tracklisting:

CD1
Hypermusic Prologue (2008-2009)
A projektive opera in seven planes
(01) Plane I “Why this confusion?” 3:33
(02) Plane II “A wonderful place!” 4:24
(03) Plane III “This step –a new dimension” 3:08
(04) Plane IV “The pathway opens“ 4:15
(05) Plane IV “Why disrupt this harmony?!“ (Bubble 1) 3:39
(06) Plane IV “You are gone“ 3:19
(07) Plane IV “The soft cozy edge” (Bubble 4) 3:49
(08) Plane IV “I will describe this strange landscape” 2:10
(09) Plane IV The language of the 5th dimension 6:45
(10) Plane IV Microscopico, flamboyant 1:52
(11) Plane V “This pull, this tug“ 5:41
(12) Plane V Electronic interlude 4:27
(13) Plane V Scuro / “As I travel away“ 2:38
(14) Plane VI “How to open up your world?” 5:30
(15) Plane VII “Discordant phenomena” 8:21

TT: 63:32

CD2
Explanatory interview (English) (2008-2009)
with composer Hèctor Parra and physicist Lisa Randall
including illustrative sound excerpts from Hypermusic Prologue

(02) Lisa Randall on major questions concerning physical theories of the 20th century. Possible developments and paths to follow 3:09
(02) The models “Randall-Sundrum 1 and 2” presented by Lisa Randall:
five dimensional theories of space-time. An attempt to solve the “hierarchy problem”11:02
(02) Lisa Randall on Stephen Hawking 0:50
(02) Music and Physics – the first contacts between Lisa Randall and Hèctor Parra: initial steps towards Hypermusic Prologue 6:50
(02) Working together 4:34
(02) Developing new sounding material 6:37
(02) Hèctor Parra talks about how this 5th dimension would sound:
live electronics and their progressive evolution over the course of Hypermusic Prologue 11:25
(02) Impacts, influences and intentions 9:24
(02) Working with the artist Matthew Ritchie 3:55
(02) Future projects in the fields of physics and music 2:21

TT: 56:22

Hypermusic Prologue is fruit of a unique partnership between science, music and the plastic arts. In the company of Lisa Randall, the artist Matthew Ritchie and the stage director Paul Desveaux, we explore the “historical” form of opera to create a new type of dramatic expression suited to the 21st century.

Hypermusic Prologue ist das Resultat einer einzigartigen Zusammenarbeit von Wissenschaft, Musik und bildender Kunst. An der Seite von Lisa Randall, dem bildenden Künstler Matthew Ritchie und dem Regisseur Paul Desveaux habe ich die „historische“ Form der Oper erforscht, um eine dem 21. Jahrhundert entsprechende dramatische Ausdrucksweise zu finden.