradition alive. Aristide Cavaillé-Coll would be pleased, I think.

@MarioPearson Жыл бұрын

Jan Kraybill is a consummate artist, an amazing human being, and a dear friend. Thanks for inspiring us with your kindness and inspiring us to be even better organists.

@bakerdamusic32 Жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this one!!!

@tokugawa12able Жыл бұрын

And it was worth it. The instrument is exceptional and Jan Kraybill is personable, professional and pure class. To have met her and sung with her in accompaniment was pure joy.

@johnlandacre767 Жыл бұрын

Amazing instrument. Jan is masterful in everything concerning this organ. She knows it from top to bottom, and can play it magnificently. Well done, Jan, and thank you Brent, for making this available for everyone to enjoy.

@albertpeckham8708 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Jan is a talented as I remember from a "couple" of years ago! Hello Jan! Good to hear you again. Keep going. Cheers.

@markaustin4370 Жыл бұрын

Lovely organ and Jan is a delight How pleasant

@markaustin4370 Жыл бұрын

Forgot to mention. The tuning was fabulous. As an organ technician for 30+ years it always gives me a thrill to hear an instrument lock into tune on a big final chord. Bravo!!!

@auralsonicwaves7170 Жыл бұрын

This is a beautiful example of why the organ is the "King of Instruments!" This organ not only sounds amazing but it is architecturally beautiful. Fantastic!

@d.singler-kron9034 3 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@curtchase3730 Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful cheery young lady and a fantastic robust organ! I bet that organ was the toy she always wanted as a child, but finally got into adulthood. Some of the sample chords she played gave me goosebumps! The reeds/trumpets are so powerful. Would love to get a high quality CD recording of a recital. What a beautiful instrument!

@andrewpetersen5272 16 күн бұрын

There are two recordings available on the Reference label.

@mendesnelson 8 ай бұрын

Jan's smile at the end of the final piece - priceless!!!!

@johnwobma6532 Жыл бұрын

Truly an amazing instrument. Mere words cannot possibly describe it's splendor! Thanks for a wonderful video. Jan plays with such dynamic and technique!

@Mark_Dyer1 Жыл бұрын

What an astonishing venue, and such an eccentric case.

@organist1982 11 ай бұрын

Not my favorite facade aesthetic, but at least it doesn't look quite as chaotic as that of Disney Hall's organ!

@Mark_Dyer1 11 ай бұрын

Agreed, sir!@@organist1982

@bernardcromarty485 Жыл бұрын

Love this! Clearly a design leaning towards the great Aristide Cavaille-Coll, my favourite organ builder.

@Durufle68 Жыл бұрын

I just LOVE her!!!

@stevenbergstrom4360 Жыл бұрын

I’ve heard Jan Kraybill play the Auditorium organ, the Temple organ, and the Kaufman organ. There is a huge difference in these instruments but also a unifying voice among them. I like to think that voice is Jan’s. No visiting organist can match the grandiosity, the subtlety and the charm she brings to these instruments

@accousticdecay Жыл бұрын

Fantastic organ and superb, charming demonstration. Thanks for posting. Having cut my teeth on a 1967 IV/75 Casavant, some ranks sound familiar, but others are quite different.

@christianschwarz1574 Жыл бұрын

What an amazing instrument. I can't stop listening. Thank you for such a lovely demonstration.

@blu4r414 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the demonstration, I personally love hearing music inbetween the demonstration of the manuals

@james.flores Жыл бұрын

What a fantastic instrument. Versatile in every single way. I’d love to play there one day.

@timstoffel4799 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the wonderful tonal and physical tour of this wonderful instrument. It is not real often that you get to see the interior of a really big tracker action instrument like this one. Thanks!

@funtclaps77 11 ай бұрын

What a breathtaking instrument! I had the ultimate honor of growing up with Casavant-Freres Opus 1230 installed at my hometown University. That one is in two screened chambers with no visible pipes, but THIS ONE! WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW!

@fburton8 Жыл бұрын

What amazes me is that all those tracker and roller bar linkages and levers allow the valve to be opened with just the force of a finger on a key.

@patgrindol536 Жыл бұрын

I was impressed by the basic Principal 8': full and clear without being tubby!

@handieguy 6 ай бұрын

Lovely flutes

@johnfisher9816 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding!! Thank you.

@michaelmiller1215 Жыл бұрын

A magnificent instrument!

@SingerGeneLeonard Жыл бұрын

Amazing instrument I would love to hear it in person!!

@Lakesideforge Жыл бұрын

I love your videos but I wish you would do a demonstration of the Tuti of each organ.

@kodygoad9711 Жыл бұрын

Watch the last couple minutes

@christianfeldmann8287 Жыл бұрын

More Big ohne more like this !🤘

@PeterRabbit000 10 ай бұрын

Wow, just wow!

@rts100x5 Жыл бұрын

I have the RR recording Orchestral Organ Hybrid SACD ....its absolutely a MUST have for any serious collection

@kimballwhitaker6092 Жыл бұрын

Jan says she has no mixtures on the Grand Orgue, but the spec shows 3 (Grande Fourniture, Fourniture and Cymbale). How can that be?

@williamtrego6576 Жыл бұрын

I wondered the same thing. I noticed she skipped over a few other stops, such as the string and celeste on the positif. Perhaps just too many stops to keep straight on the multiple organs she plays in KC?

@organist1982 11 ай бұрын

I was looking for this comment; I'm surprised no one else caught that.

@litoboy5 Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@PointyTailofSatan Жыл бұрын

We have a small 25 stop North German voiced Casavant in Toronto, that is SO good for Bach, organists like Peter Hurford have come over from Europe just to record on it. Considering it has no swell shutters, or even a combination action, it gives you some idea how amazing it sounds. Also, it happens to be the sister Casavant to the one used by Glenn Gould to record the Art of Fugue. That organ was destroyed by fire though. 😞

@user-ce2gr7ck2v 5 ай бұрын

Our Church has been decommissioned and are selling our 1935 Cassavant 350 pipe organ located in Springhill NS.

@jrzzrj Жыл бұрын

👍 Absolutely incredible organ. Is it a total tracker type organ? I can't imagine that as with the huge expanse /location of all the different pipes on 3 stories!!

@WilliamMitchell-sc3fe 7 ай бұрын

Play sll the 32' and the 16' pedal reeds all at once💥🎇🎆😁

@MWAshby-bb1ee Жыл бұрын

Another great video story! Is Kansas City home to two of the largest mechanical action instruments in the U.S.?

@fburton8 Жыл бұрын

No subs or supers... interesting!

@michaelhodge9902 Жыл бұрын

Can you play ode to joy on this organ because I want to see the roller bars on the grand orgue division moving.

@patrickrichmond9896 Жыл бұрын

Nice organ! Although with my eyes, I might need help getting to the organ. This is due to that it is so high up and I am not sure what I could hang on to without my eyes messing up. So if there is an easier way up to it, that would be great.

@mattnbin Жыл бұрын

Interesting pronunciation of “bass” as “bus” However pronounces “bourdon” perfectly!!!! Very rare for an American.

@user-ds2yw2ct9n Жыл бұрын

Even piccolo on organ does not sound as crappy as the original pipe.

@samueljaramillo4221 Жыл бұрын

One of the ugliest buildings I’ve see in the outside but beautiful in the outside.

@MrReeferRod Жыл бұрын

I’m disappointed. My receipt division never played any music like this one does. All mine does is tell me how much I spent and reminds me why I’m poor 😂

@jimmorgan5612 Жыл бұрын

Was the case designed by a 5 year old?

@organist1982 11 ай бұрын

I don't understand why modern halls feel the need to bring a "fresh" look to organ facades by making them asymmetrical and/or tacky, but at least this one doesn't look as chaotic as the facade in Disney Hall's organ!

@andrewpetersen5272 16 күн бұрын

Pity you both were not consulted.