2018 Concert Series Beethoven & Beyond | Page 6

4) POWER OF RHYTHM Every composition of the “Space Project” has movements, in which the art of playing drums in a virtuoso manner is integrated into the composition. Here, Tupac Mantilla and Reinhard Flatischler are interacting with the whole orchestra that now turns into a mighty rhythm generator as well. 5) BEYOND SPACE Everything so far was a preparation to dive into the actual meditation of this mysterious phenomenon space. It starts with a portal in which quite unusual sounds call the listener into a direct participation of contemplating space. Beyond Space consists of a metamorphosis of three rhythms: starting with a twelve beat cycle, the rhythms evolve into an eleven beat cycle, recited by the choir in multiple voice layers and ending up in a mysterious layering of a seven and a six beat cycle. When their elements are “singled out” - which is a composition technique of the Waves Project - the audience feels a coherence but cannot grasp how everything is interconnected. An atmosphere of wondering, awe and introspection opens up. 6) SPATIUM OMNIA TU Never before has there been a coherent polyrhythmic choir in the history of classical and avant-garde music. The polyrhythm of three and four create an unstoppable drive, which is different from groove, just based on one pulsation alone. This movement conveys the following messages, sung by the choir: Spatium, omnia tu, Omnia nosti, Omnia saecula! Spatium, omnia tu, Omnia iungis, Omnia omnibus! Tu narra de terra, Narra de nobis Narra caelestibus! Space, you know everything, really everything, all ages Space, you connect everything, everything with everything You, tell us about the earth, tell us about us, tell us about the heavenly beings. Tu es via clara, Tu es noster angelus, Testare hanc vitam, Narra mundo nostram musicam! Tu es via clara nostra, Tu es noster vere unus angelus! Testare hanc vitam, Nostram musicam! 6