Tenerife, Spain
9 December, 2005 - 14 January, 2006
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Casa de la Aduana, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife
Patio of the Casa de la Aduana
I. The World of the Viola da gamba
Viola da gamba by Gianbattista Grancino,with a view
Contrabasso di Viola da gamba, Veneto, 17th C.
Queen Elizabeth's Spinet (copy by William Horn)
The Viola da gamba in Veneto:
Bass viola da gamba by Ventura Linarolo, Venice, 1585
Bass viola da gamba by Gioanpaolo Maggini, Brecia, ca. 1600
Painting by Bonifacio Veronese, Venice, ca. 1550
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Viola da gamba by Gianbattista Grancino, Milano, 1697
Orpheon Consort at the inaugural press conference:
Lúcia Krommer, Eva Fürtinger, Hector Castillo, Vit Bebar, Susanne Braumann,
Irena Troupova, José Vázquez
The Viola da gamba in England
Bass viola da gamba by William Turner, London, ca. 1650 and
Edward Lewis, London, 1697
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.
Head of a pardessus de viole, Paris, ca. 1740
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II. The World of the Violin
Open sessions of playing during the exhibitions: visitors taking part!
Display case: School of Tyrol
Violoncello: Montagnana-School, Venice, ca. 1700
One of the luthiers who visited the exhibiition, taking measurements of the
viola d'amore by Salomon
Violin by Joseph Hill, London, 1774
Viola by Christopher Smith, Sheffield, ca. 1780
Traverse flutes, baroque and classical
Indian string instrument with sympathetic strings
Violas d'amore by Jean Baptiste Deshayes Salomon, J. Ch. Leidolff
A curious, beautifully decorated Indian instrument
with sympathetic strings
Frederik Franke filming the full-length documentary on the exhibition
for TV - Azul, Tenerife
You can see it here: TV in Tenerife
Baryton after Simon Schodler by Ferdinand Wilhelm Jaura
Viola by Franz Xaver Stadler
Violoncello by Anton Posch, Vienna, ca. 1700
The solo viola player of the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, Sviatoslav Belonogov,
trying out the viola d'amore by Salomon of the collection. Here is how it sounded (click on photo!):
Interview im Wochenblatt