Kalevi Kiviniemi plays "Canonnade" by Claude-Bénigne Balbastre

Finnish concert organist Kalevi Kiviniemi plays "Canonnade" by Claude-Bénigne Balbastre (1727-1799) at the historic Holzhay Organ (Johann Nepomuk Holzhay 1797) at the Abbey Church in Neresheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Organ restoration by Orgelbau Th. Kuhn AG, 1979. This was recorded and videotaped live during the recording of Kiviniemi's CD "Canonnade", summer 2004, OrganERA vol.8, FUGA-9205, www.fuga.fi.

As in all videos here, audio is taken from original high definition multi channel recording, not from video camera´s own microphone or video camera´s audio system. The better your computer's audio system is, the better the sound - of course within the limitations of Youtube audio. If you have enough bandwidth and processor power, please enjoy also the HQ-version, video and audio is better in HQ! Video, audio, editing and description by Mika Koivusalo.

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Music

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• kiviniemi
• kalevi
• neresheim
• holzhay
• organ
• organera
• fuga
• canonnade
• balbastre
• germany
• baden-württemberg
• koivusalo

[OrganoSerassi]

Very good! The instrument is a mechanical transmission?

[kalevikiviniemi]

Yes, it is completely mechanical.

- Answer posted by Mika Koivusalo.

[JFSnail]

Fantastic! We need more Kiviniemi! Been a fan of his for many years, thanks for uploading :-)

[nedopisa]

Sincerely compliments for this superb video. The organ is wondeful, and the interpretation is astonishing! Is the score of this piece available anywhere?

[Orguedu22]

I have play this organ last month, it's an amazing instruments, Beautyfull reeds and fondations stops, very light keyboards when it's copuled. The choir organ is playable from the gallery console (in the pedalboard, 2nd and 3rd keyboards) with a button wen it's on, only the 1st keyboard is with the gallery organ (the stops are on the top of the 3rd keyboard) (sorry for my bad english, i'm French...)

[12345677396]

Carissimo Maestro Kiviniemi, complimenti.... superba esecuzione di un pezzo fantastico!!!

Thank you, very much, maestro Kiviniemi, for your magnific interpretation of tihis great organ page!!!Thank you, very much!!!

[bordone32]

I would like to have the DVD of this movie

[mossplace1]

Wow!...What a work!...It illustrates how a genius like Balbastre can cut his cloth to prevailing political winds; particularly in view of his works written during the French Revolution, which by comparison seem Soooo sobering.

[attenka]

Ei ole mun lempparibiisejä, mutta Kalevi tavoittaa tunnelman niin loistavasti!

[jamesjoycebr]

Nice recording!

[japeetu]

wow!!!!

[drepalla]

what a sound! Extraordinary fine performance

[poopingeneral]

awesome playing!!!!



[juntsu56]

Edelleenkin täyttä ammattimiehen työtä, kuten Lohjallakin. :)