Spiegel im Spiegel
Spiegel im Spiegel is a piece of music that was written in 1978 by Arvo Pärt. It is in F major in 6/4-Takt. The piece was (both solo) originally written for piano and violin. The latter is sometimes replaced by a cello or a viola.
- 4.1 Notes and references
- 4.2 Literature
Composition
The composition principle of the mirror in the mirror contains according to the Tintinnabuli style two elements: scale movements in the violin and triad structures in the piano. Both elements work exclusively with the sounds of F major, and are arranged around the central tone a '.
Regular and rigid structure of the tones, as set forth here may be substantially, although explain the principle of the composition, but not the powerful effect which produces said music.
Violin part
The melody of the violin consists only of long tones that move in four directions from the central note a 'or lead to it. The principle of the violin part looks like the letter X. In the middle where the lines cross is the central note. The four legs of the letter show the different scale movements that lead away to him or from him.
4 down to a ' second upwardly from a' away X 3.aufwärts for a ' first down from a' away Here, the scale motions that occur four times in the same order regularly longer by a tone. While at the beginning of a sound is - the g ' descends from a' away - they are in the final leg of eight tones that lead down from the b '' to produce center. Each of the scale motions is concluded with the central tone.
Just as the letter X has two axes of symmetry, and can be reflected horizontally and vertically, the four scale movements are mirrored twice around the central tone. The mirroring is between up and down, the other between the a ' to and from a' away. This strict construction with double reflection explains the title: Spiegel im Spiegel.
Piano
The piano voice matches the one hand, the violin part, but on the other hand provides the principle triad as a contrast and as a background for scale.
The piano begins in the right hand at a faster relative to the violin part sequence of three ascending tones that make up the F- major triad. This Dreitonstruktur, reminiscent of the classic accompaniment patterns, the whole piece over maintained. The sounds, however, are changing according to a fixed system according to the melody of the violin. The lowest of the three tones is a third above the melody, the middle is a sound from the F- major triad, the upper tone is the melody an octave higher. This continuous piano voice floats as an accompaniment to the melody of the violin.
In addition, dive in the piano after each melody individual tones, which are always arranged alternately above and below the violin part. These sounds are all from the F- major triad and have a fixed distance to the melody. They are spread out over a large area of the piano keyboard. The two extreme additional tones are assigned to the central tone, which, when it is heard after each of the scale motions, with the lowest frequencies (F and F ') or the highest notes ( c and c '''' ''''' ) is provided.
Reception in pop culture
The piece is often used in movies and TV films, plays and ballets. Examples:
- The East, Film (2013 )
- Gravity, Film (2013 )
- Cheyenne - This Must Be the Place ( 2011) film by Paolo Sorrentino
- Elegy (2008) by Isabel Coixet film
- HBO telefilm Wit ( 2001)
- Guy Ritchie film Swept Away (2002)
- Gus Van Sant film Gerry (2002)
- Tom Tykwer's film Heaven ( 2002)
- Dear Frankie movie (2004)
- Century of the Self (2002 ) BBC documentary by Adam Curtis
- Dans le noir du temps (2003), short film by Jean -Luc Godard
- Touching the Void, Documentary
- Mother Night, Movie, (1996 )
- In the New York production of Eurydice, a play by Sarah Ruhl (2007)
- The piece was designed by the Hamburg choreographer John Neumeier for a pas de deux in his ballet Othello ( 1985) and by New York choreographer Christopher Wheeldon for the part 2 of his ballet After The Rain (2005 ) is used.
- In an episode of the British "medical drama " Casualty in the scene of the suicide of the protagonist.
- It has been used in the piece rushes the Pilobolus Dance Company for a scene.
- The choreographer Jochen Ulich puts it in his ballet "Michelangelo" at the State Theatre Linz (2011 /12).
Recordings
- With Benjamin Hudson, violin and viola, Sebastian Klinger, cello, Jürgen Kruse, piano. Brilliant Classics.
- Design: Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (Conductor), Tonu Kaljuste (Conductor ); Hans -Ola Ericsson, Aleksei Lubimov, Angela Yoffe, Vadim Gluzman. BIS Records.
- Vladimir Spivakov, violin, Sergei Bezrodny and Alexander Malter, piano. " Alina " ECM Records