Besetzung: | Blasorchester |
Komponist: | Armin Kofler |
Grad:Schwierigkeitsgrad: | 4 (schwer / Oberstufe) |
Genre: | Konzertwerk |
Dauer: | 08:40 |
Format: | DIN A4 |
Verlag: | Frank Musikverlag |
Kategorie: | Konzertwerke |
BEYOND THE LIGHT was commissioned for the Südtiroler Jugendblasorchester (South Tyrolean Youth Wind Band). When composing the piece, I took the liberty of incorporating a subject that has fascinated me for a long time. The piece is based on the phenomena of black holes. These objects, scattered throughout space, have such an intense gravitational field that even light itself is attracted and absorbed. They still pose problems for the scientists of today. Perhaps this is indeed why they have served as such excellent fodder for sci-fi authors for countless years in terms of the wildest speculation as to what could possibly be hidden behind them. From a scientific standpoint, the piece portrays the completely impossible journey into such a black hole. It begins calmly, mysteriously - a slightly eerie atmosphere. As the piece progresses the travellers draw nearer to the black hole. Now the gravitational pull becomes more intense and the music gets faster and more hectic. In the composition I have tried to portray everything I have learnt about this phenomena the majestic aloofness at the beginning, the beginnings of the effects of the gravitational pull with lively wind passages, the whirlwind journey in the film-music inspired middle section, the terrifying descent into the black hole and the surreal and peculiar atmosphere on the other side..