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| Paper: |
Big Bang Circus |
| Volume: |
441, The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena VI |
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269 |
| Authors: |
Ambrosini, C. |
| Abstract: |
Big Bang Circus is an opera I composed in 2001 and which was
premiered at the Venice Biennale Contemporary Music Festival in
2002. A chamber group, four singers and a ringmaster stage the story
of the Universe confronting and interweaving two threads: how early
man imagined it and how scientists described it. Surprisingly enough
fancy, myths and scientific explanations often end up using the same
images, metaphors and sometimes even words: a strong tension, a
drumskin starting to vibrate, a shout… |
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