Jakub Neske - Deus Ex Machina
Video Information
- Choir: Academic Choir of Gdańsk University of Technology
- Piece: Deus Ex Machina
- Composer: Jakub Neske
- Voices: SATB
- Conductor: Mariusz Mróz
- Sheet Music:   www.jakubneske.com
- Genres: Classical, Contemporary
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'Deus Ex Machina' is a piece composed by award-winning Polish composer of the young generation, Jakub Neske. The text for the piece was written by Bartholomew Begley, a Dublin-based philosophy lecturer who works on philosophical translations of early mode... more'Deus Ex Machina' is a piece composed by award-winning Polish composer of the young generation, Jakub Neske. The text for the piece was written by Bartholomew Begley, a Dublin-based philosophy lecturer who works on philosophical translations of early modern Latin texts. The text 'Deus Ex Machina' tells the story of a suddenly and unexpectedly found God 'out of a machine.'
The setting of the choir was very experimental – the aim was to take full advantage of the possibilities offered by the spatial, immersive sound. The choir sections were spread horizontally and vertically; therefore, the entire space around the listener was arranged. The visuals indicate the positions of the choir by points of light, whose brightness and movement were devised based on the sound energy of each of the choral sections. less