The late renaissance saw an unimaginable flowering of different double reed instruments which are captured forever in Michael Praetorius’ Theatrum Instrumentorum.
For many centuries the schalmei and pommer ruled supreme with their quieter sister, the douçaine, lurking in the shadows. But at the beginning of the 16th century, a wave of creativity and spirit of experimentation swept through the instrument makers: They not only created larger versions of familiar instruments, but also ventured into bold new inventions, which they built in “families” of instruments of different lengths, in order to make polyphonic music playable on them. They also experimented with all sorts of twists of turns resulting in dulcians, rackets, and crumhorns, to name but a few … all of which you will hear buzzing away in this concert.
The concert is free, but there will be a collection.

Website
rerenaissance.ch/en/events/26-10-25/brummen-und-blassen/

Where
Historisches Museum Basel - Barfüsserkirche
Barfüsserplatz 7
4051 Basel

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