Parsifal Grail Bells experiment

Wagner's Parsifal Grail Motif bells instrument combo.
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© 2015 Matt Nolan

[@jacobtapianieto9655]

This must be seen by the direction of the Bayreuther Festspiele.

[@ChristianWeberByd]

Sehr gute Kombination! Ich liebe die Gralsglocken.

[@MattNolanCustom]

Thank you. Here is a later version - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqKkaK2GhMeobKc

[@NuDrums]

Awesome Matt! They sound great

[@stephaningleby8024]

Clever

[@BenEmberley]

Sounds very similar to the Syberberg 1982 film version bells. Very interesting way of making them. Wagner himself experimented with Tam-Tams and Piano strings

[@MattNolanCustom]

Thanks. There's a bit of a potted history of Grail Bells that I collated over here in my blog - www.mattnolancustomcymbals.com/blog/?p=106

[@GALLERYARTCURATION]

😊

[@adamqadmon]

That's one insane drone harmonica

[@MattNolanCustom]

Exactly what I was aiming for, of course

[@cymamusic]

wow!!!

[@axonis2306]

Sounds great but is it also due to the room's metal wall panels ?

[@MattNolanCustom]

No, all those wall panels ever add is buzzing. Check out the production version of this instrument here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqKkaK2GhMeobKc and here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWm8Z5ZqiryFq5I - thanks!

[@specialagentdalecooper5367]

nice

[@josefadul550]

See Fadul's Encyclopedia of Bells

[@MattNolanCustom]

Looks like an interesting book that I may have to add to my library. Does it include anything about Wagner's quest for "crystalline bells" for his opera Parsifal?

[@MattNolanCustom]

Here is the story of the Grail Bells - www.mattnolancustomcymbals.com/blog/?p=106

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Some of them used a Piano

[@MattNolanCustom]

Thanks. There's a bit of a potted history of Grail Bells that I collated over here in my blog - www.mattnolancustomcymbals.com/blog/?p=106

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@MattNolanCustom The composer suggested using a Piano as a substitute

[@MattNolanCustom]

@@RockStarOscarStern634 that's quite a common substitute suggestion by composers for deep bells. Berlioz did the same for Symphonie Fantastique.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@MattNolanCustom It just hit me why Berloiz wrote the Bell part of Symphonie Fatastique in the Grand Staff & in Triple Octaves because Berloiz suggested using a Piano as a Substitute for the super low pitched bells. So Piano isn't an inferior Substituted for the Bells, it's a Suggested substitute.

[@MattNolanCustom]

@@RockStarOscarStern634 That's right. Though the sound in his head that he wanted was the bells from Saint Sulpice in Paris. They are a bit heavy (and too loud!) for most orchestra stages / backstages though!

[@valerio1961]

Fantastic sound, but release is toooooo long! Maybe "damper"...?

[@MattNolanCustom]

Thank you Ákos. When somebody is interested enough to commission a production version of this experiment, then I could spend the time to develop some damper mechanisms