L’Abbaye de Noirlac, France, June 29 – July 29, 2007
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
Surgical operation table
Surgical operation table, copy after an original of the 17th Century by Scott Wallace
The Abbey
Abbaye de Noirlac, France
The Exhibition
The Exhibition
The Exhibition
The Exhibition
Quinton, Paradessus and Flutes
Quinton by Louis Guersan, Paris 1752
Pardessus de viole, Flemish, ca. 1710
Pardessus de viole by Louis Guersan, Paris, ca. 1750
Head of a bass viola da gamba, Cremona, 17th C.
The Exhibition
The Exhibition
The Exhibition
Viola & Violins
Viola and two violins by Johann Christoph Leidolff, Vienna, 1719, 1747, 1748
English Viols
Three violas da gamba by William Turner, London, ca. 1650
Copy of a tenor viola da gamba by John Rose, London, ca. 1600
Paradessus
Pardessus viola da gamba by Louis Guersan, Paris, ca. 1740
Paradessus
Pardessus viola da gamba by Louis Guersan, Paris, ca. 1740
Pardessus viola da gamba by Louis Guersan, Paris, ca. 1740
Pardessus viola da gamba by Louis Guersan, Paris, ca. 1740
Pardessus
Pardessus viola da gamba by Louis Guersan, Paris, ca. 1740
Habsburg Empire
Viola da gamba in the Habsburg Empire:
Two basses by Michael Albanus, Graz, 1706 and Jakob Steiner, Absam, 1671
Two anonymous treble viols, dating from ca. 1730; the tops of these two trebles
were made from the same tree!
The Tielke
Viola da gamba by Joachim Tielke, Hamburg, 1683
Previously owned by Christian Döbereiner (left) and
Eva Heinitz (right)
The Viola d'amore
Baryton Trio
Baryton Trio: Baryton, violin, violoncello
The birth of a violin
Display from the Instrument-making School of Hallstatt, Austria
showing how a violin is made
The birth of a violin
Display from the Instrument-making School of Hallstatt, Austria
showing how a violin is made
The birth of a violin
Display from the Instrument-making School of Hallstatt, Austria
showing how a violin is made
Visitors and Special Events
Visitors and Special Events
The first official visit
The Concert
A concert for two violas da gamba: José Vázquez & Lúcia Krommer performed
Tobias Hume, Johann Schenck, St. Colombe and others
The Concert
A concert for two violas da gamba: José Vázquez & Lúcia Krommer performed
Tobias Hume, Johann Schenck, St. Colombe and others
The Visits
The Visit
The Visit
The Visit
The Visit
The Visit
The Visit
The Visit
Cellist
Tormod Dalen, a professional Baroque cellist from Norway,
trying out several of the original bows of the collection
Philippe Pierlot
An unexpected surprise: Prof. Philippe Pierlot, trying out the
bass viola da gamba by Michael Albanus, Graz, 1706
An impromptu trio:
Suite in G-major from the fourth book of Pièces de Viole by Marin Marais
performed by Lúcia Krommer, Philippe Pierlot and José Vázquez on violas da gamba by
Matthias Albanus (Graz, 1706), Joachim Tielke (Hamburg, 1683) and Jakob Stainer (Absam, 1671)
Philippe's daughter turned pages
Philippe Pierlot
Lúcia Krommer
José Vázquez
Alain Granieri
The Luthier, Alain Granieri, spent several days examining, measuring viols and
drawing plans for making copies. Here measuring the bass viol by Jakob Stainer, 1671
Alain Granieri
The Luthier Granieri spent several days examining, measuring viols and
drawing plans for making copies. Here measuring the bass viol by Jakob Stainer, 1671
TV session
A session with French Television: France 3
José Vázquez
Altogether, a very joyfull event in the Abbaye de Noirlac
The press
The Abbey at night
The Abbey at night