Beethoven-Symphony Alegretto
Soundsamples
Beethoven Mondscheinsonate
Mozart G minor Una Nueva Vida
Beethoven For Elise
Haydn-Symphony La Roxolane
Haydn Violin-Concert Adagio
Mozart-Serenade Another Serenade
Beethoven-Symphony in A major op. 92/2
Alegretto
In this selection, it is the sheer simplicity which leaves room for the imagination.
Repetition - endless columns of the same notes marching in line, then breaking out again, rising together and reintegrating into the dark order, which we sense intuitively but can't fathom fundamentally - time.
Beethoven - piano sonata No. 14 op. 27 No. 2 in cis major
Mondscheinsonate
An enormous work, with an unmistakeable chord sequence progression, which could be the starting point for Arias. Inspiring, mysterious, dramatic, mythical. The guitars and drums introduce the realms of dance, while tubular bells and harmonica lead us to the haunting mysteries of Morricone. The second motif almost begs for an alternative harmonization, leading us directly to Ravel and Debussy. A true time travel. The inherent flow of this piece is completely and utterly hypnotic.
Mozart-Symphony G minor KV 550
Una Nueva Vida
Poor mistreated G minor! Implemented in thousands of telephone networks and cell phone ringtones. Why, oh why? Perhaps because it's a such a simple song at its core. Did Mozart ever dance to this in his mind? Did he ever dance while composing? Did he tap with his fingers on the manuscript, or bang his hands on the table like a percussionist to animate himself while performing the melodies in his head? The G minor motif is somehow so bizarrely joyful, so life-affirminative, it just had to be transported to Cuba. Many thanks to the one and only Jacqueline Patricio da Luz.
Beethoven-Albumblatt A minor WoO 59
For Elise
An incredible inner force lives in this light motif. Mobile, meandering, elegant as a water snake; sad, untouchable yet still perceived, it continues to live on a modified chord sequence, taken apart, extended, liberated from rhythm. Quotes from Hegel and the citation of Schiller's "The Cranes of Ibykus" encourage reflection, or even better, re-sensing. To experience beauty and truth as one, we need music from a different age. Music from a man who was known to have said, "In the heavens I will hear again.”
Mozart-Serenade for strings in G major KV 525
Another Serenade…
At some point I stumbled by chance on a tiny sound clip: it was like a little owl, one which just happened to sing a motif from "A Little Night Music.” It's the sound of a Native American flute, and there weren't any other notes available, but the simplicity, purity and naiveté of this randomly found clip impressed me so much, that I built the whole track around it. I even had to change the original key, in order to have Mozart quoted unintentionally by an unknown Native American. Here we are: finally the "Little Night Music" gleams in C major.
Haydn-Symphony No. 63 C major Hob.I:63
La Roxolane
The basic motif reminds me of a grid. It's transparent, creating a structure begging to be filled. I utilized distorted computer drums to propel time and the urge of evolution. A dark sentiment, with religiosity, rigidity. I used somewhat anachronistic chord structures, really too complicated, in fact, but the melody is executed with unsurpassable modesty using the most simplest sound physically possible: the pure sine wave.
Haydn-Violin Concert No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIa/2
Adagio
What a motif — a pure and simple F major scale — but the execution! The theme starts perfectly poised, losing its imbalance starting on the second step, aggravating a dent on the third. Then it goes on, pacing towards a new, higher equilibrium. Did Haydn actually write theatrical plays in hiding? And is Vangelis one of his offspring?
Music for the big screen — vast imagery in its simplest form. I was drawn instantly towards the cool, immovable grandeur of early analog synthesizers, and to eternally long sustained notes.
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