Cologne Philharmonic

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The Cologne Philharmonic is a concert hall opened in 1986 in the building complex of the Museum Ludwig in Cologne . The "KölnMusik Betriebs- und Servicegesellschaft mbh" under the direction of the artistic director Louwrens Langevoort is responsible for the concert operations . KölnMusik GmbH is funded 90 percent by the City of Cologne and 10 percent by West German Broadcasting .

The building complex emerged from a competition won by the Busmann + Haberer architectural team in the early 1980s .

Construction

The concert hall

The concert hall was modeled on an amphitheater in order to obtain the perfect room acoustics . There are no walls in the entire hall that are parallel to each other, so that there is no unwanted echo. The size and upholstery of the seats are designed so that the sound attenuation they produce is always constant, regardless of whether someone is sitting on them or not.

top, roof

Stage of the Cologne Philharmonic on September 11, 2005
Stage of the Cologne Philharmonic (December 2004)

The column-free interior offers space for up to 2,000 people. The wide-span girders required as a result also cause a problem: the concert hall is located below the publicly accessible Heinrich-Böll-Platz between the Museum Ludwig and the stairs to the bank of the Rhine. Step noises from pedestrians with pumps or driving noises from skateboards or wheeled suitcases are transmitted into the interior of the concert hall by the swinging girders. One of the reasons given for this is a faulty floor covering. For this reason, the square is guarded during the performances and rehearsals in the Philharmonie, so that no acoustic impairment can be felt in the concert hall. This leads to costs of currently around 100,000 euros per year, the total costs for this security until 2015 were an estimated 1,670,000 euros.

organ

The organ was not included in the original construction plan of the Cologne Philharmonic. The Klais organ building workshop in Bonn was only subsequently commissioned to build an instrument for the concert hall. Nevertheless, with its seven round towers, it blends harmoniously into the hall and thus forms the counterpart to the opposite spiral staircase .

The composition of its individual registers ( disposition ) takes into account the requirements of a concert organ: It can sound as a solo instrument as well as serve as accompaniment or assert itself against an orchestra. The organ of the Cologne Philharmonic has three manuals and originally (1986) had 70 stops with a total of 5,394 pipes as well as a mechanical action and electronic couplings . After the registration changes in 2009 and 2010, the organ currently has 67 registers .

In addition to the actual swell mechanism, the substation positioned under the mechanical console can also be swelled separately, although the visible prospect pipes of the substation (Praestant 8 ′ C to g 0 plus 10 silent pipes) lie outside this swell mechanism.

Thanks to the mobile console, which can be moved to the middle of the podium, the organist does not remain invisible behind the Rückpositiv . Thierry Mechler has been titular organist since 2002 .

The original disposition of this organ from 1986 with 70 registers:

I main work C – c 4
01. Praestant 16 ′
02. Quintatön 16 ′
03. Principal 08th'
04th Bourdon 08th'
05. Gemshorn 08th'
06th Bifaria (from g 0 ) 08th'
07th Octave 04 ′
08th. Night horn 04 ′
09. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Super octave 02 ′
11. Cornett V (from g 0 ) 0 08th'
12. Mixture IV 02 ′
13. Sharp IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
14th Trumpet 16 ′
15th Trumpet 08th'
16. Trumpet 04 ′
Tremulant
II substation C – c 4
17th Darling Dumped0 16 ′
18th Praestant 08th'
19th Reed flute 08th'
20th Quintatön 08th'
21st Principal 04 ′
22nd Transverse flute 04 ′
23. Octave 02 ′
24. Forest flute 02 ′
25th Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
26th Third sept 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
27. Acuta IV 01'
28. Cymbel III 01 ⁄ 2 ′
29 Wooden dulcian 16 ′
30th Cromorne 08th'
31. Vox Humana 08th'
32. Head trumpet 08th'
Tremulant
III Swell C – c 4
33. Bourdon 16 ′
34. Wooden principal 08th'
35. Flûte harm. 08th'
36. Funnel-shaped 08th'
37. Gamba 08th'
38. Vox coelestis 08th'
39. Wide octave 04 ′
40. Reed flute 04 ′
41. viola 04 ′
42. Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
43. Duplicate 02 ′
44. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
45. Sifflet 01'
46. None 08 ⁄ 9 ′
47. Harmonia aeth. IV0 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
48. Plein Jeu V 02 ′
49. Basson 16 ′
50. Trumpet harm. 08th'
51. Hautbois 08th'
52. Clairon 04 ′
Tremulant
Pedal C – g 1
53. Pedestal 32 ′
54. Principal 16 ′
55. Sub bass 16 ′
56. Silent 16 ′
57. Violon 16 ′
58. Octave 08th'
59. Paddock 0 08th'
60. cello 08th'
61. Tenor Coctave 04 ′
62. recorder 04 ′
63. Jubilee flute 02 ′
64. Back set IV 04 ′
65. Mixture IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
66. Bombard 32 ′
67. trombone 16 ′
68. bassoon 16 ′
69. Trumpet 08th'
70. Schalmey 04 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P, I 4 ′ / P (Superoctave coupling)

In 2009 this organ was rearranged to 66 instead of the previous 70 stops. A number of registers were completely replaced by newly made registers. The purpose of this measure was to adapt the organ's sound to today's listening habits and the music-making practice of today's organists.

In addition, the very powerful Tuba 8 'high pressure register was added in 2010, which can be coupled to every manual and also the pedal.

Here is the new disposition of this organ from 2010 with now 67 registers:

I main work C – c 4
01. Praestant 16 ′
02. Bourdon 16 ′ (N)
03. Principal 08th'
04th Bourdon 08th'
05. Flute harmonique 0 08th' (N)
06th Viol 08th' (N)
07th Octave 04 ′
08th. flute 04 ′ (N)
09. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Super octave 02 ′ (N)
11. Cornett V (from g 0 ) 08th'
12. Mixture V 02 ′
13. Trumpet 16 ′ (N)
14th Trumpet 08th' (N)
15th Trumpet 04 ′ (N)
Tremulant
II substation C – c 4
16. Viol 16 ′ (N)
17th Praestant 08th'
18th Reed flute 08th'
19th Bourdon 08th' (N)
20th Principal 04 ′
21st Transverse flute 0 04 ′
22nd Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ (N)
23. Duplicate 02 ′ (N)
24. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ (N)
25th Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
26th Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ (N)
27. Wooden dulcian 16 ′
28. Clarinet 08th' (N)
29 Trumpet 08th' (N)
Tremulant
 
High pressure unit C – c 4
50. tuba 08th' (Z)
III Swell C – c 4
30th Bourdon 16 ′
31. Wooden principal 08th'
32. Harmony flute 08th' (N)
33. Dumped 08th' (N)
34. Gamba 08th'
35. Vox coelestis 08th'
36. Octave 04 ′
37. Reed flute 04 ′
38. viola 04 ′
39. Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
40. Octavine 02 ′ (N)
41. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
42. Seventh 1 1 ⁄ 7  ′ (N)
43. Sifflet 01'
44. Progressio harm. III-V0 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ (N)
45. Basson 16 ′
46. Trumpet harm. 08th'
47. Hautbois 08th'
48. Vox humana 08th' (N)
49. Clairon 04 ′
Tremulant
Pedal C – g 1
51. Pedestal 32 ′ (Z)
52. Principal 16 ′
53. Flute bass 16 ′
54. Sub bass 16 ′
55. Violon 16 ′
56. Octave 08th'
57. Dumped 08th'
58. cello 08th'
59. Octave 04 ′
60. flute 04 ′
61. flute 02 ′
62. Gross Cornett III 0 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′ (N)
63. Basson 32 ′ (N)
64. trombone 16 ′ (N)
65. bassoon 16 ′
66. Trumpet 08th' (N)
67. Clairon 04 ′ (N)
  • Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, HD / I, HD / II, HD / III, HD / P, I / P, II / P, III / P, III 4 ′ / P (Superoctave- Paddock)
  • Note: (N) = register from 2009, (Z) = register from 2010

Concerts

The opening day of structure (14 September 1986) was the Rhenish Symphony of Robert Schumann started. Since then, mainly works of classical music , the great works of the symphonic and chamber music repertoire, new music , jazz as well as folk and pop music have been performed . The approximately 400 concerts a year are attended by around 600,000 guests. The Cologne Philharmonic is the largest venue of the eight bridges | music festival that has been held annually since 2011 Music for Cologne . In the 2019/2020 season, the Cologne Philharmonic will host the FELIX festival for the first time ! dedicated to historical performance practice.

KölnMusik GmbH had a budget of around 15.3 million euros available in 2016 to carry out its own and third-party concert events, 33.2 percent of which had to be covered by municipal subsidies. This results in a subsidy requirement of around 8 euros per ticket, which means that the Cologne Philharmonic has a small subsidy requirement compared to other Cologne cultural institutions.

The Cologne Philharmonic is the seat of the Gürzenich Orchestra and the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne .

North-south tunnel of the light rail

The north-south tunnel of the Cologne Stadtbahn , which was still under construction in 2009, runs two meters below the concert hall. During the construction of the Philharmonic, a preliminary construction work was created, namely walls in the subsoil, between which the tunnel was dug. At the end of May 2009, vibration tests were carried out to simulate the noise generated by the trains that would later run every minute under the concert hall and the recording studio of the WDR. According to the intendant Louwrens Langevoort , the tests were unsatisfactory. Even on the fourth night's attempt in the concert hall, "a noise" could still be heard.

Web links

Commons : Philharmonie Köln  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 20 years of the Cologne Philharmonic. Archived from the original on May 2, 2010 ; Retrieved January 6, 2010 .
  2. ^ The KölnMusik GmbH. Retrieved November 10, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Cologne Philharmonic. Retrieved November 10, 2018 .
  4. ^ "Black Book": Taxpayers' Association denounces luminous manhole covers on the website of Deutschlandfunk , accessed on September 30, 2015
  5. ↑ More information on the disposition of the Philharmonie organ ( memento of the original from March 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.koelner-philharmonie.de
  6. ↑ FELIX! Original sound in Cologne. In: Cologne Philharmonic. Retrieved June 21, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Cologne Philharmonic. Retrieved November 10, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Tim Attenberger: Subsidies: This is how much Cologne pays for culture and sport . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . ( ksta.de [accessed on November 10, 2018]).
  9. ↑ Köln.de: First tests: U-Bahn too loud for Philharmonie , accessed October 28, 2010

Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 26 ″  N , 6 ° 57 ′ 37 ″  E