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 viola da gamba
Head of a bass viola da gamba by Joachim Tielke, Hamburg, 1683

Sign

The Exhibition — The Exhibition
Halls of the Family of the Viola da gamba

The Exhibition — The Exhibition
Halls of the Family of the Viola da braccio: violins, violas, violoncellos, double basses

Family of the Viola da braccio — Family of the Viola da braccio
Halls of the Family of the Viola da braccio: violins, violas, violoncellos, double basses

Italia — Italia
The Viola da Gamba in Italy

Italian violas da gamba — 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
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
Viola da Gamba Maggini

Gianpaolo Maggini — Gianpaolo Maggini
Viola da gamba by Gianpaolo Maggini, Brescia, ca. 1600

Renaissance violas da gamba — Renaissance violas da gamba
Renaissance violas da gamba: bass by Ventura Linarolo, Venice, 1585

Castiglione — Castiglione
Baldassarre Castiglione, Il Cortegiano

Renaissance viola da gamba — Renaissance viola da gamba
Renaissance viola da gamba, anonymous, Veneto, ca. 1600 Painting by Bonifazio Veronese

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
Renaissance viola da gamba, anonymous, Veneto, ca. 1600 Painting by Bonifazio Veronese

Consort

A viola da gamba 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
A viola da gamba consort of English instruments of the 17th Century

A viola da gamba consort — A viola da gamba consort
A viola da gamba consort of English instruments of the 17th Century

Twins — 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
Twins! Dendrochronology has proved that these two treble violas da gamba were made from the same tree!

Paradessus — 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 bass viola da gamba
Head of the bass viola da gamba by Nikolas Leidolff, Vienna, 1695

Triosonatas — Triosonatas
The trio sonata of the Baroque: two violins, violoncello, harpsichord

Triosonatas — Triosonatas
The trio sonata of the Baroque: two violins, violoncello, harpsichord

Triosonatas — Triosonatas
The trio sonata of the Baroque: two violins, violoncello, harpsichord

Quartett

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 — 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
The viole d'amore Salomon, Leidolff, Fichtl, Hulinsky

Cello & Baryton — 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 — Guided visit
First guided visit of the exhibition

The guided tour

Inaugural Concert — 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 — 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 — 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
The Early Music Course With the instruments of the collection!

The Early Music Course — The Early Music Course
The Early Music Course With the instruments of the collection!

The Early Music Course — The Early Music Course
The Early Music Course With the instruments of the collection!

Critics

Critics

Poster

Dinner