As part of the concert series “Hören mit Helmholtz” (Hearing with Helmholtz) during the third edition of Biennale für Neue Musik, KlangForum Heidelberg is presenting the first performance of Arnulf Herrmann’s alles gut. on February 2.
The tonal source material of the composition for eight voices and four wind instruments forms the so-called disturbance of harmonics which Herrmann von Helmholtz described as scientific phenomena in the second chapter of his “Lehre von den Tonempfindungen” (Theory of Sound Sensations). It subsequently enters into a relationship with the poem “Die Irren” by Rainer Maria Rilke. In his text, Rilke in turn creates the rationally difficult to grasp paradox of an artistically almost crystalline description of complete unstoppability. Like all art, this is actually an impossibility.
This tension between science and intuition, the balance between knowing and not knowing, is also reflected in the composition. The aim is to find solutions from this tense relationship that make something tangible and experienceable that only ever arises in a unique context.
For more information see Klangforum Heidelberg.
