A hundred
years ago classical composers were all absorbed in creating music that, as they
hoped, would eventually bear some genius sound. Every each of them was inspired
by his/her own muse – women, nature, feelings… For Alexander Scriabin fire and
light became those sources of inspiration. And it all resulted in a most
amazing of duets – combination of music and light, color music. His SymphonyNo.5 ‘Prometheus. The Poem of Fire’ (so symbolically picked for the Greek God
of Fire) was the first to be performed with a color music effect in 1915.
Scriabin thus became a pioneer in ‘music coloring’. Today technology has gone
so far; now one can enjoy the power of music, laser light and even water
fountains combined. But back then it was a truly unique and breathtaking
experience.
Haydn's Miracle Symphony No.102
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