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Lira da gamba / Lirone
based on Antonius Brensius 1592
The lira da gamba is a continuo instrument, which was especially used for accompanying voices at the time of Monteverdi. It has a very flat bridge for bowing 3-5 strings at once.
My Lirone is based on an instrument by Antonius Brensius, Bologna 1592, which is in the Musikinstrumentenmuseum in Leipzig. This instrument I find ideal as a starting point for a Lirone because of its wide, but short, body. I arrived at a string length of ca. 54 cm by examining the remains of another Lirone, which is in the same museum. I make the instrument with between 13–16 strings, according to personal preference.
Body length 62.8 cm, string length ca. 54cm.
' Henner's is the fourth lirone that I have owned over the past 20 years and it is definitely the most beautiful and flexible one that I have ever played; it easily responds to all variations of pressure and bowspeed, making the mesa di voce, the esclamazione, the pian piano and all other nuances effortless and three-dimensional. Especially unique to this instrument is its 'throaty' quality, as if it has a real voice, something that is essential for an instrument whose main role is to accompany singers.' (Erin Headley)
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Awake, O North Wind
German Music from Schütz to Buxtehude
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Tirami Su - Erin Headley
A short sample from the new Tirami Su CD with Erin Headley playing on a 14-string Lirone made by Henner Harders after Antonius Brensius 1592.
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Benedetto Ferrari
Madrigale e Canzonette
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Ensemble Incantato
Mona Spägele, Hubert Hoffmann, Matthias Müller-Mohr, Detlef Bratschke
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Ensemble 'Anima Pellegrine'
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Giovanni Rovetta, La bel Erminia
Christoph Burmester - Tenor
Claas B. Harders - Lirone
Andreas Arend - Chitarrone
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La beata Orlanda
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Giovanni Antonio Pandolphi Mealli
Sonata la Stella
Claudia Hoffmann - Baroque violin
Thorsten Bleich - Chitarrone
Matthias Müller-Mohr - Lirone
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Marienvesper
Chiarra Margarita Cozzolani
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Orlando di Lasso Ensemble
Director: Detlef Bratschke
from Salmi a otto voci concertati (1650)
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