Cousins, This is interesting enough. "Steampunk's" composer, David Bruce, talking about the piece and our beloved instrument:
"When Ensemble ACJW offered me this commission based around the Beethoven Septet line-up (though I added an oboe to mine in the end), the horn and bassoon immediately stood out to me as defining colours of the group and somehow a connection formed between them and the images of the steampunk world. I think above all it was the French horn with its crazy complicated brass plumbing, making it about as iconic a steampunk instrument as you could hope for; but similarly the bassoon, the bass clarinet and the cor anglais each have the distinct air of an eccentric Victorian gentleman, the product of a particular kind of obsession. It seemed like a line-up from a steampunk cartoon." More, including streaming audio and video performances, here: http://www.davidbruce.net/works/steampunk.asp --John ****************************** John Edwin Mason, Photography: http://www.JohnEdwinMason.com Charlottesville and Cape Town _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
