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Vienna St. Stephen's Cathedral

- with Konstantin Reymaier

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Filmed in German

Vienna St. Stephen’s Cathedral
Vienna St. Stephen’s Cathedral
Vienna St. Stephen’s Cathedral

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Vienna St. Stephen’s Cathedral
A_Wien Domkirche St. Stephan_Riesenorgel 2_C Karin Seidl
It is not so long ago that the monumental organ prospect on the west gallery of St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna did not produce a single note. In 1991, with the construction of the new choir organ by Rieger, the large Kauffmann organ – which had been built in 1960 – was decommissioned due to its poor condition. It was not until 2020 that the technical rebuilding was completed by the Rieger company, using all the historic stops as well as the listed facade. Therefore, with 130 stops over five manuals and pedal today, the organ more than lives up to its nickname “Riesenorgel” (= “giant organ”), even though this name does not refer at all to the size of the instrument, but rather to its location above the so-called “Riesentor” (= “giant gate”), the entrance portal of the cathedral.
Vienna St. Stephen’s Cathedral
Konstantin Reymair_Foto_(c) Nelo Ruber
Konstantin Reymaier likes to show himself in photos at lofty heights in front of or above the roof of St. Stephen’s Cathedral. Since 2016, he has been Vienna’s cathedral organist , making one of the most powerful church organs in Europe sound. Reymaier spent several years as a church musician in Oxford and Cambridge. and as a visiting professor for organ and improvisation in Graz. After that, he entered the Viennese seminary and has been a Catholic priest since 2009. As head of the Department for Church Music of the Archdiocese of Vienna, he is not only familiar with organs of all kinds, but also with the appropriate repertoire. In his view, both the priestly activity of the spiritual counsellor and that of the musician spiritual advisor, as well as that of the musician requires one thing above all: Attentive listening! http://www.domorganist.wien/
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