Patricia Kopatchinskaja on Dies Irae

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is the the top questions of of really the the whole planet.
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Thinking about the environment, I'm thinking about the end of the world, of course, of the Dies Irae.
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Day of judgment, and of course, one of the strongest pieces ever written is the Dies Irae of Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer who almost nobody knows.
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It's the center of this project.
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Around this piece, we play other pieces which which are also very close to to the emotional state of spirit.
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All the wars which we have now on our planet are because people get in trouble because of the climate change, and the project starts with this thematic, what is a war for us?
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For example, we combine music of Biber and Crumb. Biber was born very shortly after the 30 Years War in Europe.
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To combine this with George Crumb's Black Angels of his emotional reaction to the Vietnam War.
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We go further to Michael Hersch's violin concerto, which is incredible dark, strong piece.
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Looking inside in our soul, like opening all our wounds.
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Facing the brutality of ourselves, of our destinies.
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I find music a very rich territory for expressing things which we cannot express.

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