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Einstein on the Beach, an opera performed by the Grand Théâtre de Genève

<!--HTML-->An excerpt of the opera Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson, performed by the Einstein-Ensemble, specially composed with students of the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève - HEM for the performance at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Einstein on the Beach is a master...

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Autor principal: CERN. Geneva
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/2691595
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Sumario:<!--HTML-->An excerpt of the opera Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson, performed by the Einstein-Ensemble, specially composed with students of the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève - HEM for the performance at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Einstein on the Beach is a masterclass in how to create a work on Einstein's theory of relativity without being a physicist, besides, what kind of physicist would want to do that? The flow of the music forms the base for a meditation on the passing of time, spaces and events. The opera is considered to be one of the most important musical creations of the twentieth century. - Set-up: performance with reddish lights and only keyboard connected, 4 singers and 1 violinist) - Video without SOUND