Installation of a new pipe organ at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was recently completed. The installation coincides with the 40th anniversary of the Center and the 80th of the National Symphony Orchestra (Christian Eschenbach, conductor). The organ replaces an instrument installed with the completion of the facility, which was never wholly satisfactory according to most cognoscenti. The new instrument has created its own buzz for being Canadian-built, as opposed to being an "American" instrument. Please enjoy this time-lapse video of the construction and installation of the instrument.
The music is portions of the Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, the so-called "Organ Symphony."
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