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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859) was an English mechanical and civil engineer.
Brunel may also refer to:
The Brunel opera project is a collaboration between Matthew King (composer), Nye Parry (sound design) and Michael Irwin (libretto) to write a dramatic work based on the life and work of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The opera was the subject of a special feature on BBC Radio 4, broadcast in October 2003, and the project has been documented in detail in the book, The Reflective Conservatoire. The opera remains a work in progress and has yet to be performed in its entirety.
In October 2003, the critic, Martin Hoyle, wrote in the Financial Times:
The musical excerpts (from Brunel) sounded immediately attractive, richer and more varied than the long littleness of Adams's Nixon in China or the arid wastes of Glass's Akhnaten: characterised vocally and grateful to sing, unlike most modern operas.
The part of Brunel is sung by a tenor. There are choruses of labourers, critics, widows and ghosts. The orchestra is an ensemble of brass instruments, sometimes employed in a manner reminiscent of Brunel's contemporaries Berlioz and Wagner, sometimes imitating mysterious industrial sounds (such as the hiss of steam). The electronic score incorporates sampled industrial sounds which are sometimes "tuned" in order to fit the harmonic landscape of the music.
Brunel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adrian Brunel (1892–1958), English film director and screenwriter
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Marc Isambard Brunel (1769–1849), engineer and father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), famed British engineer
- Isambard Brunel Junior (1837–1902), son of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- Henry Marc Brunel (1842-1903), engineer and the second son of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), famed British engineer
- Jacques Brunel (died 1564), 16th century French organist and composer
- Jacques Brunel (rugby player) (born 1954), French rugby union player and coach
- Ole Brunell (born 1953), former Lutheran Minister
Usage examples of "brunel".
She informed me that she had left the boards, and was kept by the Marquis the Brunel.
Field had met Brunel by chance on a railroad returning from Valentia to London.
Major junction designated by Isambard Kingdom Brunel when he was building the GWR.
The first tunnel under the Thames was a private enterprise built by Marc Brunel and opened, after considerable loss of life, in 1843.
But Miss Havisham's eyes were sharper than mine and we shot through the gap, bounced across a grass bank, skidded past the statue of Brunel, drove the wrong way down a one-way street, through a back alley, past the Carer's Monument and across the pedestrianised precinct to screech to a halt in front of a long queue for the Swindon Booktastic closing-down sale – just as the town clock struck twelve.