ORLANDOviols
Viola da Gamba
We are a professional viola da gamba ensemble, historically informed and performing in the 21st century.
Contemporary music
Our repertoire reaches from 16th century fantasies via Johann Sebastian Bach to Minimal Music and compositions by John Cage.
Experimental performances
Electronic processing, spatialisation, audio-visual installations, bicycle interaction.
ovbox concerts
Spatially separated, but still united in a virtual concert hall through our newly developed device: the ovbox, we played consort music in times of pandemic.
The concerts and other videos can be found on our youtube channel. Future concerts will be announced here.
Remote collaboration project: 'ovbox'
Since in 2020 all our concerts were canceled due to Covid19 pandemia, we used the occasion to develop a remote rehearsal device. Now we meet virtually almost every day to explore new repertoire and to rehearse - with a small box connected to the network, the ORLANDOviols consort box, or in short, the ovbox. Through this device we can hear each other as if we are in the same room. We believe in sharing our knowledge and made the technology publicly available: ovbox.de.
Harmony of the Spheres.
The movements of celestial bodies have long held a particular fascination to mankind. Astronomers and philosophers in the renaissance carefully studied the movements of celestial bodies; in their models the sun, the moon, and the five planets known at that time moved in a universal harmony, the Harmony of the Spheres. This fascination with mathematical and astronomical regularities and patterns inspired many composers, most notably during the 16th and the 20th centuries; a time when the aesthetics of numbers and proportions played a large role in the arts, from architecture to music.
Electro-acoustic concert
In our performance we project musical concepts into the spatial dimension using a 15-channel loudspeaker reproduction and low-delay realtime signal processing. The musical concepts are supported by a light installation. The sound processing has been carefully tuned to the period instruments and aims to provide the audience with a concert experience of unprecedented intensity.
Line-up
Hille Perl
Frauke Hess
Júlia Vető
Marthe Perl
Claas Harders
Giso Grimm
Contact
Júlia Vető, Giso Grimm
Tel.: +49 (0)441 950 3647
info@orlandoviols.de
KONZERTAGENTUR ESSLINGER
Inh. SKS Erwin Russ GmbH
Beate Herbert
Tel.: +49 (0)711 722 344-22
E-mail: beate.herbert@konzertagentur.de
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