Commentarium in apocalypsin , is a musical piece conceived for an exhibition, and it is inspired by some of themes presented , such as the themes of destruction and creation, the medieval apocalyptic vision and even the reappearance of the idea of ​​the human apocalypse in the contemporary age.
 Divided into three movements, the piece is united by the permanence of time, Grave, one of the slowest in musical composition. From the height variations of the C mode, the three tempos are developed, with the brass instruments and the voices playing the role of suggestion and emotion, against a background created by a sound designer. Some compositional elements are particularly perceptive, such as the Gregorian reminiscence, although here in a polyphonic register (referring to the Portuguese manuscript "Apocalypse of Lorvão" 1189 ), in the First Movement, it manifests itself in a fragile human universal order, which serves as a catchphrase for the themes melodic presented by the horns, incorporating increasingly intricate harmonies, amplified by the increasing degree of dissonance, foreshadowing the appearance of the Second Movement, dedicated to the human apocalypse. dissonant, they accompany the dynamic increase, with intervals that clash and fight each other, which is also manifested in the choral work, especially in the level of the recording of the sopranos, symbology of a struggle that is established at the same time on earth, but also in the In the final step, which was intended to be reconciliation and rebirth, the mode moves away from its character of that and seeks to accompany the idea of ​​a world that seeks to regenerate itself, probably without humanity already being present. Brass winds and horns in particular carry, in this last movement, the idea of ​​a symbolic element of the construction that carries within itself the gene of destruction.

Commentarium In Apocaplysin Theme

Commentarium in apocaplypsin, is a musical piece conceived for an exhibition, and it is inspired by some of the themes presented, such as the themes of destruction and creation, the medieval apocalyptic vision, the idea of ​​continuity of time by the presence of elements of medieval thought in contemporaneity, the eminence of the destruction of humanity and the world, understood as the human world. Also, the religious sense imprinted on the conscience of medieval man and the reappearance of the idea of ​​human destruction and apocalypse in the contemporary age, revived by the pandemic.

Commentarium In Apocaplysin Theme

commentarium in apocalypsin

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