Bern University of the Arts presents "Cor chaussier"
On April 24, the concert "Cuivres français" with the Biel Symphony Orchestra will take place at the Kongresshaus Biel at the end of the research project "Historically informed brass instrument making" of the Bern University of the Arts (HKB).
The Biel Symphony Orchestra's 8th symphony concert focuses entirely on French music - more specifically on the timbres of French brass. The highlight is Camille Saint-Saënsʼ concert piece for horn and orchestra; soloist Ulrich Hübner plays a "Cor chaussier" specially built for this concert, which was developed as part of the research project at Bern University of the Arts.
In addition to historical and interpretative studies, the archaeometallurgical expertise of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) and the Paul Scherrer Institute was also incorporated into the HKB project.
This was based on recent criticism of the previously valid but now outdated doctrine that the geometric shape of the sounding air column is primarily responsible for the sound and playing characteristics of a wind instrument, regardless of material and wall thickness.
More info: www.ogb-sob.ch/de/agenda/2013/04/24
