I love this wonderful cathedral by the late Kenzo Tange; and made a special point of visiting it when in Tokyo five years ago (before the mayhem!). I did not know it had received a new organ though.
Was für ein wundervolles und nobles Instrument in einem edlen Kirchenraum mit einer vollendeten Akustik! Und wahren Künstlern als Organisten! Mille grazie! 💖
Bella macchina...potente...bel suono...solo un po' scarso di sonorita romantiche mi riferisco propio all' intonazione e ai timbri. Ascoltate un qualsiasi organo di Parigi e capirete subito cosa ho voluto dire. Comunque bello strumento lo stesso. Grazie Mascioni.
The cathedral is built in the shape of a broken cross - it could be "thought to symbolise the broken body of Christ "as commented elsewhere by someone. In fact the "stark and sombre interior" can make someone to think of Christ's death on the cross and the sacrifice it represents....the architect was a great Japanese architect, Kenzo Tange. Thank you Kenzo Tange - may your soul rest in peace.....
Having heard this instrument at a few recitals I found it a contradiction in some ways. The tracker action works well with smaller scale works but the long & at times overpowering delay in the acoustic, especially with louder romantic repertiore, can mask a great deal of detail and expression. So, I think what I’m trying to say is great instrument, shame about the architect.
Я В МОЛОДОСТИ ЗАНИМАЛСЯ НАСТРОЙКОЙ И МЕЛКИМ РЕМОНТО Ф_НО !!! НО НАСТРОЙКУ ОРГАНА ВИЖУ ПЕРВЫЙ РАЗ !!! КАК НАСТРОЙЩИК ОРЕНТИРУЕТСЯ СКОЛЬКО НУЖНО ОБРЕЗАТЬ ТРУБУ ??? СПАСИБО ИНТЕРЕСНОЕ ВИДЕО !!!
The voicing and breathy sound of this great new organ fills one with delight and admiration. A glorious triumph that will light hearts and minds to God for many decades to come! God bless the skilled hands of the organ builders!
"Its a work of mechanical and musical art. No microprocessors in this one." Oh yes there is! Those pistons don't work combination actions with trackers! That early section of the video that showed some console details was all I needed to see that electronics are involved... Many trackers TODAY involve computer memory systems / combination actions... Just look at the Dobson at the Kimmel Center... With a remote console (on stage) to electrically control a tracker organ and all its functions, an amazing 'blend' of the old and new within the same instrument (O:
Caro Andrea ho avuto modo di provare lo splendido Jaquot del duomo di Catania dove Padre Giuseppe Maieli, mi ha tessuto gli elogi alla Ditta Mascioni per lo splendido lavoro effettuato su un organo fermo dal 1956....io ho avuto la fortuna di tornare a Catania dopo 50 anni (avevo 19 anni, quando mi hanno fatto titolare e suonare il Serassi della chiesa dei Minoriti)..ed ho suonato in Duomo dove avevi fatto la revisione...grazie ho condiviso per un caro ricordo ...Enrico Basaldella
I’ve attended two recitals here and found the acoustics downright horrible. The organ builders obviously did there best to compensate but have been hampered not just by the long delay but by very confused near side wall reflections. Much as I appreciate cathedral sized accoustics this one didn’t work for me.
+AndreMascioni *This three-manual mechanical-action's layout is straightforward.* The _Recitato_ is in the main case, masked by the GO Principale 16 (the bulk of the _Gran Organo_ being beneath); and the _Positivo_ is at the gallery rail. Is the _Organo di Pedali_ at the rear of the case, or in the sides? And are mixtures confined to cimbalae, as I understand to be the norm in 19th-Century and later organs of the Italian school? (Historically, the non-cimbalic principals of the Italian school were in single ranks, a typical Gran Organo running breakless from Principale 16 to Vigesimasixta 1-1/3, with Vigesimanona (F6) 1-2 through Cuadrigesimatria (F4-F5-F6) 1/4-1/2-1-2 breaking back an octave at the 6.1 kHz pipe.)
This is St Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral, seat of the Cardinal Archbishop of Tokyo. Designed by Kenzo Tange in the Sixties, it is a fabulous concrete 'brutalist' building, with a very serene ambience. Went there last year: and our Japanese guide was surprised to discover that he used to live down the road when he was young!
Quello è un gran bell'organo a canne ; lo dico perchè ho avuto occasione di suonarlo con il permesso di un sacerdote portoghese che era in attesa di una concelebrazione di vescovi poco dopo la mia performance. Per l'occasione ho suonato un mio preludio dai 6 preludi composti da me per l'organo.
Quanti hanno avuto modo di suonare l'organo Mascioni in Tokyo ???? Io sì nel 2015( ahahaha) ma solo un quarto d'ora perche' dopo si celebrava una Messa con la presenza di parecchi vescovi . Ho letto per caso in albergo che c'era una chiesa cattolica e l'organo a canne di cui avevo sentito parlare ed allora mi sono fiondato immediatamente 2 giorni prima di partire anche se il mio hotel era dalla parte opposta della città. Quasi 560 hotel dentro Tokyo. I giapponesi fanno il conto dei battiti delle ale delle farfalle, talmente sono pignoli.
Ancora una volta, grandi italiani ricordano al mondo quanto l'Arte musicale sia stata e sia ben rappresentata da loro. Ed anche quanto quest'Arte sia presente nel design e nella cura che solo grandi artisti artigiani sanno esprimere con la propria passione.
Wow! You built yourself a really fine antique. And what you spent $350,000.00 on, you could have had for $85,000.00 by buying a Rogers and never again have to worry about upkeep. Fine organist. Keep him. CVD
Electrophones are not pipe Organs and should be used only if they are clearly marked by the composer in his score! No electronic device can reach the subtlety of an acoustical musical Instrument.
Charles - I'm sorry, but you really are talking through your hat. Don't know the cost of this installation, but it would be in the millions, which is a lot of money. And yes, a Rodgers would be MUCH cheaper, but Rodgers have NEVER manufactured an instrument that comes even close to this, let alone at $85,000! In fact, as outstanding as some modern digital organ installations - certainly not Rodgers - are (and I must add, totally indistinguishable from pipe) I suspect none yet have quite equalled the richness of this - a truly magnificent instrument.
