Wild Wednesday! Mysterium is an unfinished work by Russian composer Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915). He started composing the work in 1903 but died before he was able to finish it. He wanted it to be a synesthetic experience, including the senses of smell and touch as well as hearing. This is what he wrote about it : There will not be a single spectator. All will be participants. The work requires special people, special artists and a completely new culture. The cast of performers includes an orchestra, a large mixed choir, an instrument with visual effects, dancers, a procession, incense, and rhythmic textural articulation. The cathedral in which it will take place will not be of one single type of stone but will continually change with the atmosphere and motion of the Mysterium. This will be done with the aid of mists and lights, which will modify the architectural contours. (quote from Wikipedia) At the time of his death, he had composed 72 pages of music that Alexander Nemtin (Scriabins student) reformed in a 3 hour-long work - It took him 28 years ! youtube/watch?v=V4YSysUn-Bk
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 00:29:33 +0000
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