26 May 2004
The Viennese Vegetable Orchestra
This is absolutely bizarre:The Erstes Wiener Gemüseorchester plays music on fresh vegetables.
If you're curious what zucchinis and carrots sound like, listen here to:
the Radetzky march
letschko 74
ambiente
(all in Real Media format)
The sound of 40 kg of finely tuned cucumbers, leeks, potatoes, radishes, peppers, aubergines and marrows entertained a German audience at a weekend concert by the Viennese Vegetable Orchestra.
The nine-piece orchestra plays a range of original compositions on instruments constructed from vegetables - including a flute made from a carrot, a saxophone carved out of a cucumber and a pumpkin converted into a double bass.
"I would never have thought you could get sound out of a cucumber," a young woman at the concert said.
Others commented on the raw vegetable aroma accompanying the melodies.
ABC News Online, 25 May 2004
Jorg Piringer, the lead musician, plays a "gurkophone" horn made from a hollowed cucumber, a green pepper and a carrot reed. Fresh vegetables are bought for each concert. Afterwards, a cook adds them to a big pot of soup or stew for the musicians and audience to eat.
Telegraph, 26 May 2004
See also: Transaccoustic Research
For do-it-yourself lovers: How to turn a rubber glove into your own bagpipes (parental supervision advisable)
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