Kalevi Kiviniemi plays "Zug zum Münster" from Lohengrin by Richard Wagner

Kalevi Kiviniemi plays "Zug zum Münster" (Elsa´s Procession to the Cathedral) from Lohengrin by Richard Wagner. This is recorded in Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland. Sibelius Hall is one of the finest concert halls in Finland. Hall is designed by architects Kimmo Lintula and Hannu Tikka of the firm Artto Palo Rossi Tikka Oy. It is the world's first concert hall constructed entirely of wood, only foundations and some other parts are made of concrete. Main hall has 1200 seats, and acclaimed acoustics is designed by master acoustician Russell Johnson. Sibelius Hall was inaugurated in March, 2000. It is home of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra.
Organ is a 52-stop concert hall organ by the Swedish organ builder Grönlunds Orgelbyggeri. It was inaugurated 3rd of May, 2007. This video celebrates the 5th anniversary of the organ. History of the organ is special: Pro Organo Pleno society, founded and lead by organist Erkki Krohn, raised the money for the organ. Basically organ represents French romantic tradition, but has special stops, f.ex. high pressure Tuba Mirabilis 8', Xylophon and Fågelsång (Nightingale).
As in all videos here, audio is taken from original high definition multi channel recording system, not from video camera´s built-in 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 KZbin audio. If you have enough bandwidth and processor power, please enjoy also the 720p and 1080p versions, video and audio is better in HD. Video, audio, editing and description by Mika Koivusalo.

[@user-eb1kv7nt3d]

Звучит божественно. Автор и исполнитель - гении!

[@mfp15rrh]

everything he plays is just awsome

[@antoniobrajkovic1977]

Actually, this is my favourite part from Lohengrin and listening this on an organ makes me bow down to the organist. Quite good transcription and stops are very well chosen 👍

[@richardturpin8981]

Antonio Brajković "Quite good" transcription? Gee, thanks. Do you know what 'damning with feint praise' means?

[@andre26071955]

Impressive transcription, playing and instrument! Special compliments to the Grönlund firm for this beautiful modern organ!

[@catwoman3680]

Wonderful piece, I enjoyed every bit. Fantastic playing and a beautiful organ. Thank you.

[@tropicjam7343]

Before this i didn t think that wagner could have bring me serenity.Maybe that s because of kalevi too;beautifull and unusual glockenspiel register ;

[@marioribeirodeazevedoneto311]

Kalevi, uma surpresa atrás da outra. Como toca esse rapaz! Sou fã desse cara.

[@ZZR600AH]

Danke, danke, danke !!!

[@AllanJaeger]

Fabulous

[@florianchurch]

Wonderful

[@dominikbitner4607]

Bountiful ! Jestem podbudowanny tym utworem.

[@volleybanger2000]

Transcendent power. "Wagner did not begin a movement: he consummated it. He was the summit of the nineteenth century school of dramatic music in the same sense as Mozart was the summit (the word is Gounod's) of the eighteenth century school. " -GB Shaw

[@josefantal]

perfect arrangiert...............nice

[@chrishochberger1780]

Wonderful. Thank you.

[@astropossum1]

Impressionnant

[@deborasgomes2022]

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@robertheed7345]

vackert kalevi

[@sethbutler4709]

The celesta sound at 3:14 is cool. Is that one of the stops?

[@Orgeljonas]

@Seth Butler: Yes, it is.

[@sethbutler4709]

Oh, I see. It's the Xylophone stop. You can see it at 5:19.

[@ATLKapellmeister]

Who's transcription and who's the publisher ?

[@lobster318]

открыл видео только для того, чтобы посмотреть как ленин играет на органе

[@helmutcurlis4365]

ää

[@philipp3195]

A bit too powerfull ... this piece is more beautifull the less loud it is played

[@stwbill]

Hello Phillip: We played this piece in high school my senior year and our conductor told the high school audience that this was Elsa coming to the Cathedral and it was meant a grand occasion. Although this fellow did a far superior job than our high school band. I liked his soft ending. (1970 - Pittsburgh, PA)