Gijón, Spain, 14 July – 21 August, 2005
Exhibitions of the Orpheon Foundation
The Vazquez Collection of Historical String Instruments
Violins, Violas da gamba, Viola d’amore, Violoncellos, Double Basses from 1500 to 1789
Head of a viola da gamba
Head of a bass viola da gamba by Joachim Tielke, Hamburg, 1683
Sign
The Exhibition
Halls of the Family of the Viola da gamba
The Exhibition
Halls of the Family of the Viola da braccio: violins, violas, violoncellos, double basses
Family of the Viola da braccio
Halls of the Family of the Viola da braccio: violins, violas, violoncellos, double basses
Italia
The Viola da Gamba in Italy
Italian violas da gamba
Italian violas da gamba by Gianpaolo Maggini, Brescia, ca. 1600 and Gianbattista Grancino, Milano, 1697 Harpsichord after Giovanni Maria Giusti Painting after Bonifacio Veronese
Italian violas da gamba
Italian violas da gamba by Gianpaolo Maggini, Brescia, ca. 1600 and Gianbattista Grancino, Milano, 1697 Harpsichord after Giovanni Maria Giusti Painting after Bonifacio Veronese
Viola da Gamba
Viola da Gamba Maggini
Gianpaolo Maggini
Viola da gamba by Gianpaolo Maggini, Brescia, ca. 1600
Renaissance violas da gamba
Renaissance violas da gamba: bass by Ventura Linarolo, Venice, 1585
Castiglione
Baldassarre Castiglione, Il Cortegiano
Renaissance viola da gamba
Renaissance viola da gamba, anonymous, Veneto, ca. 1600 Painting by Bonifazio Veronese
Painting by Bonifazio Veronese
Renaissance viola da gamba, anonymous, Veneto, ca. 1600 Painting by Bonifazio Veronese
Renaissance viola da gamba
Renaissance viola da gamba, anonymous, Veneto, ca. 1600 Painting by Bonifazio Veronese
Consort
A viola da gamba consort
A viola da gamba consort of English instruments of the 17th Century Treble viola da gamba by Henry Jaye, London, ca. 1620 Two treble violas da gamba by William Turner, London, 1647 & 1656 Bass viola da gamba by William Turner, London, ca. 1650 Bass viola da gamba by Edward Lewis, London, 1687
A viola da gamba consort
A viola da gamba consort of English instruments of the 17th Century
A viola da gamba consort
A viola da gamba consort of English instruments of the 17th Century
Twins
Twins! Dendrochronology has proved that these two treble violas da gamba were made from the same tree! Bass viola da gamba by Claude Boivin, Paris, ca. 1740
Twins
Twins! Dendrochronology has proved that these two treble violas da gamba were made from the same tree!
Paradessus
Two pardessus de viole, the smallest members of the viola da gamba family Head from a pardessus and a bass viol
Head of bass viola da gamba
Head of the bass viola da gamba by Nikolas Leidolff, Vienna, 1695
Triosonatas
The trio sonata of the Baroque: two violins, violoncello, harpsichord
Triosonatas
The trio sonata of the Baroque: two violins, violoncello, harpsichord
Triosonatas
The trio sonata of the Baroque: two violins, violoncello, harpsichord
Quartett
Quartett
String Quartet from the Time of Mozart and Haydn: Violoncello by Nikolas Leidolff, Vienna, 1690 Viola by Joseph Antonius Laske, Prague, ca. 1787 Violins by Johann Christoph Leidolff and Johann Joseph Stadlmann
Quartett
String Quartet from the Time of Mozart and Haydn: Violoncello by Nikolas Leidolff, Vienna, 1690 Viola by Joseph Antonius Laske, Prague, ca. 1787 Violins by Johann Christoph Leidolff and Johann Joseph Stadlmann
Magic Strings
The viole d'amore
The viole d'amore Salomon, Leidolff, Fichtl, Hulinsky
The viole d'amore
The viole d'amore Salomon, Leidolff, Fichtl, Hulinsky
Cello & Baryton
Large violoncello by Anton Posch, Vienna, ca. 1700 Viola by William Smith, Sheffield, ca. 1780 Baryton after Simon Schodler (1782) built by Ferdinand Wilhelm Jaura, Munich, 1934
The Exhibition
The Austrian instruments
Violin
Violin
Guided visit
First guided visit of the exhibition
The guided tour
Inaugural Concert
Orpheon Consort: inaugural concert Christine Esser - soprano Jose Vazquez, Lucia Krommer, Margit Meckel, Christa Opriessnig, Eva Fürtinger, Christian Drechsel - viola da gamba Vit Bebar - harpsichord and organ
Inaugural Concert
Orpheon Consort: inaugural concert Christine Esser - soprano Jose Vazquez, Lucia Krommer, Margit Meckel, Christa Opriessnig, Eva Fürtinger, Christian Drechsel - viola da gamba Vit Bebar - harpsichord and organ
Inaugural COncert
Orpheon Consort: inaugural concert Christine Esser - soprano Jose Vazquez, Lucia Krommer, Margit Meckel, Christa Opriessnig, Eva Fürtinger, Christian Drechsel - viola da gamba Vit Bebar - harpsichord and organ
The Early Music Course
The Early Music Course With the instruments of the collection!
The Early Music Course
The Early Music Course With the instruments of the collection!
The Early Music Course
The Early Music Course With the instruments of the collection!
Critics
Critics
Poster
Dinner