The vision of a soulless, mechanical universe is too terrifying for most of to endure for longer than 5 minutes. Outer space at its best. Cold and utterly relentless. Bravo.
I am shocked after hearing Multiversum, by master Peter Eötvös. I just got to know Iveta Apkalna's work. I am deeply in love with her. I can almost see your soul on the keyboard. But, Mr Eötvös, it shocked me. What kind of human being might be able to compose like that? As a composition student, I dream about it ... Thank Lord for these magical moments. I'm listening over and over ...
@@Ramses_0 It will not "sound exactly the same as someone pounding on a keyboard aimlessly"; the two are easily distinguishable, at least to some ears.
I'm sure John Lord of the Deep Purple would have thoroughly enjoyed this exemplary performance, I especially liked the intertwined harmonious sound of Grand Organ and the Hammond, while the strings don't have the great say in this piece. The fabulous brass compete well with their own (Frankfurt Radio) hr Bigband.
Una obra maravillosa. No encuentro palabras para referirme a los universos, los universos posibles que sugieren las últimas postulaciones de Stephen Hawking, la existencia de universos paralelos al nuestro . Lo que no se puede decir con palabras puede sugerirlo la música, en este caso la maravillosa, indescriptible música del maestro Peter Eotvos, brillantemente ejecutada por la hermosa Iveta Apkalna, por el ejecutante del armonio, por los bronces, por los percusionistas, por la orquesta toda. Gracias desde Chile, larga franja entre el enorme Océano Pacífico y las altas montañas de Los Andes.
Elsewhere on the internet I have read negative reviews of this piece from music critics and others. After hearing and watching this remarkably expansive and enjoyable piece, I CANNOT understand how it merits such disdain from the 'cognoscenti.' Also, as another reviewer here stated, I, too, have now been viewing more Iveta Apkalna organ performances on RU-vid, which have proven her gifts, talent, virtuosity and merit in the world of international organ-playing. Thank you so much for posting this. My enthusiasm is equal to that of other commenters here.
Multiversum is musik acoustik, german spelling (?) of a french understanding of music that may incorporate sounds from synthetic productions like electric keyboards, and doesn't have to be 'present', e.g., is performed 'behind a veil'. Very nice example of acousmatic music.
Please don't shoot me down - never listened to anything like this so am curious! Is it completely scored? Is there any ad libbing going on as long as the beat is maintained? Many sounds do not seem to be what a classical instrumentalist would be used to producing, so can they play a "bum" note and would the conductor know? I suppose I am trying to say is it just a sound environment they are creating rather than a precisely scored piece of music? I admit my ignorance! I came because I have just been listening to Iveta Apkalna playing Handel.....
All great questions! I'm fairly certain this is completely scored. There may be wrong notes, but they would stick out the same way they would in Handel to someone who has studied this piece and more generally Eötvös' compositions. Thanks for coming with an open mind - a lot of people come from common practice music and declaim this a bunch of randomly scattered notes with no thought behind them.
It's not narrow minded if you dislike a certain kind of music. I'm just stating that my opinion is, that modern music sounds awful, which quite frankly it does.
