Aeolean Skinner organ at the Auditorium
The Auditorium organ is a superb example of the "American Classic Organ," a concept and design developed by Aeolian-Skinner that mingles the colors and textures of both German and French organs from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with twentieth-century voices developed or adapted by the builder. This scheme was conceived to allow the performance of a wide body of the organ literature. Click here for more information. |
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Casavant organ at the Temple
The Temple is a spectacular venue for the organ, for music, and for worship. The organ’s façade was designed by Jean-Claude Gauthier to be purposefully understated so that it might contribute to the serenity of the Temple interior. The Temple sanctuary, which accommodates about 1,600 people, has an internal volume of one million cubic feet. The room’s shape and its spiral, which ascends to 195 feet above the floor, contribute to an extraordinary acoustic with four seconds’ reverberation, providing bloom and grandeur to the organ tone and music. Click here for more information. |
Handel's Messiah
Kansas City Symphony Associate Conductor, Steven Jarvi greets us from the balcony of the Community of Christ Auditorium at Independence, with an invitation to attend Handel's Messiah. Watch William Hite, tenor, performing "Thy rebuke hath broken his heart" and "Behold and see if there be any sorrow" and "Thou shalt break them". |
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