Today I have completed the second recording session in Brno. I made an hour-long recording from 12 -1 pm in “Cabbage Market” a very cosy little market placed between the Petra and Pavala Cathedral and Stare Radnice – Old Town Hall. This spot provided a great to opportunity to capture the chimes of two of the clock towers: one sacral and other secular (the oldest secular building in Brno).
“On the steep land beneath Petrov a square called Cabbage Market was created during the foundation of Brno. Originally, the square was called “Upper Market”. Middle-class houses standing on the square at the beginning were later substituted with meat shops. Today, fruit and flowers are sold there.”(http://www.brno.me/sight s.html)
The 12 o’clock chimes were captured spontaneously at the Spielberg Castle by my husband Frank and my youngest assistant 5 year old Oliver (my son). The bells at the castle were commissioned in 1990 from artist Otmar Olivio they consist of fifteen bells weighing from 16 kg to 220 kg. The bells themselves are stationary and only the hammers move playing one of 32 pre-programmed tunes every hour.
