Monday, March 12, 2012

James David Christie, Kauffman Center organ review by Scott Cantrell

With last fall’s opening of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City finally gained the modern, well-equipped and acoustically satisfying concert hall and opera house to be expected in a major city. This past weekend, capacity audiences in the center’s Helzberg Hall welcomed a major new amenity: a big four-manual organ from the Canadian firm of Casavant. Sunday night’s inaugural recital was the second of two played by James David Christie, professor of organ at the Oberlin College Conservatory and consultant for the Kansas City organ.

more at kansascity.com

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