A big ol' tuba
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2014 3:22 pm
I found this on the internet.
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From a German to English translator:
Around 500 visitors experienced on May 15, 2012 in the Music Hall Mark Neukirchen a world premiere :
Professor Jörg Wachsmuth - he is Solotubist at the Dresden Philharmonic - played two pieces on a Riesentuba . That instrument, which was built between September 2009 and December 2010, based on an idea of Klingenthaler brass instrument maker Hartmut Geilert . A total of 21 companies and 15 individuals were involved. The instrument at its best with a tube length of 11 meters in height measures 2.05 meters and weighs around 50 kilograms and measuring on a scale of 2-1 of a normal B- tuba.
Whisper quiet it was in the music hall, as Professor Jörg Wachsmuth at 21.05 clock took off his jacket and glasses put down , picked up the instrument and together with the band Mark Neukirchen under the direction of Dr. Enrico Weller almost symbolically "The old curmudgeon " by Julius Fucik played , which was re-arranged specially for the instrument by Hans -Reiner Schmidt.
Five minutes of music that will go down in history by Mark Neukirchen and Klingenthal that cause a stir around the world.
Because it turned out : The Riesentuba is no after -forcing effects dummy, but that in this size only playable instrument between New York and Tokyo. " The sensation is managed ," says Gerhard A. Meinl . " A bravura piece that represents the strength of the region . All can be proud and also hertragen that pride itself - not just today , not just tomorrow, but even in 100 years . "
Beginning " The Growler " for all an unforgettable experience , so sat Professor Jörg Wachsmuth the evening the crown on " Flight of the Bumblebee " by Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov, also this piece in a new arrangement by Hans -Reiner Schmidt. As he mastered the instrument and Hummel was flying through the room - it was just great. The visitors rose from their seats and honored Wachsmuths performance with several minutes of applause.
http://tuba.jakubus.de/index.html" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank
From a German to English translator:
Around 500 visitors experienced on May 15, 2012 in the Music Hall Mark Neukirchen a world premiere :
Professor Jörg Wachsmuth - he is Solotubist at the Dresden Philharmonic - played two pieces on a Riesentuba . That instrument, which was built between September 2009 and December 2010, based on an idea of Klingenthaler brass instrument maker Hartmut Geilert . A total of 21 companies and 15 individuals were involved. The instrument at its best with a tube length of 11 meters in height measures 2.05 meters and weighs around 50 kilograms and measuring on a scale of 2-1 of a normal B- tuba.
Whisper quiet it was in the music hall, as Professor Jörg Wachsmuth at 21.05 clock took off his jacket and glasses put down , picked up the instrument and together with the band Mark Neukirchen under the direction of Dr. Enrico Weller almost symbolically "The old curmudgeon " by Julius Fucik played , which was re-arranged specially for the instrument by Hans -Reiner Schmidt.
Five minutes of music that will go down in history by Mark Neukirchen and Klingenthal that cause a stir around the world.
Because it turned out : The Riesentuba is no after -forcing effects dummy, but that in this size only playable instrument between New York and Tokyo. " The sensation is managed ," says Gerhard A. Meinl . " A bravura piece that represents the strength of the region . All can be proud and also hertragen that pride itself - not just today , not just tomorrow, but even in 100 years . "
Beginning " The Growler " for all an unforgettable experience , so sat Professor Jörg Wachsmuth the evening the crown on " Flight of the Bumblebee " by Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov, also this piece in a new arrangement by Hans -Reiner Schmidt. As he mastered the instrument and Hummel was flying through the room - it was just great. The visitors rose from their seats and honored Wachsmuths performance with several minutes of applause.
