About the Music.... The Aurora Borealis is commonly known as the 'northern lights' and is the phenomena of the reflection of sunlight on atmospheric dust particles generally seen in the dark evening hours in countries of the upper northern hemisphere. I can remember very much the summer evenings of my youth spent in Canada, often laying on my back in the grass watching the incredible panorama of the Aurora borealis unfolding before my eyes. Often it seemed like a kaleidoscope of colours and at other times it reached cataclysmic proportions a if a giant paintbrush was swathing through the heavens. The first part of the piece is entitled 'Starry night'. The viewer sees the stars appearing in pinpoints one by one under a carpet of improvised percussion which build to a quick climax in the introduction making way for the main theme, a pop-jazz groove of 178 beats per minute. Formally very simple, the theme is repeated, building, always expanding - only interrupted by the short appearance of a second theme and then returning again to build a dramatic closings.....John Thrower Composers: Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992) Daniel Nikolas Wirtz Keiko Abe Libor Sima Rudiger Pawassar John Thrower Performers: Bogdan Bacanu, marimba Christoph Sietzen, percussion Emiko Uchiyama, vibraphone/percussion Vladimir Petrov, percussion Track Listing: Astor Piazzolla 1. Prologue Daniel Nikolas Wirtz 2. Valse Valse Keiko Abe 3. Wind Sketch II for Two Marimbas Libor Sima 4. The Blues Thing Keiko Abe 5. Reflections on Japanese Children's Songs II for Two Marimbas Rüdiger Pawassar 6. Sculpture in Wood John Thrower - Aurora Borealis 7. Starry Night 8. Light Waves 9. Aurora's Dance Timing: 55:03 |
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