Video

Semi-improvised trumpet sonata played by a natural trumpet ensemble

after Cesare Bendinelli’s “Volume di Tutta l’arte della trombetta” (1614)

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Abstract

This video shows how a natural trumpet ensemble with a kettledrum would have played in the late Renaissance and early Baroque era. The sonata interpreted by the musicians is semi-improvised after models from Cesare Bendinelli’s “Volume di Tutta l’arte della trombetta” (1614): the Toccata n° 1 (fol. 5r), the Sonata n°117 (fol. 27v), and the Rotta from the Sonata n° 328b (fol. 53v).

Keywords

wind instruments; performance practice; improvisation in ensemble music; renaissance trumpet; natural trumpet; timpani; Bendinelli; Tutta l’arte della trombetta

Research project

«... und machens nur aus dem Synn»

Quelle

Forschungsportal Schola Cantorum Basiliensis

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Credits

Performers

  • 1st choir: Jean-François Madeuf (clarino), Olivier Mourault (quinta), Igino Conforzi (alto e basso), Karo Onderko (vulgano), Robert Hernandez (grosso)
  • 2nd choir: Julian Zimmermann (clarino), Matthew Gajda (quinta), Nikolai Mänttäri (alto e basso), Daniel Chidgey (vulgano), Tin Cugelj (grosso). Philipp Tarr (timpani).

Recorded in Basel, Predigerkirche, 8 April 2022

Production: Henry Moderlak (audio), Philippe Jost and Chandra Rolf Mäder (video)

© 2023 FHNW / Schola Cantorum Basiliensis / Hochschule für Musik Basel

Supported by the Maja Sacher Foundation