CORNO NOT CORONA

The 2020 pandemic has had serious implication for musicians worldwide. With the necessary closure of concert halls and the ban on massed gatherings musicians are no longer able to work and earn a living.

At the same time, musicians need to keep their physical strength up. No longer playing in hours of rehearsals means stamina can be effected badly. Daily practice, often the opportunity to refine and finesse ones playing, is hard to commit to given there is nothing to be practicing for.

Since the mid March, the point in time in which concert began to be cancelled and social distancing came into force Anneke has undertaken two Corno not Corona confinement music making projects.

Corno not Corona Chorales

A Chorale A Day: For the first Corno not Corona project Anneke is recording a daily Bach chorale on her corno da tirarsi. This is an instrument with a fascinating history. Whilst we know that the instrument existed in Bach’s Leipzig no instrument is though to have survived. Anneke’s corno da tirarsi is made by the Swiss firm Egger and is based on the research of her colleague Olivier Picon. You can read more on the instrument here in Olivier’s masters thesis. Anneke is working through the liturgical year and you can see all the videos on her youtube channel here or view the whole collection here.

Corno not Corona Caprices

The second Corno not Corona project sees Anneke return to the Gallay Grands Caprices, repertoire she recorded on her first Resonus Classics CD “Jacques-François Gallay: Préludes, Caprices & Fantaisies” back in 2012. These are wonderfully virtuostic and operatic compositions for solo horn and some of the most dramatic music written for the instrument. Each week Anneke is recording a live version of the Caprices and, again, you can see all the videos on her youtube channel here or view the whole collection here.