Lately, I was inspired by a composer who talked about classical music piece endings in the one video and about the power of silence in another. This led me to a practical experiment yesterday, which contained both elements at the same time:
For us mortals, infinity is an abstract term we can not really understand. Our human subconsciousness permanently tells us that something always has to have a starting point and an end, which are the limits of its infinity. "The Creation Of A Divinity" is such a projection of a starting point.
The piece itself observes that creation from a distance, up to its culmination point where there is a brief moment of reverent silence before eternity strikes with the most powerful chord available on the instrument. That particular chord is then sustained for almost a minute to let the listener feel a glimpse of the eternity depicted.
Also, at least according to the video I watched, this might be the longest final chord ever played until now and until we would approach the end of John Cage's "Organ2/ASLSP" on September 5th, 2640.
Referenced videos:
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https://youtu.be/D7FTB95uccM
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https://youtu.be/MUbbNqyLE3Q
For those who own a 7.1 surround system, an 8-channel FLAC file can be picked up here to get an impression of what it will sound like in my living room:
- URL:
http://via.woody-mc.de/to/5bBLjCWOSY45JlY4
- Player: Current versions of Media Player Classic are able to properly play multi-channel FLAC files.