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
The Orpheon exhibitions: a photographic panorama

CASTELLO DI DUINO
Trieste,Italy, September 23 - November 15, 2005

Castello di Duino


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Press conference in the Sala dei Cavalieri of the Castello di Duino
Giorgio Tombesi (Fondazione CRTrieste), S.A.S. Il Principe Carlo Alessandro di Torre e Tasso,
Giorgio Ret, (Major of Duino), José Vázquez

1. The Exhibition

Italian violins, viola


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Sala dei Cavalieri

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The World of the Violin
Schools of Italy, Tyrol, Austria, Mittenwald



violin, Brescia, ca. 1600

Violin of the Brescian School, 16th C.

violin by Nicolò Amati, Carlo Testore Exhibition historical musical instruments Orpheon Foundation
Italian Violins by Nicolò Amati,
Carlo Testore and the School of Goffriller
Quartet of Viennese Instruments from the
Times of Mozart and Haydn


violins by Sebastian, Aeguidius Kloz

Violins by the Kloz Family (Mittenwald) and
Leopold Widhalm (Nürnberg)


viola da gamba in Italy: Orpheon Foundation in Castello di Duino

Sala Veneziana
Painting from the School of Bonifazio Veronese
Violas da gamba of the 16th and 17th Centuries
from Venice and Brescia
Bass violas da gamba by Ventura Linarolo, Venice, 1585,
Gianpaolo Maggini, Brescia, ca. 1600
Treble viola da gamba from Veneto, 16th C.
Archiliuto after Paolo Railich




Viola da gamba in Austria: Orpheon Foundation in Castello di Duino

The Leopold I Hall
Violas da gamba of the Habsburg Empire
Michael Albanus, Bolzano, 1706 and Jakob Stainer, Asbam, 1671
Two treble viols from ca. 1730, made from the same tree!





viola da gamba by William Turner Orpheon Foundation

Heads of the bass viola da gamba by William Turner, London ca. 1650
and of a viola da gamba player, Japan, ca. end of the 20th C.
View from the practice balcony of the Castello di Duino



Viola da gamba by Gianbattista Grancino: Orpheon Foundation

Bass viola da gamba by Gianbattista Grancino, Milano, 1697


Viola da gamba in England: Orpheon Foundation in Castello di Duino

YE CHEST OF VIOLS
A viola da gamba consort of English instruments of the 17th Century
Two treble violas da gamba by William Turner, London, 1647 & 1656
Treble viola da gamba by Henry Jaye, London, ca. 1620
Bass violas da gamba by William Turner, London, ca. 1650 and Edward Lewis, London, 1687



Staircase Castello di Duino

Baroque windings


Viola da gamba by William Turner: Orpheon Foundation in Castello di Duino

Proper preparation for palatial performance


Baryton after Schodler by Jaura and violoncello by Anton Posch: Orpheon Foundation in Castello di Duino

Large violoncello by Anton Posch, Vienna, ca. 1700
Baryton (Viola di Pardone) after Simon Schodler (1782) built by
Ferdinand Wilhelm Jaura, Munich, 1934



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Guided tour of the exhibition


Orpheon Consort in Castello di Duino


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Pleasant Pastime on Princely Premises


Castello di Duino: the ruins


Castello di Duino at night

Newspaper reports on the exhibition (in Italian)

Do you wish to come? Reservations:
Castello di Duino
Tel. +39040-208120

updated 20.11.2007