Philharmonic Luxembourg

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Philharmonic Luxembourg
Rear view

The Philharmonie Luxembourg is a concert hall in Luxembourg City and is the residence of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Luxembourg .

construction

In June 2002, work on the concert hall began. It was opened three years later in the Kirchberg district on Place de l'Europe. The architect is Christian de Portzamparc , and Albert Yaying Xu designed the acoustics in the large concert hall .

The floor plan of the white main building is shaped like an eye. The steel and glass facade is optically dominated by 823 white columns 20 meters high and 30 centimeters in diameter. The concert hall has a total of 192,883 cubic meters and a total area of ​​around 20,000 square meters. 2,500 tons of structural steel were used on the steel and glass construction; the glazed surface is 5,000 square meters. The construction costs amounted to 113.5 million euros.

Halls

The large concert hall Salle de Concerts Grande-Duchesse Joséphine-Charlotte normally has 1307 seats, which can be increased to a maximum of 1500 seats. It is 24 meters long, 48 meters deep and 17 meters high. The stage offers space for 120 musicians and can be set to 14 different heights. The organ stands at its front. The acoustic room volume is 19,300 cubic meters.

In the basement of the Philharmonie there is a smaller hall with 120 seats, the so-called Espace Découverte . It is intended for electro-acoustic music, experimental art in the field of electronics, film or video or for interactive music workshops.

Next to the main building is the likewise white, shell-shaped chamber music hall Salle de Musique de Chambre ; it has 313 places. Its stage is 80 square meters, the volume of space is 8,153 cubic meters. The chamber music hall is connected to and accessible from the main building.

organ

The organ in the concert hall was built by the company Karl Schuke Berliner Orgelbauwerkstatt GmbH . The slider chest instrument has 83 registers (6,441 pipes), these are distributed over 4 manuals and the pedal . It is designed as a symphonic concert organ; Their disposition follows primarily German and French models, but also takes on English and American elements. The manual range extends from C – c 4 , the pedal range from C – g ′. The instrument can be played from two gaming tables. Manual works II, III and IV are built as swell works . A special feature is that individual registers of Manuals II and III are housed within the respective (swell) work in a further swell (double swellability). Some of the pedal's registers can also be swelled.

I main work C – c 4
1. Bourdon 32 ′
2. Praestant 16 ′
3. Drone 16 ′
4th Montre 8th'
5. Principal 8th'
6th Flûte harm. 8th'
7th Salicional 8th'
8th. Dumped 8th'
9. Fifth 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Octave 4 ′
11. Reed flute 4 ′
12. third 3 1 ⁄ 5  ′
13. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
14th Super octave 2 ′
15th Cornett V 8th'
16. Mixture V-VI 2 ′
17th Cimbel III 1'
18th Trumpet 16 ′
19th Trumpet 8th'
II Positive C-c 4
20th Lovely Gedackt 16 ′
21st Viola da gamba 16 ′ *
22nd Violin principal 8th'
23. Flauto amabile 8th' *
24. Piffaro 8th' *
25th Aeoline 8th' *
26th Quintad 8th' *
29 Principal 4 ′
28. Dulciana 4 ′ *
27. Fugara 4 ′ *
30th Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
31. Flautino 2 ′
32. Flauto traverso 2 ′
33. Piccolo 1'
34. Harmonia aeth. III 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ *
35. Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
36. English horn 16 ′ *
37. Aeoline 16 ′ *
38. Oboe d'amore 8th' *
III Récit expressif C – c 4
39. Bourdon 16 ′
40. diapason 8th'
41. Cor de nuit 8th'
42. Flûte à cheminée 8th'
43. Viol 8th' *
44. Voix céleste 8th' *
45. Prestant 4 ′
46. Flûte octaviante 4 ′
47. viola 4 ′ *
48. Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
49. Duplicate 2 ′
50. Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
51. Fittings V. 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
52. Bombard 16 ′ *
53. Trumpet harm. 8th' *
54. Hautbois 8th' *
55. Voix humaine 8th' *
56. Clairon 4 ′ *
IV Solo Expressif C – c 4
57. Concert flute 8th'
58. Echogambe 8th'
59. Unda maris 8th'
60. Dolce 4 ′
61. Basson 16 ′
62. Cromorne 8th'
63. Clarinet 8th'
64. tuba 8th'
en chamade
65. Trumpets 16 ′
66. Trumpets 8th'
Pedals C – g 1
67. Bourdon 32 ′
68. Principal bass 16 ′
69. Sub bass 16 ′ *
70. Flute bass 16 ′
71. double bass 16 ′
72. Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
73. Octavbass 8th'
74. Drone 8th' *
75. violoncello 8th' *
76. Octave 4 ′
77. Dolkan 4 ′ *
78. Bass aliquot III 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′ *
79. Backset VI 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
80. Bombard 32 ′
81. trombone 16 ′
82. bassoon 16 ′ *
83. Trumpet 8th'
  • annotation
* = Register swellable

Web links

Commons : Philharmonie (Luxembourg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ mir media - interface engineering, cologne - www.mir.de: hall plans Philharmonie Luxembourg. In: www.philharmonie.lu. Retrieved May 14, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Information on the organ of the Philharmonie Luxembourg ( Memento of December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 692 kB) of October 29, 2005. Accessed on June 13, 2011.

Coordinates: 49 ° 37 ′ 6.6 ″  N , 6 ° 8 ′ 31.5 ″  E