I have seen and heard this wonderful instrument while in Taiwan and it is the greatest organ I have heard. Yes the concert hall and organ were designed to compliment each other with first class acoustics and the organ being an integral part of the auditorium. The resident organist is a fine musician and I was disappointed that he didn’t give more recitals while I was there. We also need more concerts and recitals to be posted online so many more can enjoy this great facility

The entire organ is penetrating and bombastic, and the Contre Bombarde is one of the most impressive examples of its kind I have ever heard.

Good to see that they got their priorities right: huge arts' centre? ... monster organ!

Would love to have seen more of the full tutti of this organ!

More on this organ please!

And a decent reverb decay time, something missing from many concert organs. Brilliant work. Must have cost a fortune!

@stuartmclaren2402

3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed the problem is most organs are put into existing buildings and you get what you get. Here the auditorium and organ were co designed. You are right about the cost it was very controversial with many rightly questioning the tremendous cost but then the Taiwanese often don’t do things by halves. I was astounded to see how popular the pipe organ was in Taiwan. The traditional religions obviously don’t use it and very few Christian churches will only have a piano and or spinet organ. it is quite a novelty still and a great place for concert organists to visit and perform.

@cmtwei9605

Жыл бұрын

@@stuartmclaren2402 I'm curious why you say the pipe organ is 'popular' in Taiwan when classical music isn't widely known and there are only a handful or so organs in the whole island. There can't be that many people who are familiar with pipe organs, but I can imagine that the locals in Kaohsiung are very interested in the new concert hall and organ and come along. Kaohsiung is an industrial city with farming in the surrounding land. I had lived in Taiwan on and off mainly in Taipei but never came across any organ recitals, that was before this hall was completed. The huge site used to be a military barrack, the south of the island suffers from longstanding economic deprivation so building a huge concert hall was seen as a white elephant. The new opera house in Taichung has been left idle a lot of the time. There's another new organ in Pingdong in the adjacent county in another new but small hall.

@stuartmclaren2402

Жыл бұрын

@@cmtwei9605 I asked that very same question when both organ recitals I attended were packed and the auditorium is huge. I was lucky to get a seat especially for the second one. At our Cathedral in the Capital city the numbers attending organ recitals wouldn’t fill more than a few seats. The first organ concert I attended by an organist from the Netherlands was in some ways, disappointing. On the program he was supposed to play Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in e minor (Wedge) . The prelude didn’t go well so he omitted the fugue. People I spoke to at the concert suggested that there is a novelty with the organ as in the whole country there are only about 12 pipe organs of any worth. Taiwan produces some excellent classical musicians, and forgive me if I am wrong, but I feel the listening public look to overseas artists thinking that if a musician is from Europe etc then they must be better than their own. Not necessarily so. I was privileged to be invited to hear a local Taiwanese pianist, Alice P Huang, and her playing was as good as or better than any I have heard. So much so I contacted a director who I know of a classical music label recommending her as this label actively seek and record artists from that part of the world. There was an organ recital advertised in Pingdong which I really wanted to attend but couldn’t.

What an amazing organ! Looking forward for more, Jonathan!

Enthralled, Jonathan !

Superb.. Hope I can hear it live and possibly play it..

Thanks Jonathan. You and Tom have given this old man so many hours of pleasure. 👍🏻

Now this is when the exclamation: Awesome! really applies.

Stunning and so harmonious across the whole organ. More!

Wow! Such an amazing instrument. To be in the concert hall listening to you play would be wonderful. 😊😊

Brilliant Jonathan. Thank you very much

An absolutely impressive set of instruments.

You got to do a piece with that full Organ sound before leaving

Nice acoustics in that hall.

Another brilliant gift in sight and sound - thank you both. That introduction gave a great sense of the character of this organ in record time! I hope you will visit the US and showcase some notable Instruments.

wow! if you ever travel to CH, visite the hofkirche st. leodegar in lucerne. spectacular old organ too, in combination with a historic rain machine for organ-thunderstorms.

What a magnificent instrument.... enjoyed so much

Incredible, would love to hear more

AMAZING!!!!!!!!! You are the best I hope to see you in concert someday

Woow, the tutti organ sound amassing

3:18 love it!!

Thank you for introducing us to this magnificent instrument. Please don't tease us! Post a few pieces to showcase its and your versatility. Please, Please?? 🎹🎶🔊🎹

That's possibly the nicest Chamade I've heard

I hope world events don't interfere with your chance to revisit this marvelous instrument!

What a great sounding organ! I mean, just listen to those strings. This organ is just amazing!

Impresionante órgano!!! 💞💞💞😍😍👏👏👏

1:51 tbh this piece sounds super incredibly good on this pipe organ Stanley: Suite - Trumpet Voluntaries from Op.6, Book 2 - 4. Allegro (note to self :)

Love it! Wow

Magnífico...

johannus organs are so awesome

This is a very impressive organ installation. The the acoustics in the hall seem to be a good part of it's success and I look forward to hearing it in one of my favorite pieces, the Saint-Saens "Organ" Symphony.

@y11971alex

2 жыл бұрын

I had the opportunity to listen to exactly that piece performed on this instrument this month. It’s sound is massive in a good way, clear, bright, and penetrating, even over the sound of an orchestra.

Amazing, beautiful and monstrous beautifully amazing. ( in a positive way of course)

I could play on those strings all day and completely lose all concept of time! Nice!

¡¡¡Bravísimo!!! ¡¡¡Divino!!! ¡Greetings from Chile!

Thanks for the demonstration! Voix de baleine 64' sounds particularly delicious 😁🐳

Klais is the gold standard.

Nice little snippet of Trumpet Voluntary! Would love to hear you play the whole song. It’s one of my favorites.

Thanks for the demo, Jonathan! One day, you should stop by Cleveland's Severance Hall and have a sample of our original (UNMODIFIED!) Skinner!

Interesting to hear a cathedral reverb in a concert hall organ!

Nice to see the dimensions of the the pipes is in feet.

2:27 All the stops come out at once...shit's about to get real

No entiendo ingles, pero es asombroso lasfuciones que vi... wooow

1:42. That has got to be the roundest sounding chamade I have ever heard! Good grief!

Excellent. Now THIS is the instrument I'd like to hear you play the Swan Lake finale upon. Gad! Those strings. The hall acoustic seems well matched for the organ; I wonder how it is liked for orchestras?

@TheHappyCooker68

4 жыл бұрын

Speaking of strings, the Wanamaker organ at Macy's in Center City Philadelphia (opened in 1911 as Wanamaker's) has a string division of 6,340 pipes in 88 ranks, with 87 stops, with 36 violin stops in the 8-foot pitch. There is first through sixth concert violin, flat, sharp, and natural for each, and first through sixth muted violin, flat, sharp, and natural for each. It was designed by French composer and organist Marcel Dupre and built by Kimball. When Dupre asked store owner Rodman Wanamaker about his budget, Wanamaker replied, "No limit, Dupre!"

@jimshaw899

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheHappyCooker68 Yes, I have heard the Wanamaker several times, even stood near the console for two afternoon concerts. (One concert was played by a young man, a student at Curtis, who jogged to the console, said "hello," threw his backpack on the bench, retrieved some sheet music, kicked off his running shoes, and launched into the music as if at dutiful practice. He was very good at it.) The Wanamaker is a singular assemblage of organs, especially because of its acoustic. It sends great gobs of sound rolling over the store. But the Wanamaker suffers greatly from that acoustic. Its hundreds of ranks are voiced softly, so one can barely hear a solo horn or a string, but rather a horn or string *section* It's like an orchestra of a thousand players: grand but perhaps unwieldy for a recital. That takes nothing from the Wanamaker, an organ for an entirely different purpose that serves that purpose very well. It especially suits French organ works, I think. This is a *concert* instrument, and it sounds like a very good one, indeed. The sound is up front and bold, both solo and in ensemble. And the acoustic is a nice surprise for a multipurpose hall. I haven't heard it except here, but I think it would be the *wrong* instrument for the Wanamaker store, too. I'd like to hear both, but on separate days, I think. And playing different scores.

2:30 *Casually plays a explosive symphony of magnificent sound*

Love these organ tours! Ever think you can get into the St. John the Divine in New York City? That one's a beast to be sure!

@bhigdaddymark

4 жыл бұрын

It's currently not functional due to yet another fire there on Palm Sunday 2019. In the interim, they're using a Walker digital organ that sounds spectacular in that room.

@bhigdaddymark

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, and the real "beasts" are at Riverside Church about seven blocks away from SJD, and the largest pipe organ in NYC at St. Bartholomew's Church on Park Avenue (their console is my profile photo next to this reply).

What you said at 0:33 The fact that we literally have a bamboo organ in my country, Philippines 😂

now I do love a bombard

This pipe organ have a 64 feet pipe(C -1)? I thought only the Midmer-Losh organ in Atlantic City & William Hill organ in Sydney town hall will have the 64 feet. Because many pipe organ maximum only have the 32 feet pipe(C 0). So this the third pipe organ in the world have a 64 feet pipe.

@epincion

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure its not a physical 64' but an acoustic imitation - a 32′ combined with a ​21 1⁄3′ extension creating a 64′ resultant impression. Klais have such a stop on their organ in Cologne Cathedral.

@johntaliaferrothompson6052

5 жыл бұрын

@@epincion Oh I see! So the theory is a root note pipe(C 0) combine with it perfect fifth pipe(G 0) and get the lower octave 64 feet C -1 note.

@ds1868

4 жыл бұрын

@@johntaliaferrothompson6052 Yes the same 64' effect is achieved in the Royal Albert Hall in London.

You should show me three organ consoles.

1:51 perfect

Wowwww

Wow! Since the organ is the king of all instruments then this one must be an emporor. Must be impossible to learn all of its capabilities. What woudl the Vidor soudn liek on it?

It is the largest pipe organ in Asia, but the arts center was not without controversy during planning and construction 20 years ago. Kaohsiung is an industrial city with farming in the surrounding land and 2.8m people and suffers from longstanding economic deprivation. The new opera house in Taichung is idle a lot of the time. In terms of size of the organ, it beats the 30 year old 8000 pipe Rieger in Hong Kong with 7.5m people. I don't see the point of having 5 manuals, what does the Chorus manual with a series of mutation stops do that the others can't? Do you need so many trumpets and tubas? And the mutation stops on the Pedal? You have to lean forward to play on the top Solo manual.

2:30 ouch 😭😭😂😂

I really want to go there and try this monstrous organ. I wanna know how it really sounds. I can't trust the sound I hear today.

@debbiehuang1578

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome , it near my house.

4.53 what is the name of this piece?

@malevolentsoup768

Жыл бұрын

Probably the ending to Widor's toccata from symphony V. It was used in the video during the opening earlier to it being played here. Correct me if I'm wrong but I hope this helps👍

@alexandermckelvie1334

Жыл бұрын

@@malevolentsoup768 thank you!

largest pßipe organ

That acoustic will dry up very quickly once populated.

What's that music? 1:52

@user-pw3tr1xg2x

11 ай бұрын

Trumpet tune in D composed by John Stanley

As others have said below, an organ in a concert hall with a superb acoustic... when empty !!!! Hope its not like Albert Hall, London that is shot to hell just by filling the space with sweaty people.

If you can play that, you can fly a helicopter!

Se.. e chi lo suona li? Non hanno la mentalità organistica... Bello ma suoni troppo spanati...

very tiring presentation with one chord, one scale.....is Mister Scott able to improvise a decent sequence or chose extracts of pieces that could give the auditor an impression more than this?

@cmtwei9605

Жыл бұрын

Yes, a rushed demo which needs to be much longer to be appreciated. Maybe he filmed it without the authority knowing?

Poor parched nightingale. 😔

Extraordinary! Awesome! Bravo, Jonathan!