Post by Bonobo on Oct 31, 2015 20:24:10 GMT 1
US trumpeter plays Kraków bugle call
30.10.2015 09:07
The world-famous American jazz trumpeter Chris Botti performed the bugle call from the tower of St Mary’s Church in Kraków on Thursday.
The bugle caller in Kraków. Photo: Wikimedia CommonsThe bugle caller in Kraków. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
He is billed in the city today as part of his European concert tour.
In response to his wish to do something extraordinary while in Kraków, the organisers of the tour suggested the bugle call.
Chris Botti readily agreed and climbed the 271 steps to the top of the church tower and, having first listened to the trumpeter on duty, he played the tune twice, solo and together with the Pole.
It is Botti's third visit to Kraków. Talking to a Radio Poland reporter in the town, he described it as the most beautiful city in the world.
The bugle call is inseparably linked with Kraków – Poland’s former capital.
Its first written accounts come from 1392. It consists of a simple melody of open chords, which is cut short in the middle of the final cadence because it commemorates the trumpeter who, whilst raising the alarm, was shot through the throat by an arrow shot by of the Mongol attackers.
It is played every hour on the hour and is repeated four times: to the north, south, east and west.
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Hejnał Mariacki (Polish; pronounced "Hey-now Mahr-yahts-kee", derived from a Hungarian expression meaning "Saint Mary's dawn"; also called the Kraków Anthem), is a traditional, five-note Polish anthem closely bound to the history and traditions of the capital, Kraków. It is played every hour on the hour, four times in succession in each of the four cardinal directions, by a trumpeter on the highest tower of the city's Saint Mary's Church (Polish, Kościół mariacki). The noon performance is broadcast via radio to all of Poland and the world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Trumpet_Call
30.10.2015 09:07
The world-famous American jazz trumpeter Chris Botti performed the bugle call from the tower of St Mary’s Church in Kraków on Thursday.
The bugle caller in Kraków. Photo: Wikimedia CommonsThe bugle caller in Kraków. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
He is billed in the city today as part of his European concert tour.
In response to his wish to do something extraordinary while in Kraków, the organisers of the tour suggested the bugle call.
Chris Botti readily agreed and climbed the 271 steps to the top of the church tower and, having first listened to the trumpeter on duty, he played the tune twice, solo and together with the Pole.
It is Botti's third visit to Kraków. Talking to a Radio Poland reporter in the town, he described it as the most beautiful city in the world.
The bugle call is inseparably linked with Kraków – Poland’s former capital.
Its first written accounts come from 1392. It consists of a simple melody of open chords, which is cut short in the middle of the final cadence because it commemorates the trumpeter who, whilst raising the alarm, was shot through the throat by an arrow shot by of the Mongol attackers.
It is played every hour on the hour and is repeated four times: to the north, south, east and west.
link
Hejnał Mariacki (Polish; pronounced "Hey-now Mahr-yahts-kee", derived from a Hungarian expression meaning "Saint Mary's dawn"; also called the Kraków Anthem), is a traditional, five-note Polish anthem closely bound to the history and traditions of the capital, Kraków. It is played every hour on the hour, four times in succession in each of the four cardinal directions, by a trumpeter on the highest tower of the city's Saint Mary's Church (Polish, Kościół mariacki). The noon performance is broadcast via radio to all of Poland and the world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Trumpet_Call
