This is a presentation by violin maker Kevin Kelly about the Four Circle system, showing a stepwise progression from the earliest to the latest Cremonese violin designs, from a 1550 Amati to a 1741 Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ and the Stradivari ‘P’ form.
The presentation uses Harry Mairson’s Digital Amati computer program
Read: Digital Amati: a computer program putting luthiers back in touch with ancient principles
Over 1.5 million trees felled in the area favoured by Stradivari for collecting wood
A decade ago, François Denis’s Traité de Lutherie showed how the old Italians used Euclidean geometry to design their instruments. Now a computer program based on these principles allows luthiers to construct and adapt patterns quickly and easily. Its creator, Harry Mairson, explains the genesis of Digital Amati
Blending folklore, music and environmental advocacy, the film examines how cultural narratives can shape humanity’s relationship with the natural world and inspire action in the face of climate change
The work features on The Bridgetower Project, which aims to highlight the legacy of Afro-European violin virtuoso George Bridgetower.
The ensemble performs Kaprálová’s song ’With a White Kerchief He Waves’, arranged by Xandi van Dijk
The violinist performs the first movement ’fields, mountains’ from Bermel’s work Spring Cadenzas, that also features A Far Cry, Project STEP and conductor Earl Lee
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