Ivan Soshinsky - Protuberanzen (2012)
for Bayan (Accordion) and wind orchestra
State Wind Orchestra of Russia
conductor - Victor Lutsenko
Great Hall of Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory
Protuberanzen (Prominences) are gigantic vortices of fire above the surface of the Sun. Their occurrence always attracts streams of solar radiation leading to auroras and magnetic storms on Earth. This is, of course, a very significant factor influencing life on planet Earth. You can only imagine how prominences sound. Symphonic fantasy on this topic is presented in this work. At first, we hear ringing dots - this is the starry sky. Gradually, flares appear on it, capturing an increasingly large part of the sky. And, finally, the largest flash occurs, covering the entire planet with bright-fiery illumination - like a giant cluster overlaps the entire audible sound range. Will there be anything alive after this fiery whirlwind? But now, the radiation flies away. All that remains is the silence of endless spac