Helix Nebula - Ph. Spätling

Philipp Spätling

Instrumentation: 3 treble recorders, 2 tenor recorders, great bass recorder

This planetary Ring Nebula is shining melancholically and contentedly in its bright colours. With this piece, Ph. Spätling tried to capture this melancholic contentment. Get outer space on stage: This piece is inspired by photographs of the Hubble Space Telescope. "Helix Nebula" is conceived to be combined to a suite with the following pieces: Distances in space, Cygnus X-1, Contacting a Bypassing Spaceship, Strange Worlds seen from the Spaceship, Jewel Box, Uranus, Andromeda M 31, Haydn's view through Herschel's telescope

A preview and sound samples can be found under "files"